December 2010
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What Killed Aiyana Stanley Jones? →
(via motherjones)
“WAS IT SO SIMPLE? Was it inevitable, as the doctor said, that abject poverty would lead to Aiyana’s death and so many others? Was it death by TV? By police incompetence? By parental neglect? By civic malfeasance? About 350 people are murdered each year in Detroit. There are some 10,000 unsolved homicides dating back to 1960. Many are as fucked up and sad as...
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“What Jon Stewart did was he literally shamed conventional media and the U.S....”
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By pushing for the 9/11 first responders health bill, Jon Stewart steps onto the political playing field (via comedycentral)
Why Jon Stewart is my hero, part III
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“We get stuffed with issues for us to either cower in fear of, or grow stronger...”
– Ricky H.,
He can be an exceptionally wise friend in between Giants game commercial breaks.
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Someone Is Keeping Awfully Quiet Over DADT
callmeclinton:
How Ya Feeling Sarah?
I was waiting for someone to point out the awkward silence from her end.
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“El que tiene un instrumento en sus manos en la tarde, en la noche no va agarrar...”
– Translation: He who has an instrument in his hands in the afternoon won’t pick up a weapon at night.
Carlos Garicia Ruiz, music director of the Jaurez Symphony
I spent some time in El Paso a decade ago and had a chance to tour Jaurez with a local musician and hear about the nascent classical music...
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The reason why people think tumblr shouldn't be... →
In a conversation from a few weeks ago, theredhouse was talking about how she didn’t understand why tumblr users weren’t too keen on spreading the word about how great tumblr could be. I didn’t exactly get it either, until I found this new user…
Well, here it is. Snooki has a tumblr.
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The Most Damning Wikileaks Cable You'll Ever Read →
"SUBJECT: ENGLAND: RELIABILITY AND LONGEVITY OF UK-US RELATIONSHIP CONFIRMED"
Its good to see their sense of humor.
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WWJLD?
This morning, I started thinking about John Lennon’s death anniversary today. Radio hosts were talking about where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news of his death and it all made me wonder what he would do if he were still alive and actively making music, writing literature, and still speaking out on political topics- I can safely assume he’d probably be much...
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“You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving...”
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Elizabeth Edwards, in a statement released Monday. Elizabeth’s cancer has spread to her liver and doctors have advised further treatment would be unproductive.
(via apsies)
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How an 11-Year Old Girl Convinced Lincoln to Grow... →
theatlantic:
In what has to go down as one of the all-time great moments of political image consulting, an 11-year old girl suggested to a fresh-faced Abe Lincoln that he grow a beard. And then he did. The website Letters of Note even has copies of the girl’s letter and Lincoln’s response. Beyond being the cutest historical footnote of all time, Ms. Grace Bedell, had some solid reasoning...
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There has to be a better way... →
This woman stripped down to her lingerie in the middle of airport security and still got patted down twice.
“… the quick-witted TSA agents said they found traces of nitrate on her body. Banovac claimed that it was probably her medication or a result of a hunting day. However, since it’s obvious that the retired surgeon could be a secret Al-Qaeda terrorist carrying a...
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