January 2012
White Whine - A Collection of First-World Problems: The Most Viewed White Whines of 2011 →
whitewhine.com
It’s been a fantastic year for First World Problems. Here are the 10 posts on WhiteWhine that you looked at the most.
#10 - Natural Disaster in Japan Causes MAJOR Pokemon Problems
#9 - Hawaii, Go Fuck Yourself
#8 - Proud To Be A (racist) American!
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A little sad the “white iPhone” whines didn’t make the list, but this one is pretty damned good. Here’s to a new year of awesome White Whines :)
A breakdown of the coming of 2012.
11:57 pm
11:58 pm
11:59 pm
12:00 am
12:01 am
Yeah. that was about how it was here in S. Korea :) Enjoy it homies!
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops →
abcnews.go.com
This is not The Onion. In New London, Conn., you apparently can be too smart to be a cop:
A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.
The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
I believe this is fairly revealing. I would also argue it may not be a matter of being bored with police work. More intelligent officers might question superiors, and orders they believe in violation of the US Constitution and their training. It appears the ideal cop for New London, Conn. is a person who is intelligent enough to absorb training, but not too smart. It’s Goldilocks - this one was too dumb, this one was too smart, but this one is just right.
Jon Stewart Crushes Fox News In The 2011 Ratings →
politicususa.com
According to Comedy Central, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart averaged 2.3 million viewers per episode in 2011. Unlike Fox News, “The Daily Show” was up in total viewers (+7%) and all key demos: adults 18-49 (+6%); men 18-34 (+2%); men 18-24 (+4%).” The Daily Show was also the top cable late night talk show in terms of total viewers, and was generally dominant. While Fox News was losing 14% in the demo in 2011, Jon Stewart was gaining 6%.
Jon Stewart has become Fox News’ #1 media nemesis. To put Stewart’s ratings into a head to head context, The O’Reilly Factor tends to hover around the 3 million viewers range. Hannity is at around 2+ million, and On The Record with Greta Van Susteren varies between 1.1 million and 1.5 million as an average. This means that The Daily Show is more popular than both Hannity and On The Record, and trails O’Reilly by about 700,000 viewers.
The reason why Fox News feels so threatened by Jon Stewart is because his program is more popular than anything not named Bill O’Reilly on the network. Not only is Stewart popular, but he is popular with the coveted young demographics that Fox News struggles with. The average Fox News viewer is 65 years old. For years, the Fox News model of success has been powered by viewers literally aging in to watching Fox.
However, Jon Stewart has thrown a wrench in the Fox News cycle of life by educating his millions of younger viewers about Fox News. Stewart spends segments debunking the propaganda, exposing facts, and uncovering the edited video that is the bread and butter of America’s top cable news network.
Every night Stewart is teaching Americans how to not watch Fox News. The Daily Show host has become the media critic with the biggest platform and loudest voice in our country, and most often that voice is targeting Fox News for their brand of “journalism.”
December 2011
Rather than waste money trying to ban abortion, why not...
- Adopt a child.
- Fund contraception.
- Support free healthcare.
- Donate to charities that work to eradicate childhood diseases.
- Donate to Amnesty International, so they can get innocent people off Death Row.
- Donate your time to working with the hungry / homeless.
- Knit blankets for *wanted* preemie babies.
- Support people who miscarry. They might actually need it.
- Fight domestic abuse with all your might.
- Search for and work with any organisations that support troubled children.
Happy New Year ya'll!
Here’s hoping this one is better than the last.
Democracy is incredibly ineffective unless the people are well informed.
Word.
“Employee rights are said to be valid when employers pressure employees into sexual activity. Why don’t they quit once the so-called harassment starts? Obviously the morals of the harasser cannot be defended, but how can the harassee escape some responsibility for the problem? Seeking protection under civil rights legislation is hardly acceptable. If force was clearly used, that is another story, but pressure and submission is hardly an example of a violation of one’s employment rights.”
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Ron Paul, Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200-Plus Years (1987), pg. 16
Are you getting sexually harassed at work? That’s your problem. Quit.
Is Ron Paul done yet?
(via mohandasgandhi)
Add this to the list of reasons why Ron Paul deserves no one’s support.
(via ladyatheist)
I can’t even compute a proper response. My boss telling me my ass looked good in shorts and that every guy was looking at it and I liked it means that I should have quit? Like I didn’t want to? Like I didn’t feel gross and nasty and and slimy for the next month forever? I didn’t quit because quitting means he wins. Quitting means that the next time it happens ( and it probably will) I will get the chance to tell him no. Or not. But it mostly means I still get a fucking paycheck. And you know what? I would probably get that harassment the majority of places I would get employed. So I guess this means I just should stop trying to work, go ahead and clean and sew all day, making casserole and bake a cake barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen for my husband… that way I can REALLY be liberated from sexism. Yeah fuck Ron Paul.
(via katzecatchat)
THIS!!!!!!!
I am one of the middle-class Black girls who did EVERYTHING right, and I STILL can't get a job that reflects my education and abilities
So fuck that bootstrap myth and the high horse it rode in on.
This, plus a law degree. Yeah.
“There is a bit of good news about the economy that the job market is healing. On Thursday, the Labor Department said in the past month, unemployment claims averaged 375,000 per week — the fewest since June 2008. For perspective: At the height of the recession in 2009, more than 600,000 Americans were applying for unemployment each week.
Thursday’s news triggered a rally on Wall Street , with the Dow closing up 136 points.” —Slowly but surely, the job market is healing (via ryking)
Thursday’s news triggered a rally on Wall Street , with the Dow closing up 136 points.” —Slowly but surely, the job market is healing (via ryking)
Why hello employment rejection letter...
It was nice of you to show up on the last working day of the year. Appreciate that :/
Hubs and I are watching the news together...
a story about a hiker getting stuck on the side of a mountain trying to rescue his dog (also stuck) after the dog fell off chasing a bottle. Both ended up having to be rescued and hung on the side of the mountain for over 90 minutes. We both say “Dumbass” at the same time. That’s why I love him.
**P.S. I like animals and love dogs, but I’m not going over a cliff for one. I believe in natural selection. This is not about species-ism- I feel exactly the same about the ends of Crocodile Hunter and the creator of the Segway. Just sayin’.
