Happy birthday, Harvey Milk!
Supper yummy omelet and cappuccino with Jarrett who hates to be photographed (Taken with instagram)
Today I read the Salon story on the “Cherokee story” for Elizabeth Warren is a problem for her and her campaign.
Here’s the thing Republican Conservatives in Massachusetts might not know… The native thing is a big deal in Oklahoma because pretty much everyone is tied to one tribe or another. We all take it for granted and some look more native than others - not to mention there are like a billion different ties back to multiple tribes all over the state. We all grow up hearing stories about what tribes we belong to - what relatives were in the leadership in which tribes 100 years ago.
It’s so much a part of our heritage and our state. You see Native art and architecture, we go to PowWows and ceremonies, and a majority of Oklahoma History talks about the beautiful multicultural history of our people. It’s an amazing thing when you think about the various customs and stories that are passed down from generation to generation about our people and our past.
The interesting subtext I read from Scott Brown and Conservatives in the Boston Herald, however, was that Warren was some kind of Affirmative Action option to Harvard which was infuriating. Are they insinuating that she wasn’t good enough or smart enough to garner a job at Harvard? Because I’ll take the odds of Warren over Scott Brown on who is smarter ANY day of the week.
The question I have for this from a New England perspective is you’ve got the DAR and Colonial Dames who are SEVERAL generations removed from the colonists yet they spend a whole heck of a lot of time and effort talking about some dude their great great grandmother’s uncles cousin’s BFF dated who was on the Mayflower. Whole thing seems like a double standard…
This will make everything feel great (Taken with instagram)
Verizon workers came to the rescue of a cat trapped in a tree with a cable-wire noose in New York. Can they gets a fair contracts?
(Source: classwarkitteh)
In the words of Beth - “I hate to say I told you so…”
Today I had occasion to visit Alexa and check out some traffic stats. I was comparing Mashable to The Huffington Post, TechCrunch and Politico and decided to throw Pinterest in there, just for kicks. I knew Pinterest was killing it, but they are *really* killing it. See below.
Wow… This dude is something…. (Taken with instagram)
Oh my (Taken with instagram)
Beautiful morning in the west (Taken with instagram)
7 day hunger strike starts today! #stationfast (Taken with Instagram at Fasting Site at Palace Station)
I’m a sap for a good sunset (Taken with instagram)
A wall of flamingos. (Taken with instagram)
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Dear Americans,On behalf of the great state of Oklahoma I want to take this opportunity to apologize. Wednesday evening, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart interviewed our Senator Ralph Shorty, the architect of the Oklahoma Personhood bill intended to declare a fertilized egg a person. Shorty explained that he couldn’t add Senator Constance Johnson’s “Every Sperm is Sacred” Amendment to his bill controlling women’s bodies, because her amendment was an effort to control men’s bodies. Senator Shorty will control women’s bodies, but control of men’s bodies Is. Not. Allowed. I promise you not all of our elected officials are this hypocritical, and most Oklahomans absolutely are not.
While I’m at it…”
A submission from Secretary Hillary Clinton.
Original image by Diana Walker for Time.
And it’s Hilcat FTW
