April 2012
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“All the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be –...”
– Osho (via lazyyogi)
“Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor, and our neighbor can be anybody. We are...”
– Rob Bell (via alovefromabove)
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truthdogg:
The Truthdogg Glossary has begun!
I need your help adding racist code words & GOP phrases— send me your suggestions. Hit me in the Ask box, or tweet at me!
“People ask me, ‘Why don’t you guys get together?’ And I say, ‘Exactly how much...”
– Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
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Note to self: Don’t frame a series of 32x32 charcoals with glass. It’s more than a little disappointing when one panel is knocked down, taking the others with it, shattering on your back and head, and gouging the artwork. Well, at least the frames held up. Except for the corner of one.
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Walk at Your Own Risk →
humanscaled:
Missing from the discussion of the shooting of Trayvon Martin is a potentially contributing factor: urban planning and its role in the polarization of American society.
There can be no doubt that our public discourse has become oppositional and vituperative. Social and mass media exacerbate the situation by blurring traditional distinctions between partisan commentary and...
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Taking Credit Where None Is Due - NYTimes.com →
House Republicans haven’t been responsible for a single bill that has had a positive impact on the economy. But they want to take credit for the recovery, arguing that they stopped the Democrats from taking actions like raising taxes on the very rich. “In many ways our greatest success is the things we’ve stopped,” said David Schweikert, an Arizona freshman.
The public is unlikely to be...
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the talk: a different non-black version
(cross-posted at my blog)
Perhaps John Derbyshire felt left out with all the recent discussion about “the talk” that black parents need to have with their sons at a certain age. Perhaps, as a self-proclaimed racist, he wanted to share with the world that racists have unique parenting challenges as well. But what he wasn’t doing, obviously, was sharing what a smart white parent...
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Netflix creates pro-SOPA super-PAC — RT →
silas216:
rtamerica:
As United States lawmakers continue to consider anti-piracy legislation in Congress, they’ve found an ally in Netflix. Now the streaming content giant has created its own super PAC, whose main goal is to promote SOPA-like legislation.
Well. I guess now we know why Netflix was so keen on separating the DVDs from the instant streaming.
Time to get rid of the Netflix...
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