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I’m sorry, but this is crazy. Halperin’s crack was crude and dumb, but it...
– MSNBC’s suspension of Mark Halperin is way over the top
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Amy Goodman To Host Discussion With Julian Assange... →
Mark your calendars.
More Slavoj Žižek. More Assange.
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Tom Petty wants Bachmann to lay off 'American... →
Republicans rejected yet again by Rockers.
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When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands...
– Mark Twain
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Goldman Sachs Is Firing Employees In The US So It... →
soupsoup:
Goldman is so concerned about the potential for criticism that the firm’s representatives have been alerting staffers of lawmakers in Washington of the hiring spree in recent weeks as a way to mollify any concerns they may have about previously undisclosed plans to add 1,000 jobs to the firm’s Singapore office, according to people in Washington with direct knowledge if the matter....
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Air conditioning for troops costs more than NASA →
climateadaptation:
rtamerica:
If you think your electricity bill is a joke, get a load of this. The United States spends more than $20 billion per year on air conditioning for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. As NPR reports, that’s more than the entire operating budget for NASA.
This infuriating post has only 19 likes/reblogs. It’s was posted at lunch time est, Monday June 27th. Compare...
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Patti Smith | The Talks →
Ms. Smith, are musicians these days put on too high of a pedestal for your taste?
I don’t believe people playing rock ‘n’ roll should have crowns. We’re not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.
Anybody?
Rock ‘n’ roll belongs to the people. When I started playing I couldn’t sing very well and I couldn’t play any instrument. I didn’t know anything about technology. I’d never been in front of...
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Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and...
– “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom (via twofish)
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