February 2011
January 2011
“Which is it, is man one of God’s blunders or is God one of man’s?”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via ageofreason)
“Why are Americans such wusses? Threaten the Greeks with job losses and benefit...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich (via azspot)
60 Minutes: "Julian Assange, The Man Behind... →
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by...”
– Seneca The Younger (via ageofreason)
“You can’t convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on...”
– Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
– Aldous Huxley (via ageofreason)
The Ephemeral Fall: URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST... →
roxanneritchi:
[via]
“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt….
“We will not be silenced, whether you’re a Christian, whether you’re a Muslim,...”
– Protester speaking in this video (via soupsoup)
Dick Cheney's Weather Machine: vruz replied to... →
highsee:
vruz replied to your post: Dear Vortex L5P,
glad they still have a jukebox. even if having to pay a premium for the privilege of authentic music is bordering the obscene.
Internet jukebox, but a juke nonetheless. I’ll keep going to the Midtown location from now on,…
This.
The Green State: PNHP answers: →
greenstate:
Why not make people who are higher risk pay higher premiums?
Experience-rated insurance requires higher risk people to pay higher premiums. This approach says that people who have had cancer in the past, or who have chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, or who have had dangerous exposures to substances like asbestos, must pay more because they are at higher risk of...
Breaking: Protests, looting, and home invasions...
Ahmed Shafik has been sworn-in as Prime Minister...
ryking:
More on Shafik here.
I want to have dinner with these guys
Waitress: Are you going to celebrate Thanksgiving tonight?
Woman with thick Canadian accent: Oh, no, we're going to go home and worship Satan, if that's okay with you.
A Facebook page has been set up to coordinate... →
ryking:
(Must be logged into Facebook to view the page.)
“Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way....”
– Cynthia Nixon (via cognitivedissonance)
Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
mollymillions:
lifeofamadman:
And the kids just love it!
Kein Mitleid Fur Die Mehrheit sucks! :D
We like talking dirty We smoke and we drink We’re KMFDM and all other bands stink Our music is sampled, totally fake It’s done by machines, ‘coz they don’t make mistakes We don’t have no lyrics, our message is nil We hate all DJs, they’re makin’ us ill...
Protesters are back in Cairo →
In a stunning reversal, USDA chief Vilsack... →
danielholter:
themattsmith:
This is a big fucking deal.
Monsanto’s GMO seeds spread to neighboring farms, crossbreed with organic seeds, Monsanto sues over intellectual property violations, wins, and shuts the organic farm down.
And now it’s done under the umbrella of the USDA’s tacit fucking approval.
Fuck Monsanto, and fuck the USDA for not having the balls to follow through.
Does...
“In which case I pray that no F.B.I. agent, criminal profiler or (worst of all)...”
– The Perils of Literary Profiling - NYTimes.com (via housingworksbookstore)
“This is Obama’s old promise — no red states or blue states, only red, white, and...”
– George Lakoff (via azspot)
GOP: Party of Forced Teen Birth →
greenstate:
The House Republican majority is trying to redefine “rape” in order to deny a large percentage of rape and incest victims access to Medicaid-funded abortions, Nick Baumann reports:
“With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.” This would rule out federal assistance for...
“After all, if sex-negativity is the idea that sex is bad (generally, unless it’s...”
– Sex-Positivity and Asexuality: Bringing Them Together | Charlie Glickman (via sexisnottheenemy)