January 2010
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“Mr. Obama cited the Senate’s inaction four times in contrast to the House...”
–  Ralph Nader on the State of the Union
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Words with friends:
theoriginaljoefisher: Theoriginaljoefisher Bring it. Buckle up JoeJoe.
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Superfast Bullet Trains are finally coming to... →
tragos: This is fantastic news. Now what we need is a new fleet of ocean liners for slow travel, from the West Coast to Asia, from the East Coast to Europe, and from all coasts to Latin America. Unlike cruise ships, these liners should include: greenhouses, libraries, movie theaters, basketball courts, wireless and the option to take a mini-course on a variety of subjects. You give us these...
Jan 29th
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Somali Pirates Help Haiti →
Spokesmen for the so-called “Somali pirates” have expressed willingness to transfer part of their loot captured from transnational boats to send to Haiti. The “pirates” typically redistribute a significant portion of their profits among relatives and the local population. ”The humanitarian aid to Haiti can not be controlled by the United States and European countries; they have no moral authority...
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big...”
–  Holden Caufield
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Justice Alito's Conduct and the Court's... →
The behavior of Justice Alito at last night’s State of the Union address — visibly shaking his head and mouthing the words “not true” when Obama warned of the dangers of the Court’s Citizens United ruling — was a serious and substantive breach of protocol that reflects very poorly on Alito and only further undermines the credibility of the Court.  It has nothing...
Jan 28th
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sistermarymartha: Okay, whatever. I just want to believe that good things can still happen in the next two years, that people will have really listened tonight, and will stop at least slightly with the kneejerk bullshit. Sorry, I mean you guys are funny, but I am actually really angry about a lot of shit, as we all are, and some days I just want to fucking believe that Frank Capra’s idea of the...
Jan 28th
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“I forgot he was black tonight, for an hour.”
– Chris Matthews, MSNBC. Oh Chris. No. (via dailyhuff) WHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????????? (via afghanibanani) Really?  He really said that?  C’mon, this is a joke, right? No?! (via danielholter) I’d love to know how many people actually watched MSNBC when he said that, because...
Jan 28th
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China mulls ban on eating dogs and cats  →
If the new regulation is passed, thousands of dog restaurants and butchers will be shut down, and anyone eating pets would be slapped with a fine of up to 5,000 yuan or 15 days in jail and restaurants could incur fines of up to 500,000 yuan.
Jan 27th
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Jan 26th
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Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction →
Corporate forces, long before the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, carried out a coup d’état in slow motion. The coup is over. We lost. The ruling is one more judicial effort to streamline mechanisms for corporate control. It exposes the myth of a functioning democracy and the triumph of corporate power. As long as a democratic facade exists, liberals can engage in an empty moral...
Jan 25th
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Jan 23rd
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“With a single, disastrous 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has thrust politics...”
– NYTimes.com (via azspot)
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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BIRD by Andrew Zuckerman Studio (via Bobby) A short film to accompany his stunning book.
Jan 21st
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Hitchens: The Other L-Word →
Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of “like” has spread through the idiom of the young. And it’s true that in some cases the term has become simultaneously a crutch and a tic, driving out the rest of the vocabulary as candy expels vegetables. But it didn’t start off that way, and might possibly be worth saving in a modified...
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Listendavid-noel:bijan: The Magnetic Fields / You...
Jan 20th
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Music to offset thanatotic work environments →
tragos: I also just finished Undaunted Courage, the utterly amazing—and occasionally disheartening—tale of Lewis and Clark’s Jeffersonian voyage across the continent, a voyage that provided many an opportunity to haul large keelboats and makeshift canoes against currents, rapids and even falls. Sometimes while being fired upon. In this riveting tale of frontier derring-do, you...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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