November 2011
134 posts
“The sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always...”
– Jaggi Vasudev (via ohlydiane)
October 2011
150 posts
“In an old joke from the defunct German Democratic Republic, a German worker gets...”
– Slavoj Zizek Speaks at Occupy Wall Street
Hydra’s Occupy Wall Street Reading List (via hydramagazine)
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Yesterday:
NYC, 8” of snow.
ATL, new Fiat500 convertible.
Still miss New York, but love this southern weather. (We’ll see how the 500c does on ice in January I guess.)
Occupy Atlanta VS Kasim Reed, the Black... →
likethedew:
About half the Atlanta occupation in Woodruff Park was composed of homeless mostly black men who had been in the park on a daily basis before the occupation. When the mostly white occupiers brought tents and food in, some of the homeless got tents too, and were able to use the portable toilets. The homeless men were fed along with the occupiers, and took part in daily marches to...
“Republicans moralizing about deficits. That’s like an arsonist moralizing about...”
– Vice President Joe Biden • Turning up the funny at a speech to Florida Democrats at Walt Disney World on Saturday afternoon. source (via • follow)
“I have a new philosophy. I’m only going to dread one day at a time.”
– Charles Schulz
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the deadliest animal →
I’ve been thinking about this again, in light of the undeniable militarization of police and Oakland’s inexcusable use of teargas and rubber bullets:
This is what our tools, especially our guns, have granted us. They have lowered the bar for killing, the requirements as well as the risks of attack. They allow the weak and cowardly, not only the strong, the chance to fight to the...
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“Back then, black and white lived apart, went to different schools and churches,...”
– Twelve Pretty Racist Or Just Crazy Quotes From Pat Buchanan’s New Book (via tpmmedia)
“A betrayal of American values occurred last night in Oakland, California, when...”
– Rep. Bobby Rush from the House Floor (via quickhits)
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“I agree with their statement, but it is time to move on. The trees are in the...”
– LA Councilman Bill Rosendahl
Local government priorities, in a nutshell.
A nice lawn, or a right to peaceably assemble for a redress of grievances… I guess it’s simply a matter of opinion which is most important. It’s pretty clear where most American (and others, such as Melbourne) municipal...
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“Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,...”
– It almost seems quaint to read it now, doesn’t it? How long has it even been since that last bit mattered?
We had the GOP’s “Free Speech Zones” starting in 2000, but long before that we had laws passed to block sit-ins, laws passed to prevent gangs gathering, laws passed to...
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“The point being: we have a massive police force in America that outside of lower...”
– OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone (via ronmarks)
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Meanwhile at OccupyOakland: tear gas, flash... →
Good roundup of last night’s horror in Oakland.
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“When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the...”
– Isaac Asimov
(thanks notagood)
I'm not confused
widerangeofnormal:
…I’m just well mixed.
Robert Frost
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“Thomas Jefferson has momentarily stopped spinning in his grave.”
– Henry Rollins, on the Occupy protests
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Science and the Bible →
“Man can never have enough knowledge to explain the universe, and all of those answers are not intended to be found in the Bible. Do we need the Bible to show us the beauty of a flower, the elaborate dance of bees, the phases of the moon? Of course not, these things are here in our world for our observation, for us to learn about on our own. Belief in the infallibility of man’s...
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