February 2011
34 posts
January 2011
47 posts
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Girl, 9, and father shot dead by 'anti-immigrant... →
Wikileaks is a “terrorist” organization. People who shoot kids in the middle of the night are “vigilantes.”
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Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very...
– Joe Biden
(via Political Punch)
Technical Details On How Egypt Has Shut Down Every... →
A Dark Day for Democracy in Iowa | Brennan Center... →
In addition to being good policy, restoring voting rights is an important civil rights issue. Prior to Executive Order 42, Iowa permanently denied the right to vote to nearly 40% of the African-American population in the state. Compounding this racial disparity is the fact that the only way to get one’s right to vote back is through an application to the Governor - but only after having paid...
Dennis Kucinich Sues Congressional Cafeteria Over... →
You’ve lost some glow, little unicorn.
Drug experiment - The Boston Globe →
Portugal, nine years after de-criminalizing all drugs.
Transom » Foreign Stories: The Remix – by Nancy... →
What got left out in a 9 minute story about Iraq.
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Jogger | Nephicide
Making goth kids badass for once.
via pitchfork
Let's Bury the Not-a-Word Myth - Culture - GOOD →
Irregardless, I will knock the validity of an argument down at least a point for using a non-word.
Seems like a lot of people are wondering why Gucci Mane got an ice cream tattoo...
– Twitter / @Hannah $ilk Champagne
#guccithoughts
IBM's Watson supercomputer destroys all humans in... →
Of course they refer to a fucking computer as “he” and give it a male voice.
Westboro Baptist Church agrees to not protest... →
Everyone in America agrees that these people are the worst people in our country, right? Outside analysis from the BBC places them at “most hated.” Which, btw, recommended watching.
God Bless the First Amendment. It loves you back, Phelps family.
Radio Interview with Vocalo.org →
livingphilanthropic:
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Friendly reminder… Carlo is a super bright and (obviously) giving person. A lot of charities say “Just $X amount a...
Did you just blog about hot dogs?
– Alex, from the other room.
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H.R.2 — Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
– Bill Text - 112th Congress (2011-2012) - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
This is the actual title of the bill.
(via sexartandpolitics)
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Questions for Das Racist from Deborah Soloman -... →
Why do you speak of your friends in Brooklyn as filth? Suri: They know what they did.
I’m tired of rappers who deploy slut-shame to smoke-screen their near...
– Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic
#kanyethoughts
The Coming War on Women : Daily Kos →
Can’t wait!
Pete also acted the fuck out of his shit in The Omen, Aeon Flux, The Constant...
– The ever eloquent Michael K at Dlisted
As to the question of what the government should do rather than keep playing...
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Undressing the Terror Threat - WSJ.com
Let's pretend it's summer and go get brunch.
Negroni Sbagliato from Ms. Msomi at pullpushpull.
1/3 Martini Rosso
1/3 Campari
1/3 Spumante Brut (Prosecco)
1 Slice of orange
Ice
Fill a tumbler glass with ice, add each ingredient, mix delicately.