February 2011
“Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I’ve got my mop and I’m mopping...”
– President Barack Obama
I do love a good socialist mop (via reallyfoxnews)
Dying.
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Socialist Mop is going to be the name of my new Ska band.
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Socialist mop is the mop of the people.
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A socialist mop is a haircut for young...
“Moments after the arrest, a police officer walked into the court wearing a hat,...”
– Failure to Doff Hat Lands Man in Jail - Yahoo! Finance
January 2011
Caterpillar Cowboy: Myers-Briggs Dating Field... →
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Why you want one: They’ll sit-inside-and-read-Dostoevsky-with-you-on-a-rainy-day, they’re good curators of interests and they’ll find something interesting to do and plan the whole date out (to the second). Spoiler Alert: Icy-cold exterior. Where to find one: Any independent or used bookstore in a trendy neighborhood on a Friday night. Typically they’ll be there before heading to a small...
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“Republican justice.”
– Former Republican National Committee chairman MICHAEL STEELE, responding with those two words afterhost Bill Maher pointed out that, while Steele was RNC chairman, the GOP won the largest number of Congressional seats “since 1938” only to be “fired” from his post earlier this month, on Real Time.
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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...
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“An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand’s law...”
– Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer. - Boing Boing (via brooklynmutt)
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“You can support democracy in which the risk of Islamists gaining power and...”
– Adam Serwer, hitting the nail squarely on its head. This is why Obama’s administration is using words like “reviewing our assistance posture.” That’s meant very clearly as a warning to Mubarak in advance of any heavy-handed crackdowns. By the same token, revolution is vastly more likely to end with...
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“A much-circulated statistic is that the average food item you consume travels...”
– How can I find food from local farmers during the cold winter months? - Farm Aid (via wreckandsalvage)
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LookingOut: The Top 10 Logical Fallacies in... →
Ad hominem
Tries to counter an argument by attacking the person, rather than addressing the argument itself.
Ad ignorantiam
States that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true.
Argument from authority
Argues that something is true because a respected individual (an individual with authority) says it is.
Correlation implies causation
Fairly self-explanatory. Correlation...
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“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (via technipol)
“None of us can predict with certainty what the next big industry will be, or...”
– President Barack Obama on why I voted for him.
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Only 47% of working age Americans have full time... →
“Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian,...”
– Alice Cooper (via joshuasolomon)
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Coffee and Tea Maker by Naoto Fukasawa | Apartment... →
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Jury Finds Phil Mocek Not Guilty of All Charges... →
jeffmiller:
Awesome news. Watch both videos at the link. Thank goodness there are people willing to challenge authority like this.
Remember police lie, there is no law being broken in this story, that’s plainly evident to anyone with common sense. Don’t be bullied, don’t put the camera away, and never back down.
