Ysabel

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fatpeopleart: coelasquid: brianevinou: Frrrrrrriiiig! This is all the awesome. r-dart: Here’s a ruff page for the Battle Kittens Graphic novel I’m working on. There’s still some shifting and resizing to do before inking, but this is what to expect. Rebloggan ‘cause I know I’ve got followers who would dig ferocious chubby Barbarian girls riding giant kittens. (This is a common theme with Rebecca Dart, just so you know who to follow for more) You had me at ferocious chubby Barbarian girls riding giant kittens.

fatpeopleart:

coelasquid:

brianevinou:

Frrrrrrriiiig! This is all the awesome.

r-dart:

Here’s a ruff page for the Battle Kittens Graphic novel I’m working on. There’s still some shifting and resizing to do before inking, but this is what to expect.

Rebloggan ‘cause I know I’ve got followers who would dig ferocious chubby Barbarian girls riding giant kittens. (This is a common theme with Rebecca Dart, just so you know who to follow for more)

You had me at ferocious chubby Barbarian girls riding giant kittens.

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So I Throw Up My Fist, Throw a Punch in the Air...: I'm sorry for posting about Penn State. It's just huge in my life.

psuapologists:

gleekyravenclawinthetardis:

But please stop calling me “scum” or “moronic” or “child rapist supporter.”

Because you’re talking out your ass. Those who say Joe “knew of several accounts of molestation and turned his head.” FALSE. You have none of the facts straight. Or “he enables child molestation.” Just stop. You’re spewing hate and spite. And don’t tell me that I’m ignoring the victims. Because they’re in my thoughts and prayers and I want nothing but peace for them. Blame Sandusky, the true evil.

Go read the Grand Jury report. Then come back and we can have an intelligent conversation.

Sincerly,

An Educated Fan who Just Wants to Support her Team

I won’t call you a moron or scum, but I will ask this: how you can justify Coach Joe’s actions after 2002? Even if you believe he had no idea about any previous boy rape or the 1998 shower incident, by the facts of the grand jury report he ABSOLUTELY knew in 2002. He knew Sandusky had been inappropriate (to put it mildly) with a child and did the absolute barest minimum he could.

Then he sat back and watched as Sandusky continued to have access to young boys as late as this year and did nothing. That to me is enabling rape.

Sounds like enabling child rape to me too.

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whipporwill: “Voters either don’t understand, or they don’t care, that the GOP has employed an unprecedented level of filibustering in order to block all of Obama’s policies, even ones that have majority public support from Dems, independents and Republicans alike.” At first blush, it’s tempting to think congressional Republicans are simply out of their minds to kill jobs bills during a jobs crisis. It seems insane — Americans are desperate for Congress to act; Americans overwhelmingly support bills like the one considered by the Senate last night; and yet GOP officials seem wholly unconcerned. Aren’t they afraid of a backlash? Well, no, probably not. The reason probably has something to do with voters like Dale Bartholomew. Now, my point is not to pick on one random voter quoted in an Associated Press article. He’s very likely a well-intentioned guy who’s simply frustrated with what’s going on in Washington. I certainly don’t blame him for that. Consider, though, the significance of a quote like this one. “If Romney and Obama were going head to head at this point in time I would probably move to Romney,” said Dale Bartholomew, 58, a manufacturing equipment salesman from Marengo, Ill. Bartholomew said he agrees with Obama’s proposed economic remedies and said partisan divisions have blocked the president’s initiatives. But, he added: “His inability to rally the political forces, if you will, to accomplish his goal is what disappoints me.” Got that? This private citizen agrees with Obama, but is inclined to vote for Romney anyway — even though Romney would move the country in the other direction — because the president hasn’t been able to “rally the political forces” to act sensibly in Washington. That is heartbreaking, but it’s important — Republicans have an incentive, not only to hold the country back on purpose, but also to block every good idea, even the ones they agree with, because they assume voters will end up blaming the president in the end. And here’s a quote from a guy who makes it seem as if the GOP’s assumptions are correct. It’s hard to say just how common this sentiment is, but it doesn’t seem uncommon. The public likes to think of the President of the United States, no matter who’s in office, as having vast powers. He or she is “leader of the free world.” He or she holds the most powerful office on the planet. If the president — any president — wants a jobs bill, it must be within his or her power to simply get one to the Oval Office to be signed into law. And when the political system breaks down, and congressional Republicans kill ideas that are worthwhile and popular, there’s an assumption that the president is somehow to blame, even if that doesn’t make any sense at all. Indeed, here we have a quote from a voter who is inclined to reward Republicans, giving them more power, even though the voter agrees with Obama — whose ideas (and presidency) Republicans are actively trying to destroy.

whipporwill:

“Voters either don’t understand, or they don’t care, that the GOP has employed an unprecedented level of filibustering in order to block all of Obama’s policies, even ones that have majority public support from Dems, independents and Republicans alike.”

At first blush, it’s tempting to think congressional Republicans are simply out of their minds to kill jobs bills during a jobs crisis. It seems insane — Americans are desperate for Congress to act; Americans overwhelmingly support bills like the one considered by the Senate last night; and yet GOP officials seem wholly unconcerned. Aren’t they afraid of a backlash?

Well, no, probably not. The reason probably has something to do with voters like Dale Bartholomew.

Now, my point is not to pick on one random voter quoted in an Associated Press article. He’s very likely a well-intentioned guy who’s simply frustrated with what’s going on in Washington. I certainly don’t blame him for that.

Consider, though, the significance of a quote like this one.

“If Romney and Obama were going head to head at this point in time I would probably move to Romney,” said Dale Bartholomew, 58, a manufacturing equipment salesman from Marengo, Ill. Bartholomew said he agrees with Obama’s proposed economic remedies and said partisan divisions have blocked the president’s initiatives.

But, he added: “His inability to rally the political forces, if you will, to accomplish his goal is what disappoints me.”

Got that? This private citizen agrees with Obama, but is inclined to vote for Romney anyway — even though Romney would move the country in the other direction — because the president hasn’t been able to “rally the political forces” to act sensibly in Washington.

That is heartbreaking, but it’s important — Republicans have an incentive, not only to hold the country back on purpose, but also to block every good idea, even the ones they agree with, because they assume voters will end up blaming the president in the end. And here’s a quote from a guy who makes it seem as if the GOP’s assumptions are correct.

It’s hard to say just how common this sentiment is, but it doesn’t seem uncommon. The public likes to think of the President of the United States, no matter who’s in office, as having vast powers. He or she is “leader of the free world.” He or she holds the most powerful office on the planet. If the president — any president — wants a jobs bill, it must be within his or her power to simply get one to the Oval Office to be signed into law.

And when the political system breaks down, and congressional Republicans kill ideas that are worthwhile and popular, there’s an assumption that the president is somehow to blame, even if that doesn’t make any sense at all. Indeed, here we have a quote from a voter who is inclined to reward Republicans, giving them more power, even though the voter agrees with Obama — whose ideas (and presidency) Republicans are actively trying to destroy.

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The Search For A Better Kilogram

violetimpudence:

Because I am kind of a nerd, I have been following the saga of the Master Kilogram for years. All the other SI base units have long changed over to being defined in terms of reproducible natural phenomena. That is, there is no longer a Master Meter stick somewhere in a vault - it’s defined in terms of number of waves of some frequency of light or something esoteric like that. But the Master Kilogram persists, a platinum-iridium cylinder stored in vacuum under three bell jars in a vault in France. Even touching it is enough to alter its mass - which it is crucial that no one do.

So why on earth haven’t they switched it over to some reproducible phenomenon as well? Mostly because, as it turns out, that’s pretty hard. Read the article and find out why.

Actually, if they touch it, by definition they alter the mass of everything else in the universe.  Pretty cool, that.

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Indistinguishable From Magic: Rebooting the Justice League!

dresdencodak:

So, following the immense popularity of my 5 Essential Character Redesigns post, I decided to take a more thorough stab at revamping DC Comic’s Justice League. I’ve already mentioned before that I think their current “New 52” reboot, aimed at gaining new readers, is terribly ineffective,…

Oh, man, I would so buy this.

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Indistinguishable From Magic: 5 Essential Superhero Redesigns!

dresdencodak:

Seeing as how I’ve done both the top ten for best and worst superhero costume redesigns, I feel obligated to put my money where my artistic mouth is and take a stab at fixing or updating some of these costumes. I’ll be taking a similar approach to my earlier take on Batman & Robin, where both…

This is simply awesome.

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itswalky: The response to the Starfire strip was overwhelmingly positive, but there was still a common thread among the few complaints.   Anyway, it was good to learn the Starfire’s personality is actually “has sex with people.”  No more, no less.  The questioning whether there were really any changes to her at all, so long as she was naked and banging, proves a somewhat more sinister point.  

itswalky:

The response to the Starfire strip was overwhelmingly positive, but there was still a common thread among the few complaints.  

Anyway, it was good to learn the Starfire’s personality is actually “has sex with people.”  No more, no less.  The questioning whether there were really any changes to her at all, so long as she was naked and banging, proves a somewhat more sinister point.  

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