December 2010
108 posts
“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans...”
– Michael Parenti (via hipsterlibertarian)
“But a nation of wusses? Sorry, governor. Talk to the clerk in Queens who walked...”
– The Can’t-Do Nation - NYTimes.com
Watching my neighborhood dig itself out (the plows finally came around 10:30 last night, and even then the people had to come out into the street to help the plow get through) I was reminded of Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell. Watching the way people took...
Anarchy in the Streets? →
hipsterlibertarian:
Getting rid of traffic rules apparently increases safety and courtesy.
this is HUGE!
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– This is a damn good read. (via nikkiwiley)
Call the FCC TODAY (1-888-CALL FCC) ... To Defeat...
theveritas:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/12/call-fcc-today-1-888-call-fcc-to-defeat.html
“The FCC will vote tomorrow morning between 10:30 and 12:30 Eastern time on a proposed rule written by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski which would gut the Internet. It would allow the big carriers to create different tiers of mobile Web access and speed depending on how much you pay, allow them to...
“Because if this is gonna be a Christian nation that DOESN’T help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert (via technipol)
Jesus loved the poor, Americans not so sure.
(via liberalsarecool)
Liberals Are Cool: Republicans Solidify "#complete... →
liberalsarecool:
On Thursday night, hours before passing the tax cut compromise, House Republicans thwarted a bill that aimed to protect girls around the world from being coerced into child marriage. They opposed it because, they claimed, it might fund abortions.
via balloon-juice.com
“The text of the bill…
#SCUM OF THE FUCKING EARTH
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i think i’m going to pop in my vhs copy of Casablanca, open up a bottle of shiraz and write out some x-mas cards. not bad for a sunday evening.
: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy REPEALED →
liberal-lad:
Just weeks before single-party rule comes to an end in Washington, and 17 years after the policy was enacted into law by the Clinton administration, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been repealed. With 65 votes on Saturday, the policy prohibiting gays from serving openly in the military was effectively…
‘BOUT TIME.
55-41. Cloture on DREAM fails. DREAM act is dead.
brooklynmutt:
zainyk:
Four Democrats have voted NO: Pryor, Tester, Ben Nelson, and Max Baucus.
Four-SHAME!
Spending cuts 'will see rise in absolute child... →
jonathan-cunningham:
socialisimo:
The government’s radical programme to slash spending will see the first rise in absolute child poverty for 15 years, with almost 200,000 children pushed into penury, according to an analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
Tax changes introduced by the coalition government will, the leading independent fiscal thinktank finds, increase absolute poverty...
Lost At E Minor: Amazing stop motion animation by... →
lostateminor:
Pahnl, a street artist from the UK, has been stenciling since 2003 and actively putting work up on the street since 2006: ‘I take huge influence from comics and street signage, but I add my own subversive twist. I aim to make my work interact with its environment. In the end, though, all I want to…
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0n0-deactivated20110404 asked: I can't. It has to be Jan 25 but I do have a extra ticket. I'll ask for anther day and get back to you this week
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this is not just flip-flopping
brooklynmutt:
“I can’t even count how many times I listened to Barack Obama on the campaign trail talk about how, as president, he would rescind the Bush tax cuts as soon as he had the chance. He stood up and he said over and over again – I can still hear him saying “Let me be clear!” with that Great Statesman voice of his, before he went into this routine – that the Bush tax cuts were wrong and...