January 2012
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“In fact, the chance that what you are reporting is bogus is much higher than the...”
– Why you really can’t trust any of the research you read « StrategyProfs.net (via felixsalmon)
WatchTreat your ears right. Listen to this album.
^^ What the autopopulated blurb said. Bubbly, bouncy minimal FTW.
December 2011
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“As a writer, I’ve often said that, among the other things that we need to...”
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Arundhati Roy: ‘The people who created the crisis will not be the ones that come up with a solution’ | Arun Gupta | World news | guardian.co.uk
November 2011
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“America desperately needs a responsible and compassionate alternative to the...”
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When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality?
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“McCaffrey was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction, the first woman...”
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Anne McCaffrey, 1926-2011 | Tor.com
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“Adam Lewis, one of the 17 accused conspirators in the G20 case, interjected,...”
– G20 case reveals ‘largest ever’ police spy operation - Canada - CBC News
“I think one of the reasons that I liked Freud right from the beginning was...”
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David Cronenberg on ‘A Dangerous Method,’ Robert Pattinson’s Acting, and S&M With Keira Knightley - The Daily Beast
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Squashed: Non-lethal weapons are designed to hurt... →
squashed:
There seems to be some confusion regarding appropriate and inappropriate use of weapons on non-violent protestors. Let’s clear up three things.
Non-violence is not the same as non-forceful or legal. A protester sitting in a sidewalk in violation of the law and in direct contravention of a police…
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“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
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“When discussing the worst sports scandals ever, Penn State is now in the...”
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The Firing of Joe Paterno: Why The Penn State Unrest Was Senseless | NewsFeed | TIME.com
More: Penn St. students flood streets, tip van (VIDEO)
List of songs banned by the BBC - Wikipedia, the... →
October 2011
5 posts
It is not okay to use 'lame' as an insult
lamewallofshame:
A huge percentage of people have some kind of walking disability. Whenever we see the word ‘lame’ used to mean ‘pathetic’ or ‘inadequate’ or ‘laughable’, we feel insulted.
We want you to stop using ‘lame’ as a term of ridicule.
To that end, we’ve created this Lame Wall of Shame. We encourage people to post links.
Awesome. Nicola Griffith kicks ass.
Unchained by Van Halenshared from exfm
Here I Am (Come and Take Me) by Al Greenshared...
Ca Plane Pour Moi by Sonic YouthCa plane pour MOI...
Midnight City by M83shared from exfm
September 2011
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“The public consensus that contracting needs to be curtailed is based on some...”
– Joshua Foust, Fellow for American Security Project
Read more quotes about the use of intelligence contractors from a recent Senate hearing at the POGO blog
(via govtoversight)
This quote. A thousand times this quote. Such a dead on encapsulation of the reason why contracting is such a messed up...
August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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[Sidebr] (Chrome AND Firefox) Restore Tumblr...
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zetx:
[Image: a Tumblr dashboard which appears to be in the new layout, however the sidebar along the right side displays a total post count, message inbox, followers, drafts, queue, and tracked tags in addition to the new dashboard’s list of followed blogs and liked posts. The most recent post on the dashboard is a link to “Restore Tumblr Sidebar (Greasemonkey...
May 2011
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9 Essential Items For Your Post-Rapture Survival... →
Houston, we have rapture.
“CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating...”
– Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Dead, Vader Says - Galactic Empire Times
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“More than two in three GOP leaders didn’t mention Obama, much less credit...”
– Obama’s bin Laden coup has GOP at a loss for words | McClatchy
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“Bin Laden’s killing is very likely justified under the laws (such as they are)...”
– Justice Like the Hawk — Crooked Timber
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“When Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama last week about the raid on Osama...”
– Steve Kroft explains why he broke interviewing rules when questioning Obama about bin Laden death for ’60 Minutes’ | Poynter.
