no. 177

"Some people abuse and misuse the social safety net, so conservatives think we should get rid of it.

If we could only get them to apply that logic to guns."

Gin And Tacos on Facbook

no.176

There's more to this comic.

no. 175

"Keep it in mind while we review what it means to live in a civil society.
Murder. Violence...
These are things. They exist.

Then you have ideas. Justice, ethics, morality... our law...
These exist because of us. Because we want more than a life defined by murder or violence."


Pat Mulcahy in A Girl And Her Fed

no. 174

"He considered his beautiful, complicated daughter. How did he ever consider anything to be worth losing her? 'Do you believe in God?', he says.
She smiles, like she's the parent and he's the child, and makes a gesture designed to incorporate herself, him, adn the world at large. 'Who else could throw together such an insane shit show?'"

Jonathan Tropper, from One Last Thing Before I Go

no. 173

It’s not true that there’s too much money in politics. It’s that there’s not enough of your money in politics.

Scott Wallace

no. 172

"Frankly, slap 'Christian' on any item - comics, toys, puppets, gum - and it either becomes 50% crappier, 50% creepier, or 50% more expensive."

Davan McIntyre, in Randy Milholland's Something Positive

no.171

from Randy Milholland's Something Positive.

no. 170

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no. 168

"When my fiance begins her period, she informs me by walking past me and casually saying, 'It's like a crime scene in my pants.'
Every time."

unknown, at least by me

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no. 167

Really, God really needs to be less petty than a human, doesnt He? Otherwise, it's simply a case of Might Makes Right.

no. 166

"I think the concept of virginity was created by men who thought their penises were so important it changes who a woman is."

Fly Away

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no. 165

"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it."

Maurice Sendak

no. 164

"Homophobia: the fear that gay men will treat you the way you treat women."

Coyote Too

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no. 163

"There are obvious, even significant differences between Obama and someone like Mitt Romney, particularly on social issues, but no matter how Obama markets himself this time around, a choice between these two will not in any way represent a choice between "change" and the status quo. This is a choice between two different versions of the status quo, and everyone knows it."

Matt Taibbi

no. 162

"It's true that the early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten."

Unknown.

(And the second mouse gets the cheese)

no. 161

"Peace: a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy."

Cyril Connolly, The Condemned Playground

no. 160

“Regular” marriage and “Gay” marriage are like bikini tops and bras. The exact same thing, but only one is allowed in public.

"Mouse"

no. 159

"Atheist are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without religion telling them not to do it, especially a religion that backs up the orders with threats of hell. Believers, listen to me carefully when I say this: When you use this argument, you terrify atheists. We hear you saying that the only thing standing between you and Ted Bundy is a flimsy belief in a supernatural being made up by pre-literate people trying to figure out where the rain came from. This is not very reassuring if you’re trying to argue from a position of moral superiority."

10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked

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