September 2011
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An Act of Futility? (Killing an American citizen...
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An article in the Apr 12, 2010 issue of Newsweek argues the killing of radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki would do more harm than good, as his links to attacks on American targets are speculative (at the time, administration officials today would likely disagree) and it’s not even known for certain if he is a member of al Qaeda.
As the lawyers and judge who will try Christmas Day...
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Ron Paul: US-born al-Qaida cleric 'assassinated' →
thestealthblogger:
Memo to Jon Stewart: Shit like this is why the media doesn’t take Ron Paul seriously.
Because the media thinks executing Americans without trial is a good thing?
OH, duh—of course they do. The media loves death and destruction. #StupidMe
For the record I don’t like Ron Paul. I agree with him on a vast number of issues but disagree with him on quite a few, as...
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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”
– Robert Frost (via cheesegasm)
Um, no it doesn’t. Not for all of us.
I really dislike glib sayings like this. They’re meant to make us feel better but really you’re just treating the symptoms with this sort of pithy crap. The reality is that for some people life does *not* go on...
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“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics,...”
– Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
#Indeed.
It’s also common in the media, schools, social situations, and more! In fact, humans don’t like uncomfortable ideas, period.
Huh, I guess that’s why it’s called “UNcomfortable”.
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Facebook is tracking your online activities at all... →
podcaster:
The most ridiculous brand of human being, in my opinion, is the one who responds to online privacy concerns with “Everything on Facebook is public. I don’t have anything to hide.” I’m interested in what these people say when they realize that Facebook automatically sends certain purchases to your profile without your permission, and that its cookies track and record every Web site...
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“Look at these kids, sitting here with their Apple computers,” he said. “Apple,...”
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Protesters Are Gunning for Wall Street, With Faulty Aim - NYTimes.com
Or how today’s young protesters are less knowledgeable, a true shadow of social activists from decades past.
(via friendlyatheist)
Actually, them using Apple computers *is* smart. Faulting them for it isn’t. I mean,...
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Taxpayers Subsidizing Junk Food? →
natalia-saves-the-world:
“From 1995 to 2010, the government handed $16.9 billion in farm subsidies to people involved in making four common junk food ingredients: corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, and soy oils. Over the same time period, $262 million went to subsidizing apples. ”
“CALPIRG did some math: “If these agricultural subsidies went directly to consumers to allow them...
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I usually don't do this, but...
thereisnogod:
abaldwin360:
If you agree with the petition to remove tax exemption from churches and allow them to apply like a non-profit organization, please re-blog it.
This is something I am very passionate about and even if it can’t get passed, I’d love it to come to the public eye more so than it is presently.
I also have a thread on reddit about it, it you’re a redditor, please give it...
Save Derrick Mason! Contact Governor Bentley by...
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
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dumbthingswhitepplsay:
I know everyone is exhausted, but please call/email/fax if you can.
Put all your anger, disgust, and sadness into the fight for justice. It didn’t die with Troy last night. The battle marches on.
Reblogging just to reblog and for the commentary.
Why is America so obsessed with killing? We’ve been killing since before we...
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Dumb Things White People Say: thetart: White kids?... →
thetart:
White kids? I need y’all to listen.
We are not all Troy Davis.
This would not happen to us.
No, cork it and let that settle in for a second. This would not happen to us in this country and in this “justice” system and in this white supremacist culture that lets us think it’s the…
Um, no. When one person is put to death “legally” it harms all of us. I understand whites...
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“The United States is a country symbolically founded on the ideas of liberty and...”
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Daily Kos: Race and racism: barriers and bridges (via notime4yourshit
The truth of the USA is ugly.
(via digitalmeowmix)
Here’s another one to file under No Shit, Sherlock.
Seriously, go buy yourself a copy of “A People’s History of the United States of America,...
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“Republicans pretend to loathe judicial overreach. They rail against activist...”
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- Mark Sumner, Rick Perry is for sale, but he’s not cheap
(via azspot)
File this one under:
No Shit, Sherlock.
Now what do we do about it?
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Microsoft is apparently OK with an Xbox video game...
Another reason I don’t have an Xbox. But here’s what Newsweek’s Tumblr posted about it:
markcoatney:
“I believe “Blackwater” will have a unique appeal to gamers, particularly on the Kinect platform. The physical, visual and virtual feel of participating in a mission brings a level of excitement and realism to the game that is hard to match. And frankly, it’s fun. I think...
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“In 1980, fewer than 500,000 Americans were in prison; today, the number is 2.3...”
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That’s Newsweek’s Andrew Romano, writer of this week’s profile of Jim Webb and his “crusade” to reform the criminal-justice system. (via newsweek)
Didn’t I just read some place that America has one of the highest poverty rates in the developed world? I wonder if there’s a...
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“I am an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.”
– Ron Paul (via hesspartacus)
Sorry, but, you need to run screaming from anyone who uses the word “perfect” and means it.
If I had the time I’d dig up all the quotes where he talks about shutting down the Board of Ed and other parts of the government that actually do good things...
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