Russia’s chief arms exporter said weapons systems could be used against any nation trying to halt Syria’s violence.

A looming proxy war that easily could escalate into full on war. Great!

imtheavataryougottadealwithit:

writeoutoflove:

nanner:

• “Instead of leaving an abusive situation, women should try to remember the things they love about their husbands, Representative Don Pridemore said. “If they can re-find those reasons and get back to why they got married in the first place it might help,” he told a local news station.”
• “According to Yahoo, “while [Pridemore] thinks women are capable of caring for a family “in certain situations,” fathers are the only ones who provide structure and discipline. If they don’t grow up with married biological parents, Pridemore says, “kids tend to go astray.”“

I just… I have no words. I’m so upset.

On behalf of sane Wisconsin, I… I apologize.

This is just sick.  As is the other bill he tried to pass.

(Source: rhrealitycheck)

So… what they’re saying is that the executive branch has now become judge, jury, and executioner.

jakke:

So this is pretty effing awesome, if it succeeds in stopping the fighting along the border. Next they’re going to be talking about oil, though - and seriously no clue on how that’s going to go.

I mean, 98% of the South Sudanese government budget comes from oil, and those same South Sudanese oil revenues used to make up over a third of the Sudanese government budget, so this is a really high-stakes negotiation for both governments. This article suggests that the Sudanese government can recoup some of the hit to its budget through transit fees (South Sudan is landlocked and the only pipelines to shipping terminals run through Sudan) but this might not be sufficient in the long run since South Sudan is also considering a new pipeline to a terminal in northern Kenya.

peachsss:

ryking:

Because with unemployment in Washington state at only 8.7%, Republican lawmakers have nothing better to do with their time.

(Source: diadoumenos)