In Texas, Republicans want to bully women into getting an unnecessary sonogram before an abortion, force mass lay-offs of teachers, and make it harder for students, seniors, and poor people to vote. And across the country, millions of poor and disabled seniors are being dumped from Medicaid.

The clock is ticking: With just a couple weeks left in many state legislative sessions, Republican politicians across the country are racing to pass the most extreme right-wing bills while they still can.

That’s why we’ve launched a major new initiative to fight back against the worst Republican officials—but we need to raise $200,000 to make sure we have the resources to take on so many fights at once.

Can you chip in $5 right now?

Here’s the plan: To take on the right-wing assault in so many different states and communities, we’ve launched a whole new online organizing platform called SignOn.org.

SignOn.org allows local progressive organizations and leaders to run their own MoveOn-style campaigns by creating online petitions, sending timely email alerts to their grassroots supporters, and connecting with other local progressives who can help.

By linking MoveOn’s online organizing know-how with the best local progressive leaders, we will have the grassroots muscle we need to win. Here are some great examples of SignOn at work: 

• In Florida, pro-choice Representative Scott Randolph used SignOn to fight back against a raft of bills attacking abortion rights.
• In Pennsylvania, a coalition of progressive leaders are using SignOn to stop Governor Tom Corbett from cutting one billion dollars from public schools.
• And in Maine, more than 18,000 people have signed a SignOn petition supporting legislation to allow voters to recall the state’s tea party governor, Paul LePage.

But there are so many more fights we need to take on—and the repercussions of these fights go far beyond each state’s borders, because a terrible law passed in one state often becomes a model for others, like Arizona’s radical anti-immigration law.

It’s only with the support of our members that we can follow through on all these key fights.

Click here to chip in $5—or as much as you can

More information on the budget cuts: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3389

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His machine — patent pending — is called The Droughtmaster (not to be confused with the breed of cattle that shares the same name; MOO!).

And Willie Nelson is among its biggest fans.

Here’s how it works. 

[M]oisture-laden air is pulled through the machine’s generator, condenses it and then exhausts the purified air.  The captured water is then filtered and is actually drinkable. The patent pending machine is now on the market and plugs into an electric outlet. It can produce five to seven gallons a day.

Southeast Texas has no shortage of hot, moist air, but is this stuff safe to drink? Actual scientists say it sure is! Testing shows that the water produced is similar to “sterilized distilled water.”

theboxofchange:

His machine — patent pending — is called The Droughtmaster (not to be confused with the breed of cattle that shares the same name; MOO!).

And Willie Nelson is among its biggest fans.

Here’s how it works.

[M]oisture-laden air is pulled through the machine’s generator, condenses it and then exhausts the purified air.  The captured water is then filtered and is actually drinkable. The patent pending machine is now on the market and plugs into an electric outlet. It can produce five to seven gallons a day.

Southeast Texas has no shortage of hot, moist air, but is this stuff safe to drink? Actual scientists say it sure is! Testing shows that the water produced is similar to “sterilized distilled water.”

They should be using this/ implementing this at this moment in the Horn of Africa.

Honestly, Texas is in a drought, but guess what? So is the Horn of Africa? Which situation is worse guys?

Did you just read the headline and get pissed off or…?

It was invented in Texas. Its patent is pending. There’s probably only one or two prototypes even in existence at this point.* They’re not walking up and down Main Street handing out Droughtmasters down here.

Geez.

Sometimes I think people [on Tumblr] go out looking to be offended.

PS: What makes life in Africa more important than life in Texas? In Maine? In Spain? A human being is a human being and we should all be treated equally; there’s no such thing as who needs basic necessities “more.” We need water to live. That’s pretty much one of the only things every human has in common.

PSS: Is there enough humidity in the Horn of Africa for the Droughtmaster to work? Because that’s one of the main reasons it’s successful here. Just a thought. I could Google Africa’s weather but meh.

PSSS: Do they have electric outlets in the places that would benefit most from the Droughtmaster? I tried to look that up but didn’t find the answer I wanted.

For anyone actually interested in the Droughtmaster, I found a rather informative video.

* = after finding/watching that video I learned Willie Nelson has 50 and Governor Good Hair owns one, but otherwise, they’re exclusive; they aren’t being tossed off firetrucks like Mardi Gras beads or anything.

(Source: positive-press-daily)

feministslut:

steviemcfly:

Wow. And I didn’t think anyone could actually be worse than Bachmann.

and I thought he couldn’t get worse. It’s not good when he keeps proving me wrong.

This is a widely known (and supported) fact among the Republicans I’ve met/discussed it with. I was told once that Perry’s views on this issue earned the votes of an entire family.