December 2011
“Big Bird is going to have advertisements, all right?”
– Mitt Romney discussing his plans to cut funding for public television (via mediahascookies)
Today’s Sesame Street is brought to you by the letters AT&T.
(via apsies)
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“Not surprisingly, this gigantic loophole has made modern American libertarianism...”
– Noahpinion (via azspot
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The liberty of local bullies →
I have often remarked in the past how libertarianism - at least, its modern American manifestation - is not really about increasing liberty or freedom as an average person would define those terms. An ideal libertarian society would leave the vast majority of people feeling profoundly constrained in many ways. This is because the freedom of the individual can be curtailed not only by the...
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“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil...”
– Governor Rick Perry
Perryism Of The Day - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
11 Facts From 2011
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
5. Wall Street’s recession cost 1.5 million times more than securing Occupy Wall Street...
“In one survey a fifth of Korean middle and high school students said they felt...”
– Every year South Korea comes to a halt on the day of the university entrance exams, for it is the most important day in most South Koreans’ lives. The single set of multiple-choice tests that students take that day determines their future. But the “one-shot” society carries a heavy cost. (via...
“New research shows that adolescents who quickly backed down during an argument...”
– Arguing with Mom Helps Teens Fend Off Peer Pressure | Healthland | TIME.com
GWALP adds: I don’t know about you guys, but my adolescence suddenly makes more sense. :P
(via girlwithalessonplan)
“Our competitors FactCheck.org and the Washington Post’s FactChecker had also...”
– PolitiFact Weirdly Unable to Discuss Facts (via brooklynmutt
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Ron Paul walks away from interview after being... →
atomicsocialist:
Ron Paul walked out of an interview with CNN’sGloria Borger, following a heated exchange over the controversy regarding racist newsletters sent in his name during the 1990s. Borger asked the Congressman if he had ever read the newsletters. “Did you ever object when you read them?”
“Why don’t you go back and look at what I said yesterday on CNN and what I’ve said for 20...
Reinventing Debtors’ Prisons for the 21st Century →
NPR just ran a story called “Unpaid Bills Land Some Debtors Behind Bars.” As they report, ”Here’s how it happens: A company will often sell off its debt to a collection agency, generally called a creditor. That creditor files a lawsuit against the debtor requiring a court appearance. A notice to appear in court is supposed to be given to the debtor. If they fail to show up, a warrant is issued...
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Palin Says It's Not Too Late for 'Folks' to Jump... →
apsies:
Ms. Palin told Fox Business Network’s “Follow the Money” on Monday night that it was not too late for “folks” to jump into the race, according to The Associated Press.
Such “folks” remained unnamed. It was not clear whether Ms. Palin, the 2008 vice-presidential nominee and former governor of Alaska, was considering such a move.
“Who knows what will happen in the future?” she...
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One teachers approach to preventing gender... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
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Politifact, R.I.P. - NYTimes →
brooklynmutt:
This is really awful. Politifact, which is supposed to police false claims in politics, has announced its Lie of the Year — and it’s a statement that happens to be true, the claim that Republicans have voted to end Medicare.
Steve Benen in the link above explains it, but let me just repeat the basics. Republicans voted to replace Medicare with a voucher system to buy private...
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An Open Letter To Newt Gingrich From His Gay... →
starsinhereyes:
Dear Newt,
I recently had the displeasure of watching you bash the protestors of the Prop 8 marriage ban to Bill O’Reilly on FOX News. I must say, after years of watching you build your career by stirring up the fears and prejudices of the far right, I feel compelled to use the words of your idol, Ronald Reagan, “There you go, again.”
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“All in all, the process should leave you frightened for our country. This was...”
– SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don’t Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We’re Passing It Now (via azspot)
“If you want to know what the United States would look like after this bill is...”
– America’s Future: Russia and China Use Copyright Laws to Crush Government Criticism (via azspot)
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“Today, however, Congress is considering passing major legislation to change the...”
– Marvin Ammori (via azspot)
“Cassie Wright, who is listed as president of [UT College Republicans] on the UT...”
– President of UT College Republicans appears to post racially tinged tweet | The lowdown on higher education (via robot-heart-politics)
robot-heart-politics:
hermanaresist:
People not only judge mothers based on work status, but also judge their kids
A Kansas State University study evaluated the perceptions people have of women and their children based on the woman’s work status. The findings showed that people value, and do not differentiate between, mothers who stay in the home full time and mothers who find a compromise...
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bookmarks would be nice
notentirely:
i check tumblr sporadically and don’t necessarily get through the latest posts on one viewing. this means i end up with a dashboard page that’s open in a browser tab from where i left off. i have to be careful to not close that tab until i’ve “caught up” going backwards.
i may even open another tab to see the most recent posts on tumblr, keeping the other one open so i can see the...
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“Republican conservatives should be worried. Evangelical churches that frequently...”
– Why young evangelicals are leaving church - CNN.com (via brooklynmutt)
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