February 2011
“We support repeal of laws that impede the ability of any person to find...”
– Libertarian Party on Jobs - Party Platform
How does a minimum wage impede my ability to find work? And even if it did, why would I work for less than the current minimum wage? That’s not work, that’s basically slavery. Oh and way to go on repealing child labor laws. Nice group, those Libertarians.
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– Andrew Boyd (via veganlove)
“Randazza looks at him wearily, like he gets this all the time. “Honestly,”...”
– The Explosion of Free Porn Online — New York Magazine (via jiffysquid)
hahah I’ve thought about it. Ehhh. I’m on an anti-pornography kick right now though.
Watchverbalresistance:
Must Watch Exclusive: Young IDF Soldiers who acted in the IDF “Cast Lead” massacre in Gaza talk on camera for the first time.
They discuss the lax rules of engagement, ethnic “cleansing” and how officers mentally prepared them to kill - how the whole thing had a ‘fun’ and ‘festive’ feeling - telling Channel 4 News they were ordered to “cleanse” Palestinian...
jauxelin-deactivated20120217 asked: Agreed!! I see what you meant now...so sorry about the abstract and esoteric argument. Where we're at right now with depression and overmedication (ADHD? Don't even get me started) reminds me of A Brave New World. It's said that humans generally hold a worldview that too positive and too ego-centric, and depression is really just having a more realistic viewpoint about how unspecial...
“Weeks after a shooting left six dead and 13 injured in Tucson, New York City...”
– “New York City Investigates Arizona Gun Show,” from the New York Times (via inothernews)
Well, then they ought to sell some guns to us!
Hooray for buying guns!
jauxelin-deactivated20120217 asked: Okay, I can't help myself. "Plenty of things to be depressed about" can cause a chemical imbalance. Though I would phrase it a change in the brain or a change in the neuron's chemical signaling...not "imbalance". There's insurmountable evidence that depression (and any depression, whether it's someone with a great life suffering a 6-month bout for...
janedoe225 asked: that scares me...
what are you talking about? prepare for what?
what are you talking about? prepare for what?
janedoe225 asked: are you ok?
Why Egypt is different from Iran →
mohandasgandhi:
IN THINKING about the appropriate American response to the crisis in Egypt, there’s at least one respect in which it’s important to think about how we responded to the failed Green Revolution in Iran. During the Iranian protests, the United States quite appropriately refrained from calling for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to step down as president, or from openly backing the...
I am really skeptical on the entire notion of...
when there are plenty of legitimate and overwhelming things to be depressed about.
It’s like body-victim blaming, and I don’t like it.
Egypt’s Economy Is Near Paralysis →
5 Al Jazeera Jouranlists Arrested in Egypt →
starblanketriverchild:
Over the weekend, Al-Jazeera had its Cairo bureau shut down, though the network has still been able to keep reports going via call-ins and other on-the-ground dispatches. The network has also had a camera at Tahrir Square, though it’s not clear how long they’ll be able to keep that going.
Read more:...
This is terrorism, right? Guy attempts to bomb...
thenewfilo:
the-pensieves-contents:
stfuislamophobes:
shortformblog:
who Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old California resident, was arrested last week in Michigan on felony charges over a “bias-motivated attack.”
what Stockman reportedly was arrested outside of a mosque with a very large number of consumer fireworks. They could’ve hurt a lot of people.
where Dearborn, Michigan, near one of...
My take on the state of police repression.
Is that we’re extremely disempowered. There ought to be groups underground in areas that aren’t obvious, e.g., not in artists collectives and shit, but in regular apartments, homes, etc. It’s like the idea that you walk into a white suburban Wal-Mart, and if you have tattooed sleeves or funky hair, or weird clothing, you’re going to stand out. The same concept is applicable...
EGYPT: A Complete Guide To The 2011 Revolution →
guerillartfare:
a good hub of information regarding egypt.
January 2011
We can't even have fun or the police will raid...
The fuck.
Fuck the police.
So my boyfriend texts me (yeah we're working...
And he’s like: “Where are you? It’s late.”
“We’re being held up.”
”?
911?”
“Nooooo, haha. By the cops; different criminals.”
circlethecat asked: If you'd be willing or know anyone else who would be, I'd like some help with this: http://revolutianon.tumblr.com/ Trying to cover events in Egypt and get the word out. Thanks!
Look at those clouds! It looks like a man—and a...
February fuck off!!!
Ahhhhh!!!
Arrrrhhh!!!
you’re not beating me, February four-teeeeen!
“An anti-racist analysis, on the other hand, requires white people to recognize...”
– Peter Gelderloos, How Nonviolence Protects The State [PDF]
In order for us to help the people in Egypt, and all other countries suffering under US imperialism, we must destroy the imperialist power centers here.
“The northeastern US is being clobbered by snowstorm after snowstorm, and while...”
– This Is Global Warming —Get Used to It - Bizarre weather patterns lie ahead, physicist writes (via jiffysquid)
Unless we kill the global economy, we are fucked.
lady-amalthea:
Billie Holiday - The Very Thought...
John Kerry really has the ugliest face in the...
Woah, Al Jazeera live stream in Egypt! →
Awesome. I’m confused on what’s happening.
Why is John Kerry on there?
the fuck. Someone, make sense to me.
Venezuela launches 6th year of cheap heating oil... →
redguard:
Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) US subsidiary CITGO has launched this year’s heating oil program for poor US families. The program is entering its sixth year and will cover 250 Native American tribal communities, 234 homeless shelters throughout the States and poor families in Boston and other cities.
CITGO president, Alejandro Granados called the initiative one of the “most...
REPORT: Internet down in Syria →
clapsandpraises:
etrehumain:
malefeministandthenakedsamba:
thegreatpumpkin:
verbalresistance:
all across the Arab world, authoritarian regimes are trembling in their boots.
This is incredible.
The world is on fire.
They weren’t kidding last night when they said it’s a “Domino Effect”.
This is just amazing…
This will swing back this way. I wonder if they’re out of oil.
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