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nevver: Poorly drawn lines

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:07:05 +0100

nevver:

Poorly drawn lines

epic-humor: see more

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:27 +0100

epic-humor:

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:11 +0100

Episode One: The Sass Begins

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:04:30 +0100

Episode One: The Sass Begins

sherlockhasthephonebox: arianne—martell: Every time I think of the black market, I actually...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:47 +0100

sherlockhasthephonebox:

arianne—martell:

Every time I think of the black market, I actually imagine a market, with little stalls selling illegal things like nuclear weapons and organs.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:17 +0100

interneternal: OmFG

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:01:23 +0100

interneternal:

OmFG

I don’t know where I am. I just know I’m running. Sometimes...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:26 +0100

I don’t know where I am. I just know I’m running. Sometimes it’s like I’ve lived a thousand lives in a thousand places. I’m born, I live, I die. And always there’s the Doctor. Always I’m running to save the Doctor. Again and again and again. And he hardly ever hears me, but I’ve always been there. Right from the very beginning. Right from the day he started running.

toxic-whovian: allonsyforever: The first and last person the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:07 +0100

toxic-whovian:

allonsyforever:

The first and last person the 10th doctor saw.

This is what our fandom does. It makes us suffer so we make each other suffer. It’s a vicious cycle.

a-very-starkid-blog:

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:59:33 +0100

a-very-starkid-blog:

by big-finish-sketches

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:58:45 +0100

by big-finish-sketches

mmmatthewjames: Stephen Fry for Queen of the World

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:58:13 +0100

mmmatthewjames:

Stephen Fry for Queen of the World

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Thu, 23 May 2013 21:56:47 +0100

theonion: Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:59 +0100

theonion:

Yahoo Back On Top After Purchasing Millions Of 13-Year-Old Girls’ Blogs: Full Report

marceddy: imagine being asked to be in this product’s photo...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:40:35 +0100

marceddy:

imagine being asked to be in this product’s photo shoot and excitedly bragging to your friends and family you are are going to be on a box just to find out they made you look like this

itsallinyourheadharry: New Who : Companions that never...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:31 +0100

itsallinyourheadharry:

New Who : Companions that never were.

budacub: bearguy77: duvie: gpoy This owl, this is...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:38:05 +0100

budacub:

bearguy77:

duvie:

gpoy

This owl, this is Joe.

Yes.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:37:32 +0100

10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down By cutting off federal funding for...

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:22:38 +0100

10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down

By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of gun violence what climate deniers have done to the science of global warming. No wonder: When it comes to hard numbers, some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments are full of holes.

Myth #1: They’re coming for your guns.
Fact-check: No one knows the exact number of guns in America, but it’s clear there’s no practical way to round them all up (never mind that no one in Washington is proposing this). Yet if you fantasize about rifle-toting citizens facing down the government, you’ll rest easy knowing that America’s roughly 80 million gun owners already have the feds and cops outgunned by a factor of around 79 to 1.

Myth #2: Guns don’t kill people—people kill people.
Fact-check: People with more guns tend to kill more people—with guns. The states with the highest gun ownership rates have a gun murder rate 114% higher than those with the lowest gun ownership rates. Also, gun death rates tend to be higher in states with higher rates of gun ownership. Gun death rates are generally lower in states with restrictions such as assault-weapons bans or safe-storage requirements.

Myth #3: An armed society is a polite society.
Fact-check: Drivers who carry guns are 44% more likely than unarmed drivers to make obscene gestures at other motorists, and 77% more likely to follow them aggressively.
• Among Texans convicted of serious crimes, those with concealed-handgun licenses were sentenced for threatening someone with a firearm 4.8 times more than those without.
• In states with Stand Your Ground and other laws making it easier to shoot in self-defense, those policies have been linked to a 7 to 10% increase in homicides.

Myth #4: More good guys with guns can stop rampaging bad guys.
Fact-check: Mass shootings stopped by armed civilians in the past 30 years: 0
• Chances that a shooting at an ER involves guns taken from guards: 1 in 5

Myth #5: Keeping a gun at home makes you safer.
Fact-check: Owning a gun has been linked to higher risks of homicide, suicide, and accidental death by gun.
• For every time a gun is used in self-defense in the home, there are 7 assaults or murders, 11 suicide attempts, and 4 accidents involving guns in or around a home.
• 43% of homes with guns and kids have at least one unlocked firearm.
• In one experiment, one third of 8-to-12-year-old boys who found a handgun pulled the trigger.

Myth #6: Carrying a gun for self-defense makes you safer.
Fact-check: In 2011, nearly 10 times more people were shot and killed in arguments than by civilians trying to stop a crime.

• In one survey, nearly 1% of Americans reported using guns to defend themselves or their property. However, a closer look at their claims found that more than 50% involved using guns in an aggressive manner, such as escalating an argument.
• A Philadelphia study found that the odds of an assault victim being shot were 4.5 times greater if he carried a gun. His odds of being killed were 4.2 times greater.

Myth #7: Guns make women safer.
Fact-check: In 2010, nearly 6 times more women were shot by husbands, boyfriends, and ex-partners than murdered by male strangers.
• A woman’s chances of being killed by her abuser increase more than 7 times if he has access to a gun.
• One study found that women in states with higher gun ownership rates were 4.9 times more likely to be murdered by a gun than women in states with lower gun ownership rates.

Myth #8: “Vicious, violent video games” deserve more blame than guns.
Fact-check: So said NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre after Newtown. So what’s up with Japan?

United States and Japan

Per capita spending on video games

US $44, Japan $55

Civilian firearms per 100 people

US 88, Japan 0.6

Gun homicides in 2008

US 11,030, Japan 11

Sources: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Small Arms Survey (PDF), UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Myth #9: More and more Americans are becoming gun owners.
Fact-check: More guns are being sold, but they’re owned by a shrinking portion of the population.
• About 50% of Americans said they had a gun in their homes in 1973. Today, about 45% say they do. Overall, 35% of Americans personally own a gun.
• Around 80% of gun owners are men. On average they own 7.9 guns each.

Myth #10: We don’t need more gun laws—we just need to enforce the ones we have.
Fact-check: Weak laws and loopholes backed by the gun lobby make it easier to get guns illegally.
• Around 40% of all legal gun sales involve private sellers and don’t require background checks. 40% of prison inmates who used guns in their crimes got them this way.
• An investigation found 62% of online gun sellers were willing to sell to buyers who said they couldn’t pass a background check.
• 20% of licensed California gun dealers agreed to sell handguns to researchers posing as illegal “straw” buyers.
• The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has not had a permanent director for 6 years, due to an NRA-backed requirement that the Senate approve nominees.

America Armed is the Keystone Cops on Acid

gifsploitation: Thanks, Ray.

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:37:47 +0100

gifsploitation:

Thanks, Ray.