November 2011
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Deadbeat Rep. Joe Walsh, Who Owes $100k In Child... →
abaldwin360: From the article:  Additionally, it’s worth noting that Walsh’s failure to pay child support isn’t even his only failure to look out for the basic needs of his own family. As Marie Diamond noted for ThinkProgress a few months ago, “Walsh also rejected the congressional health insurance plan for his family on principle, much to the chagrin of his current wife, Helene, who had a...
Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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“A similar lesson emerges from a classic experiment conducted by Franz de Waals...”
– Jonah Lehrer offers a neurological approach to Occupy Wall Street. (via likeapairofbottlerockets)
Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Chicago Board of Trade Dumps McDonalds Employment... →
Nov 3rd
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“You know, we have young people who are today occupying Wall Street, that there...”
– Rick Perry, speaking in Iowa on teachers, making money, and why the Occupy Wall Street folks just don’t have enough “passion.” *Sigh*. Fucking hell.  Actually, you know what? That’s not true. I don’t hate the people freezing their asses off occupying Wall Street while Rick Perry sits in his...
Nov 2nd
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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South Dakota Profits When Native Kids Get Thrown... →
drst: A year-long NPR News investigation has found that nearly 700 Native American children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes every year. In South Dakota, Native American children make up less than 15 percent of the child population, yet they make up more than half of the children in foster care. Nearly 90 percent of them are in non-native homes or group homes, according to...
Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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212 killed so far in US drone attacks of Somalia
lacaagbathaan: That is 212 famine stricken Somali’s killed in one week by United States drone attacks. 212 Somali CIVILIANS killed by US and US allies in 1 week. Somali’s part of the 99% being killed by the 1%. OWS Stand up!
Oct 30th
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“Declarations of American exceptionalism rest on the belief that the United...”
– The Myth of American Exceptionalism (via nomindallthought)
Oct 30th
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