September 2011
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“It’s not just Vermont that you’re hurting. You are destroying the fabric of a...”
– Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) concerning disaster relief for states effected by Hurricane Irene. (via kileyrae)
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“Among the examples cited were a $40m prison for Iraq that the country did not...”
– BBC News - US ‘wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq’ over decade (via progressivefriends)
The reasons why we have a huge deficit:
1. Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
2. Iraq & Afghanistan Wars
$40 MILLION on a prison that wasn’t wanted and never completed. Not $40 million helping the...
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“Nobody was asking about offsetting budget cuts in Joplin (Missouri, which was...”
– Republican New Jersey governor CHRIS CHRISTIE, during a press conference today with FEMA and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Christie has applied for federal emergency aid for his hurricane-ravaged state.
Memo to Eric Cantor: when Chris Christie tells you to stick it in your ear, you...
August 2011
“It’s amazing, though it shouldn’t be, to see the former vice-president of the...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates (via azspot)
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“Can we just accept that fact that being poor, and being on public assistance,...”
– You can just… — Feministe (via lemdi)
It’s kind of sad that wanting people, regardless of their financial situation, to be able to enjoy life in some small way opens yourself up to being called a communist. Not that it is really an insult, it’s just sad that being decent is such an anomaly.
(via...
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“When the earthquake hits, or the tsunami inundates, or the Twin Towers ignite,...”
– Christopher Hitchens, god Is Not Great (via thomaslevinson)
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“And Huntsman expanded the rights of Utah gun-owners, abolishing some...”
– Michael Brendan Dougherty, “Jon Huntsman, the No-Drama Conservative,” good piece in the American Conservative taking apart the Hunstman as moderate myth. Not nursing cultural grievances against science, environmentalism, and secular society just isn’t the same thing as centrism. (via ilyagerner)
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“(Conservative commentator Glenn Beck) questioned the use of “African-American”...”
– The New York Daily News, “Glenn Beck, Conservative Ex-Fox Host on Radio Show: The Term ‘Colored’ Is ‘Not a Bad Thing.’”
Glenn Beck, inept-American.
(via inothernews)
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Everybody ought to read this today →
thepoliticalnotebook:
kohenari:
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of my friend Ronnie Frye. He was poisoned to death in the middle of the night by the government of the State of North Carolina, on behalf of its citizens, in revenge for the 1993 murder of Ralph Childress.
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This piece by Ari Kohen is some pretty powerful blogging, and a stinging indictment of the system by which we...
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Education Department Backs Away From Fix to Help...
abbyjean:
After suffering from panic attacks and episodes of psychosis, Donita McDonald was diagnosed with a severe mental illness in 2009. She was unable to work or attend school, and the Social Security Administration declared the 21-year-old disabled. After the ruling, her family turned to the Department of Education, appealing to have her thousands of dollars in student loans forgiven. The...
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Wikileaks Cable Reveals 2006 Summary Execution of... →
jonathan-cunningham:
pantslessprogressive:
paxamericana:
Women and children had their hands tied behind their back and were shot in the head in house raid, which was covered up by the military
“As revealed by a State Department diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks last week, US forces committed a heinous war crime during a house raid in Iraq in 2006, wherein one man, four women, two...
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Wikileaks Cable Reveals 2006 Summary Execution of... →
pantslessprogressive:
paxamericana:
Women and children had their hands tied behind their back and were shot in the head in house raid, which was covered up by the military
“As revealed by a State Department diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks last week, US forces committed a heinous war crime during a house raid in Iraq in 2006, wherein one man, four women, two children, and three infants...
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“The evidence is overwhelming… that Dick Cheney is not just a political figure...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com (via brotherdarkness)
Study finds daycare is more expensive than college →
stfuconservatives:
But no, please, continue to restrict abortion access AND cut programs for the poor.
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“It’s official: Republican politicians have now written more books than they have...”
– @BorowitzReport (via brooklynmutt)
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“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It’s not true....”
– Milan Kundera (via anaesthesia4aesthetes)
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“Exaggerating, manipulating and exploiting the Terrorist threat for profit and...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)
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The New York Times has the story of Exxon winning... →
inothernews:
Maybe they should just drill for irony.
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Rep. Giffords writing left handed, walking →
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“I know not everyone who says, “Stop being so sensitive” comes from a place of...”
– (via letsgetoutofthiscountry)
Always reblog.
(via amaevis)
No Expertise Please, We're Republicans →
pantslessprogressive:
Headline of the day.
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The Election March of the Trolls | Chris Hedges →
We have begun the election march of the trolls. They have crawled out of the sewers of public relations firms, polling organizations, the commercial media, the two corporate political parties and elected office to fill the airwaves with inanities and absurdities until the final inanity—the 2012 presidential election. Journalists, whose role has been reduced to purveyors of court gossip, whether...
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“Quite honestly, I couldn’t put it down,” Satan wrote. “It was almost like a book...”
– Cheney’s Book Features Foreword by Satan « Borowitz Report (via brooklynmutt)
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“When you start to become aware of these bogus quotations, you can’t stop finding...”
– Falser Words Were Never Spoken - NYTimes.com (via firthofforth)
“Don’t believe everything you read.” - Julius Caesar
(via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“When you’re Vice president, you better be prepared to be a punchline.”
– DICK CHENEY, on The Today Show, when asked if he regrets shooting his good friend in the face whilst hunting — thus becoming a punchline for late-night comics.
While Cheney said he felt bad about the hunting accident, he was unapologetic about pretty much everything else.
(via inothernews)
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“The first drug used by almost everyone, in almost every instance was either...”
– NORML founder, Keith Stroup (via myheadisweak)
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Federal Appeals Court Has Deemed Prohibiting... →
cognitivedissonance:
This states very clearly that not only is it a right of citizens to record public officials, but makes the case that such activity should be actually encouraged to maintain democracy. Without our First Amendment we are nothing. Having an elected official that you cannot petition or that you cannot have First Amendment rights when around is like being a sports player and...
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Before The GOP Will Help Women, Children and...
cognitivedissonance:
liberalsarecool:
“Whereas Congress used to provide emergency funds after a disaster, without regard for budget caps or offsets, Republicans have said they will no longer accept such an approach — if Democrats want emergency assistance in the wake of a natural disaster, Republicans will insist on attaching some strings to the relief funds….
As [House Majority ...
“Higher education in the United States has the appearance of a meritocracy, but...”
– Henry Giroux (via azspot)
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