March 2012
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“It was a very aggressive attack on Baba Amr today. I don’t think they want to...”
– Mulham al-Jundi, Syrian activist • Describing the state of Baba Amr, a part of the besieged city of Homs in Syria. Homs has been the site of the most sustained, catastrophic violence in recent months, and tanks have reportedly surrounded the Baba Amr neighborhood on four sides, launching mortar fire...
February 2012
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“What does it say about the college coed Susan [sic] Fluke, who goes before a...”
– Rush Limbaugh, on law student Sandra Fluke, who was denied the ability to testify before the all-male panel considering contraceptive coverage.
Fuck. You.
As ThinkProgress states: “While it’s probably not even worth engaging with Limbaugh on the facts, Fluke’s testimony was about a friend who is a...
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Michigan Democrats be trollin' →
pantslessprogressive:
Related: Why Democrats may help Rick Santorum win Michigan
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“Is Big Oil to blame? Sure. Partly. Big oil companies have been gouging consumers...”
– Bernie Sanders
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Another Death Row Debacle: The Case Against Thomas... →
kohenari:
Another month, another man on death row, another excruciating case that illustrates just some of the ways in which America’s death penalty regime is unconstitutionally broken. This time, the venue is Alabama. This time, the murder that generated the sentence took place 30 years ago. And this time, there is an execution date of March 29, 2012, for Thomas Arthur, a man who has always...
Does The First Amendment Protect Atheists?
letterstomycountry:
You’d think so, but not according to a District Court Judge in Pennsylvania:
There is a surprising story out of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania that seems the perfect storm of religious tensions. You begin with Ernie Perce, an atheist who marched as a zombie Mohammad in the Mechanicsburg Halloween parade. Then you add Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim who stepped off a curb and...
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.
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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.
mohandasgandhi:
Look at all these foreigners taking our awards….
It’s okay… the movies were all still made in ‘MURICA!
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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)
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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...
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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...
“I’m fascinated by [America’s income inequality] because a lot of the people who...”
– David Simon on unregulated capitalism (via thesoapboxschtick)
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“Republicans don’t even acknowledge that racism exists. There were a couple of...”
– Bill Maher (via barbiehighheels)
“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...
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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)
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...
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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
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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...
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Chris Christie, cowardly fuck, vetoes marriage... →
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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)
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