February 2012
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“It is a degradation to a human being to chain him to an oar and use him as a...”
– Dr. Norbert Wiener, the “Father of Cybernetics” (via therikeone)
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Random Acts of Chaos: AMERICA'S WAR AGAINST... →
arewepayingattention:
OMG!! Conservative Christians in America are forever whining that they are persecuted! There is a “War Against Christians” in America! Last week, a group of men (no women) testify before a Republican Congressional committee hearing on requiring co-pays for birth…
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Police arrest and stripsearch innocent man after... →
anticapitalist:
Sansone, 26, is a father of three and Kitchener, Ont., resident. As a younger man, he admits getting into trouble with the law, but claims to have lived clean for years. He’s now a certified personal support worker, husband and father of three. He was even reportedly offered a job at the very same school where this bizarre story begins. On Wednesday, Sansone arrived at his...
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Extreme poverty in US has more than doubled since... →
anticapitalist:
A policy brief recently issued by the National Poverty Center (NPC) reveals that the number of households in the US living on less than $2 a day per person has increased by 130 percent since 1996, from 636,000 to some 1.46 million today.
This means that some 4 million people in “the richest country on earth” (according to US capitalism’s apologists) are surviving on less than...
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Ex-Cop Admits To Robbing Bank To Get Health... →
fearandwar:
A former Columbus police officer admitted in court that he robbed a bank last year so he can get health benefits being in a federal prison.
Edward Pascucci told U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land Thursday that he was facing “severe health problems” and homelessness when he decided to rob the Citizens Trust Bank last August, according to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
“I...
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“Some of America’s poorest communities – many of them with spotty broadband...”
– How Post Office Closings Could Increase Economic Inequality
The Postal Service is not even exploring the economic effect that its office closings will have. And the closing under review would hardly save the USPS any money. In fact, “closing all of the post offices under consideration would save...
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“Now because the majority of abortions are performed in the first trimester, if...”
– JON STEWART, on Virginia’s inhumane, inhuman and shameful “personhood” law (via consciouslycontradictory)
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“If I’m left without contraception, how can I plan my pregnancies? If I can’t...”
– The (Not) New War on Birth Control - we’re talking about it today. (via myplannedparenthood)
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“Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or...”
– Michelle Alexander, on the number of blacks in the criminal justice system. On Monday’s Fresh Air, Alexander details how President Reagan’s war on drugs led to a mass incarceration of black males and the difficulties these felons face after serving their prison sentences. (via nprfreshair)
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Moochers Against Welfare →
But why do regions that rely on the safety net elect politicians who want to tear it down? I’ve seen three main explanations.
First, there is Thomas Frank’s thesis in his book “What’s the Matter With Kansas?”: working-class Americans are induced to vote against their own interests by the G.O.P.’s exploitation of social issues. And it’s true that, for example, Americans who regularly attend...
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“I keep thinking about the extraordinary conservatism of the people running the...”
– What We Owe to Each Other – provocative Boston Review interview with David Graeber, “anti-leader of Occupy Wall Street” and author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years. (via curiositycounts)
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Cop spends weeks to trick an 18-year-old into... →
More fun from the self-loathing society: This American Life had a show about how young female undercover cops infiltrated a high school and flirted with boys to entrap them into selling pot, so they could charge them with felonies and destroy their lives at an early age.
Last year in three high schools in Florida, several undercover police officers posed as students. The undercover cops went to...
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“The 70,000 women who die annually as a result of unsafe abortion didn’t just die...”
– The complacency over unsafe abortions must end (via guardiancomment)
Or because “they deserved it” for daring to enact control over their own bodies and livelihoods.
(via stfuconservatives)
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Watchinothernews:
Wyatt Cenac’s The Daily Show segment dissecting PETA’s latest bit of “animals are slaves who need to be freed” outlandishness.
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Gaza's only power station closes →
verbalresistance:
The authorities in Gaza say the Palestinian territory’s only power station has shut down because of a lack of fuel.
The closure is believed to be caused by a shortage in fuel being supplied through smuggling tunnels from Egypt.
Power cuts, already common, are expected to increase. The station provides around 30-40% of Gaza’s electricity.
The rest of the electricity used by...
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America's homeless resort to tent cities →
pragmatica:
Tent cities have sprung up in and around at least 55 American cities - they represent the bleak reality of America’s poverty crisis.
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Navy goes green with renewable energy at... →
Guantanamo. Navy spends 100,000.00 a day on electricity to house 6000 troops to keep an eye on 156 people.
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Rolling Stone publishes damning 84-page report... →
fearandwar:
aheram:
Holy shit. If you want, download the full report here.
The Armed Forces Journal article is a good summary if you don’t want to read the whole report. It’s in the link.
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Random Acts of Chaos: Report: Schools Neglecting... →
Many science classes in the U.S. are sweeping the theory of evolution under the rug.
That’s according to the new report “State of State Science Standards” from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. The report says “While many states are handling evolution better today than in the past,…
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The Guardian: Comment is free America: Rick... →
Thanks to the excellent standard of medical care Isabella receives and the substantial support she enjoys, she’s beaten the odds for people with her condition. Unfortunately, not everyone in the US can access the same level of care. Oddly, Santorum is one of the politicians involved in opposing reforms intended to expand access to health care, thus making a significant difference for people...
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“One of the things many women don’t understand is that the founder of Komen,...”
– Judy Norsigian of the Our Bodies, Ourselves, the popular women’s health guide (via rocketgoboom)
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