December 2011
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November 2011
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By the numbers:
think-progress:
Republicans are willing to raise taxes on more than 100 million Americans
… to spare 345,000 millionaires from a tiny surtax.
Something doesn’t add up.
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“At the moment, lawyers at Facebook and Google and Microsoft have more power over...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen talks about technologies that are challenging our notions of things like personal vs. private space, freedom of speech and our own individual autonomy. (via nprfreshair)
#OccupyLA and #OccupyPhilly being raided
cognitivedissonance:
Over 900 officers in riot gear headed to #OccupyLA now, booking and processing staged at Dodgers Stadium. Video here and here
#OccupyPhilly livestream is down. Police are reported to be staged at the Art Museum.
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PETITION: Tell APPLE to change Siri to provide... →
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“I repudiate, and I call on the President to repudiate, the concept of the 99 and...”
– Newt Gingrich
Somehow I don’t feel like President Obama is eager to heed the calls of Newt “let’s replace unionized janitors with schoolchildren” Gingrich.
-R
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Siri Failures, Illustrated
jumblejo:
stfusexists:
keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:
amaditalks:
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was a part of has netted 200+...
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10 things you should know about International... →
1. One in three women die or are seriously injured as a result of gender-based violence. Violence against women results in more deaths among women ages 15 to 44 than the total number of women who die because of war, malaria, and cancer.
2. An estimated four million women and girls are bought and sold worldwide each year, either into marriage, prostitution or slavery.
3. One out of every six...
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Herman Cain reveals Ginger White to accuse him of... →
After being criticized for his slow response to sexual harassment allegations, presidential candidate Herman Cain on Monday refuted a story that has yet to come out.
“It was pretty simple,” Ginger White told an Atlanta TV station in an interview set to air at 6 p.m. Monday evening. “It wasn’t complicated. I was aware that he was married. And I was also aware I was involved in a very...
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her-pink-triangle asked: I don't believe you posted that image of voldemort being an unborn baby. Why?
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“Today’s arms contractors are geniuses at spreading production facilities over a...”
– War: The Wrong Jobs Program (via azspot)
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Occupy Wall Street versus the Tea Party
cognitivedissonance:
Just a few stats on the two movements…
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Save the Postal Service →
seriouslyamerica:
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
Senator Bernie Sanders recently introduced a bill to save the U.S. Postal Service.
“In the midst of this terrible rececession, it makes no sense to lay off 100,000 postal workers - many of whom are veterans. While the Postal Service does face financial problems because of the decline of first class mail and the general impact of the recession, its...
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I try not to engage with Paulbots, but I can't...
coeus replied to your post: So, I’m registered unaffiliated, which means I get to vote in the Republican primaries if they happen to make it to North Carolina. I believe in voting, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to vote. Which member of the Island of Misfit Toys (Republican nominees for Presidential) is would be the best option?
Huntsman? Least homicidal?Are you forgetting that Ron Paul has...
dionthesocialist asked: So, I'm registered unaffiliated, which means I get to vote in the Republican primaries if they happen to make it to North Carolina. I believe in voting, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to vote. Which member of the Island of Misfit Toys (Republican nominees for Presidential) is would be the best option?
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Virginia Delegate Introduces Personhood Amendment →
On Monday, Virginia state Delegate Bob Marshall (R-Prince William County) filed a “personhood” bill, which states that life begins at conception and proposes to give constitutional rights to a fertilized egg. The bill proposes to give “unborn children at every stage of development all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and...
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Also, in all this arguing over Black Friday...
motherjones:
…and who’s more in-touch with “real people,” it’s striking how all the discussion centers on the consumer, and none of it considers, for just a minute, the retail worker: the hourly-paid, benefit-lacking working stiff today who doesn’t get that holiday between Thanksgiving and the weekend off, but instead has to work weird hours smiling and being nice to customers who, if they...
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The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are... →
And, already there are indications that companies are interested in bringing broad actions for infringement against organizations that most people would consider perfectly legal. Advertising giant GroupM recently asked its entertainment industry customers to compile a list of “sites dedicated to infringement,” not unlike what’s found under PROTECT IP. Universal Music, Warner Bros. and...
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence... →
[TW: rape] A top United Nations official today marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a call for solidarity with the survivors of sexual violence in conflict throughout the world.
“These survivors, mainly women and girls, have lived through unspeakable horrors at the hands of armed groups who deliberately and systematically use rape as a tactic of...
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Happy Thanksgiving.
fuckyeahtattoos:
November is Native American Heritage Month. If you’d like to stay true to the spirit of Thanksgiving, you can donate to an organization like the Native American Heritage Association, which insures families in need on reservations have food, clothing, and warm homes this time of year.
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The newest research linking Fox News with... →
reallyfoxnews:
Liberal bias?
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PDFs of Ron Paul's newsletters. →
steviemcfly:
I’ve been trying to share them with everyone asking for sources, but I can’t send any more messages for an hour.
Did he write all of them? The world may never know. But it sure was careless of him to allow them to be published under his name.
-R
armlessphelan asked: The Ron Paul quotes are from his newsletter. He says he didn't write them and won't claim them, but they were published in his name for years and he didn't care.
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URGENT: Anti-choice groups and their allies in... →
Ever since the Obama administration issued regulations requiring insurance coverage for birth control with no co-pays, anti-women’s health groups and their allies in Congress have been fighting tooth and nail to take that coverage away from women. We can’t let them succeed — not after fighting so hard to secure coverage for preventive care that is so critical for women....
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Debate summary
Santorum: Basically did everything he could to call for an outright holy war without actually saying it.
Romney: Nothing’s a crime when you’re protecting AMERICA!
Gingrich: Suggested that we need to be humane to the illegal immigrants who already have families and community connections here…but remember, the voters he’s trying to appeal to are the same ones who cheered...
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“I’m very concerned about the militant socialists and radical Islamists...”
– Rick Santorum
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN A NUTSHELL, FOLKS.
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Gingrich doesn't believe that the American people...
Oh, Newt. You don’t know anything about your voting base, do you?
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Bachmann brings up Steve Jobs' inability to find...
I wonder if it could maybe—just maybe—have anything to do with the prohibitively high cost of education?!
Of course not. That would be too simple. Let’s blame foreigners instead.
-R
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“Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny...”
– Theodore Roosevelt (via think-progress)
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Ron Paul got to propose canceling the drug war. I...
STOP MAKING ME AGREE WITH YOU.
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“We would never have gotten into this situation if I were President of the United...”
– Rick Perry, aka the candidate who could not possibly be any more similar to the actual person who got us into this situation:
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So while I wait for my live stream to work again,...
stfusexists:
Romney has attacked Obamacare for being too expensive, then immediately attacked military cutbacks
Rick Perry referred to Africa as a country
Herman Cain has had every question repeated to him and then just repeated what everyone before him said in an unintelligible hodge podge because he does not know anything about this debate. Also, the problem with war in Iran? Mountains.
Ron...
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“We should export some principles about free markets and maybe they could produce...”
– Ron Paul
Pretty sure we’ve been exporting those “principles” for decades, Ron. Pretty sure we’ve established that free markets don’t automatically produce economic equality. Pretty sure you’re full of crap.
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“We need to sanction the Iranian Central Bank… that will shut down that economy,...”
– Rick Perry, calling for aggressive sanctions against Iran and decrying the Obama administration for failing to act as such. (via shortformblog)
Which is hilarious because THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
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“I would first make sure they have a credible plan of success…it is a very...”
– Herman Cain’s response to “would you support Israel in attacking Iran?”
Come on, Herman! You just missed your chance to talk about 9-9-9!
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A Republican debate on Tumblr would consist of...
Also, GIFs of private industry at work and hipster tattoos of the twin towers.
-R