January 2012
“Treat all income the same. Tax it all according to the same rate schedule. A...”
– Beyond the Buffett Rule (via ryking)
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“It’s the primary function of the mass media in the United States to mobilize...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
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Colbert's Super PAC raises over $1 million, and...
think-progress:
Dear Sirs and Sirettes,
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (ABTT) would like it entered into the record that as of January 30th, 2012, the sum total of our donations was $1,023,121.24.
Stephen Colbert, President of ABTT, has asked that I quote him as saying, ”Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I’m rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected...
Pakistan Drone Success Rate: 2% →
jonathan-cunningham:
This is an old story, but given our president’s recent propaganda supporting the drone war, it needs to be shared.
According to NAF’s research, there have been 215 drone attacks since 2004 in the bad-guy tromping grounds of northwest Pakistan, killing between 1,372 and 2,125 people. (The wide variation in estimates shows how difficult it is to track these stats, even...
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“[In the last year] there hasn’t been a single collateral death because of the...”
– John Brennan, President Obama’s counter-terrorism advisor in June 2011. By the time he made that statement, at least 168 children were killed by drones so far that year. (via jonathan-cunningham)
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“I want to make sure people understand actually drones have not caused a huge...”
– Barack Obama on the drone program that kills 1 militant for every 10-15 civilians. (via jonathan-cunningham)
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The Odd Couple: Romney Vs. Gingrich | Matt Taibbi →
This, of course, was the final irony: that South Carolina – a nest of upright country church folk proud of their exacting morals and broad distrust of buggery, stem cells and Hollywood relativism – had chosen as its values champion Newt Gingrich, a man who has been unfaithful not just to two wives but also two religions (raised Lutheran, he is currently Catholic by way of Southern Baptist)....
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“Republicans don’t even acknowledge that racism exists. There were a couple of...”
– Bill Maher (via barbiehighheels)
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