November 2010
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Life is beautiful, Life is grand.
October 2010
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…maybe it doesn’t bother you to find out that before SB 1070 was passed by the...
– E.J. Montini (via azspot)
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The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped...
– Richard Burton (via thebookofatheism)
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the...
– Desmond Tutu (via theslowcollapseofsociety)
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The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.
– Chuck Palahniuk
seen this on lateralsymmetry
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The Death Star Halloween Bash / PROFESSOR CALCULUS... →
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There is only one way… to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the...
– Dale Carnegie (via longlivejava)
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Slavoj Zizek: Why Far Right and Xenophobic... →
Slavoj Zizek: Why Far Right and Xenophobic Politicians Are on the Rise in Europe
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NASA and DARPA Plan ‘Hundred-Year Starship’ To... →
jonathan-cunningham:
NASA and DARPA have joined forces to build something called a Hundred-Year Starship, according to the director of NASA’s Ames Research Center. Simon “Pete” Worden said NASA contributed $100,000 to the project and DARPA kicked in $1 million.
“The human space program is now really aimed at settling other worlds,” Worden said, according to a Singularity University blog that...
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Fox is part of the Republican Party. American political parties are made up of...
– Jonathan Bernstein (via jonathan-cunningham)
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Michael Moore: A Boot To The Head →
steampunkanachronism:
There she was, thrown to the pavement by a Republican in a checkered shirt. Another Republican thrusts his foot in between her legs and presses down with all his weight to pin her to the curb. Then a Republican leader comes over and viciously stomps on her head with his foot. You hear her glasses crunch under the pressure. Holding her head down with his foot, he applies...
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Mohandas Gandhi: Common misconceptions about the... →
mohandasgandhi:
Including many I’ve seen on Tumblr, corrected:
There is no exclusive right to privacy. Many Supreme Court judges have interpreted the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Amendments to include clauses that grant rights of privacy.
The terms “separation of church and state,” “separation of powers,” and…
“The word “god” does not appear in the Constitution nor does it appear in...
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The $4 Billion Election: Spending Records... →
The $4 Billion Election: Spending Records Shattered as Republicans Benefit from Late Cash Surge
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John Boehner: GOP 'Not Looking for Compromise' If... →
John Boehner: GOP ‘Not Looking for Compromise’ If They Take the House
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BP Dispersants 'Causing Sickness' |... →
BP Dispersants ‘Causing Sickness’
STFU, Tea baggers!: single-payer FAQ →
stfuteabaggers:
What will happen to physician incomes?
On the basis of the Canadian experience under national health insurance, we expect that average physician incomes should change little. However, the income disparity between specialties is likely to shrink.
The increase in patient visits when financial…
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Right Wing Bloggers on Stomping: It Was Faked, It... →
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cognitivedissonance:
Comments from right-wing blogs about the curbstomping of a Moveon.org activist by a Rand Paul campaign coordinator…
“This patchouli wearing, no shaving socialist will be the darling of the morning commie news shows tomorrow.
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Most likely another MoveOn thug in disguise. Let’s see how fast they find him.
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Miss Valle is a professional protestor...
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The Creepy Scientific Explanation Behind Ghost... →
“Being a man of science, he was going to skip the part where he had an exorcist come and bless the facility.”
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18828_the-creepy-scientific-explanation-behind-ghost-sightings.html#ixzz13WegkPub
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Religious Undercurrent Ripples In Anti-Gay... →
imaginenoheaven:
Do you see what I see?
“There is no confusion on this,” says Barb Anderson, who works for the Minnesota Family Council, an evangelical group. “Any teacher can stop bullying in its tracks — and should.”
Anderson says she deplores bullying. But she wants to keep the neutrality policy because she says that controversial topics like sexual orientation should be taught in the home...
All Programs Considered →
The most important name in that other world is Ira Glass, the inventor of the show This American Life. He learned his craft at the big NPR news shows and slowly developed a powerful style that centered on storytelling. There was a group of others—like Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (known as the Kitchen Sisters), David Isay, and Jay Allison—who had long been producing remarkable programs, including...