June 2012
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May 2012
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Words to Avoid Online If You Don’t Want to Join... →
Really now?
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“The American People will take Socialism, but they won’t take the label. I...”
– Upton Sinclair (via jonathan-cunningham)
Americans love Socialism, as long as you don’t call it that.
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What Your Cell Phone Company Is Telling the... →
It’s time for cell phone companies to be up front with customers about how their personal information – including their location history and who they call and text with – is being collected, stored, and shared with the government. In an op-ed on CNN.com, ACLU attorney Catherine Crump argues that wireless carriers – “who we pay to provide a service, not to keep tabs on us for the government” –...
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“Religions aren’t monolithic; if people really are involved in deep spiritual...”
– kohenari (via azspot)
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Scientists use modified virus to make mice live... →
An experimental gene therapy recently tested on mice at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre found that by modifying a non-replicating virus to trigger production of an enzyme that repairs chromosomes, scientists were able to slow down cellular aging in the mice by up to 24 percent.
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Up to 1M Americans Too Poor to Go Bankrupt - They... →
Personally, I think this number is much, much higher. Probably closer to 30 million.
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San Francisco teachers vote overwhelmingly to... →
cognitivedissonance:
San Francisco teachers voted overwhelmingly to support a strike Thursday night, with 97 percent saying yes in what was the first of two required votes.
“Last night the teachers of San Francisco sent a message loud and clear to the San Francisco Unified School District,” said Dennis Kelly, United Educators of San Francisco President, in a statement after votes were counted...
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Gay Former Romney Staffer: Obama ‘On The Right... →
Richard Grenell, the openly gay former Bush administration official who was Mitt Romney’s national security spokesperson for a couple weeks before resigning under pressure from social conservatives upset with his hiring, praised President Obama for publicly supporting same sex marriage Wednesday. Grenell, who is an advocate for same sex marriage, told Metro Weekly Obama “deserves...
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I applaud the President for his statements
This is the first courageous statement he’s made in a while, and to do it at the beginning of what promises to be an ugly election season speaks a lot to his character.
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lol Mitt Romney
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Terrific Blog To Follow. →
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Hit job on our academic work →
On April 30, blogger Naomi Schaefer Riley attacked the work of several African American graduate students, as well as African American studies in general, in a post on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog.
The right-wing post—and a subsequent defense by Schaefer Riley—caused a firestorm at the Chronicle website and provoked outraged responses from several...
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Delta Air Lines drops ads from Jon Stewart’s The... →
The Catholic League announced Monday that Delta Air Lines had pulled its sponsorship of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show following a boycott launched by the organization.
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“A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to...”
– Howard Scott (via theredhammerandsickle)
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“We’ve been hearing a lot about the war on women, which is real enough. But...”
– Paul Krugman, The New York Times, “Wasting Our Minds.”
Go read the whole damned thing.
(via inothernews)
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“Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in...”
– Molly Ivins (via cognitivedissonance)
Happy May Day, everyone.
April 2012
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WatchBiden unveils new health initiative to make U.S. women hotter.
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Facts are Facts.
Facts can at times be inconvenient, especially when they don’t match up to what you’ve been told, or what you have internalized as your worldview. This is understandable, but, it doesn’t change anything. Facts are facts, and are not dependent upon your biases or preconceptions.
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“Somehow, firing people with jobs became the Republican strategy for job...”
– John Atcheson (via azspot)
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“What civilization is, is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by...”
– Terence McKenna
Truth bomb. (via mindbabies)
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Cameron's Remarkable Achievement - Krugman →
When David Cameron became PM, and announced his austerity plans — buying completely into both the confidence fairy and the invisible bond vigilantes — many were the hosannas, from both sides of the Atlantic. Pundits here urged Obama to “do a Cameron”; Cameron and Osborne were the toast of Very Serious People everywhere.
Now Britain is officially in double-dip recession, and has achieved the...
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California bill would crack down on ‘ex-gay’... →
A California state Senate committee on Monday approved a bill that aims to protect citizens against “reparative” therapies intended to change the sexual orientation of LGBT people.
By a vote of 5-3, the state Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development advanced SB 1172, which would ban children under 18 from receiving so-called “ex-gay” therapies....
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“I’m going to go out on a limb here: being an atheist demands that we work for...”
– Greta Christina (via thisisizy)
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Republican 'War on Women' Backfires →
sarahlee310:
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley’s now infamous dismissal, that “Women don’t care about contraception. They care about jobs and their families …” was significant. Of course they care about jobs and their families, as well as their rights as women. But her party has had nothing to offer on the jobs and families front for the past four decades, or on other economic issues. They...
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kelsium:
Nine U.S. Banks Said to be Examined on Overdraft Fees
jakke:
Oh hey so this is kind of awesome.
Banks in the US have made it very easy for customers to overdraw their accounts (e.g., by attempting to pay with debit for a transaction that exceeds the balance of the account) and then charge very high fees to punish the customer. These fees are around $25-$35, and around fifteen...
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These are great →
Bank of America has a new PR campaign inviting people to come up with a new slogan for the company. Click through, and be entertained.
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supersoygrrrl:
stfuconservatives:
anticapitalist:
libertarians-and-stoya:
anticapitalist:
libertarians-and-stoya replied to your post:DAMMIT
blame the minimum wage laws
I agree.
If they were higher, the working class would have more disposable income that they could spend on buying things like guitars. Increased aggregate demand for guitars would cause greater employment at guitar...
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Zimmerman to be charged for Martin shooting →
A law officer close to the investigation of the Trayvon Martin shooting said Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey will charge neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman Wednesday afternoon, according to The Washington Post.
The official did not indicate what charge Zimmerman will face for shooting and killing Martin on February 26th.
An announcement of the charge would come a day after...
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Teen Pregnancies Highest In States With... →
The number of teen births in the U.S. dropped again in 2010, according to a government report, with nearly every state seeing a decrease. Nationally, the rate fell 9 percent to about 34 per 1,000 girls ages 15 through 19, and the drop was seen among all racial and ethnic groups. Mississippi continues to have the highest teen birth rate, with 55 births per 1,000 girls. New Hampshire has the lowest...
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“The most common impediment to clear thinking that a non-believer must confront...”
– Sam Harris, New Statesman: Faith No More (via growingtornadoes)
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‘Huge shift’ among female voters gives Obama lead... →
There is often a gender gap between the two political parties, with woman voters tending to favor the Democrats while a majority of men support Republican candidates. In recent weeks, however, as the Republican Party has become embroiled in the contraception issue, that gap has widened into an abyss.
March 2012
Happy Cesar Chavez Day, everyone!
Let’s use this opportunity to remember the power of organizing and demanding our rights as humans and as workers.
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Watchgooglesantorum:
rasputin:
“We know the candidate Barack Obama what he was like, the anti-war goverment nigg—the uh—…”
I think it’s time to go home now, Rick.
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Over 600 Atheism vs. Theism Debates →
For those who enjoy atheism vs. theism debates, here’s the most complete list you’ll find on the web (615 of them and counting)
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Use Birth Control? You're Fired! →
First, a bill that gives immunity to doctors who lie to couples about the results of their prenatal tests in order to prevent them from getting an abortion. Now, a bill that would give your boss the green light to fire you for using birth control. You think I am kidding? I wish. For a decade now, Arizona insurance companies have been required to provide coverage for contraception just like other...
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“Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown. There is something so hopelessly...”
– - Maurice Sendak on Colbert Report (via goodreasonnews)
Great quote, or greatest quote? We report, you decide.
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Douglas Adams
nonplussedbyreligion:
As always I like to post the entire quote when I can find it. Getting the whole picture is always so much better. This is so much better when you read the whole thing. ~ Kim
“Now, the invention of the scientific method and science is, I’m sure we’ll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful framework for thinking and investigating and...