February 2012
89 posts
Update: US bank Wachovia laundered $70b for...
leftist-linguaphile: occupyallstreets: http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1115826_re-us-bank-dirty-money-.html Cartels benefit, banks benefit, the Mexican people get screwed. Absolutely disgusting.
Feb 27th
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“I was visiting with this family and one of the little boys said he wasn’t going...”
– HuffPo: Michigan Welfare Cuts Forcing People Back To Work Or Straining Safety Net? Goddamn welfare kids skipping meals on my dime.   (via letterstomycountry) The GOP: Making America skinnier, one skipped meal at a time.
Feb 27th
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mohandasgandhi: Look at all these foreigners taking our awards…. It’s okay… the movies were all still made in ‘MURICA!
Feb 27th
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Feb 26th
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran wants to prove to the world that possessing nuclear...”
– Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a speech broadcast on state TV, rebuking continued claims — by the United States and other Western countries — that Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapon(s). (via manicchill)
Feb 26th
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Abortion In Nature →
letterstomycountry: Sullivan observes a Discover Magazine article that discusses the “Bruce Effect:” The trend of aborting babies in the face of strange males is known as the Bruce effect. That’s not a slight against men of that name; the effect is named after the scientist who discovered it – Hilda Margaret Bruce. In 1959, she noticed that pregnant mice will abort if they’re exposed to...
Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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“How can our country, with a President who knows discrimination in his core, how...”
– Vermont resident Frances Herbert • Discussing the issues her wife, Takaka Ueda, is facing. Herbert is legally married to Ueda — a native of Japan and her partner of 13 years — and in shock, after the Department of Homeland Security sent a letter denying Ueda’s request to stay in the country. Ueda...
Feb 25th
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“I’m fascinated by [America’s income inequality] because a lot of the people who...”
– David Simon on unregulated capitalism (via thesoapboxschtick)
Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 22nd
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“Republicans don’t even acknowledge that racism exists. There were a couple of...”
– Bill Maher  (via barbiehighheels)
Feb 21st
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“If an elementary school student has an excellent teacher even for a single year,...”
– Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a co-author of the study with Harvard Kennedy School’s John Friedman and Columbia Business School’s Jonah Rockoff. (Harvard Gazette) AKA why teachers should be paid more and we should be working to retain the best and...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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“It is not only Israeli leaders who have doubted Obama’s commitment to stop...”
– Memo to Republicans: Obama is Tougher on Iran Than George W. Bush - Jeffrey Goldberg (via wonklife)
Feb 21st
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Daily Kos: Where were the bishops when Troy Davis... →
The Catholic Church officially opposes capital punishment. This doctrine is in the same vein as those opposing abortion, birth control, and physician-assisted suicide: church doctrine dictates that life begins at conception and is a gift from God. Consequently, it is beyond the scope of any soul, no matter how high the earthly authority, to terminate a human life. It does not matter if it is...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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socialistexan: brosephstalin: >Mubarak accepts IMF loan >Helps foster discontent >Revolution that is then stalled by military take over >Military gov’t accepts IMF loan
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Famous first words from Ezra Klein on Tumblr
shortformblog: wonklife: Can I ask a dumb Tumblr question? Is there the equivalent of a newsfeed for Tumblr, where I can see the posts of everyone I’m following threaded chronologically? And if not, what’s the point of following people? Update: Ah. The dashboard. Got it. Told you it was a dumb question. Did you know, Ezra, that in some circles you’re considered to be fawnworthy? And you...
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Chris Christie, cowardly fuck, vetoes marriage... →
Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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“They talk about class warfare - the fact of the matter is there has been class...”
– Bernie Sanders, telling you what the GOP would rather you not know. (via ernestsewell)
Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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"You've confused a 'war on your religion' with...
— JON STEWART, The Daily Show. Yep, conservatives. PREACH.
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Think Progress: 5 things to know about the Obama... →
think-progress: 1. It includes $350 billion in short-term measures to encourage job growth, including billions in infrastructure and schools. 2. The total budget reduces the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. 3. Unlike the last two GOP budgets, Obama’s budget protects Medicare and Medicaid from…
Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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