June 2012
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How Frightened Patriarchal Men Have Tried to... →
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It’s no surprise that women (at least those in the US and Europe) have it much better now than ever before. The question is what to make out of the current backward rush toward the “good old days” when, for example, a husband could never be accused of raping his wife. Are the proponents of the hundreds of bills affecting women’s health and sexuality just crackpots? Or...
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White privilege
ethiopianbutamerican:
Forty-six million white adults today can trace the origins of their family wealth to the Homestead Act of 1862. This bill gave away valuable acres of land for free to white families, but expressly precluded participation by Blacks.
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“Why should the public believe what the Obama administration says about the...”
– Will Americans Speak Out Against Obama’s Drone Warfare? by Medea Benjamin
“When women and children in Waziristan are killed with Hellfire missiles, Pakistanis believe this is what the American people want. I would like to ask Americans, ‘Do you?’
Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar
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“Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000...”
– The New York Times, “In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers.”
Jesus fucking Christ.
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We give prison sentences for smoking marijuana,... →
anticapitalist:
About half of our world-leading prison population is in jail for non-violent drug offenses. Americans have also been arrested for handing out free food in a park. Mothers in Ohio and Connecticut were jailed for enrolling their kids in out-of-district schools. As of 2003 in California there were 344 individuals serving sentences of 25 years or more for shoplifting as a third...
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ikenbot:
”Fight for your world, not your country.”
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An Extensive List on How to Fix the Economy
ikenbot:
— Legalize Weed.
“We got letters saying, ‘You guys are going to get what you deserve. You’re going...”
– Lucas Valley Estates Homeowners Association board member Carl Fricke • Discussing the anger over a decision by director George Lucas to turn some of his California land into low-income housing, not long after the director scuttled plans to build a digital studio there. The studio created frustration...
How They Rule Us →
Capitalism, as we have seen, is a class divided society based on exploitation. Under capitalism a tiny highly privileged minority rules over the large majority and lives off their labour. How do they get away with it ? The answer, as the Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci pointed out, is by a combination of force and consent. In reality force and consent are very closely intertwined and...
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Oakland (CA) Police Summarily Execute 18-Year-Old... →
ikenbot:
OAKLAND — A Skyline High School senior is dead after Oakland police profiled and opened fire on him.
The summary execution of 18-year-old Alan Dwayne Blueford happened near 90th Avenue and Birch Street in Oakland early Sunday morning. Mr. Blueford and two friends were standing outside waiting for some young lady friends to come pick them up. According to Oakland police, two of their...
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“All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.”
– Albert Einstein (via ikenbot)
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U.S. Department of State: New Pipeline Application... →
statedept:
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 4, 2012
The State Department has received a new application from TransCanada Corp. for a proposed pipeline that would run from the Canadian border to connect to an existing pipeline in Steele City, Nebraska. The new application…
Heads up.
