October 2011
The World is Confused: Quick rant on the economy →
theworldisconfused:
We basically know how to fix everything that has gone wrong. It’s pretty basic stuff that is generally taught in freshman economics courses in college. Up until recently it was mostly uncontroversial stuff. We also have the capacity to do it and then some, as the credit markets keep signalling.
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Glad you put your rant back. :)
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I don’t know where you doctors lose your humanity, but you lose it. You know, if...
– Dorothy Zbornak
The Golden Girls
(via alittlepotsy)
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In the absence of agreement between fact and belief, there is urgent need for a...
– H.J. Eysenck (1952)
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For the past several years, while the mainstream media was dutifully reporting...
– How OWS confuses and ignores Fox News and the pundit class. - Slate Magazine (via rachelfershleiser)
As a means of controlling crime, America’s prisons are notoriously inefficient...
– -The New York Times. Falling Crime, Teeming Prisons. Republican senators have sabotaged the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would be an essential step toward major criminal justice reform. (via wisconsinforward)
Prisons are primarily about profit. And since prison corporations have...
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How old is this blogger? →
suzywire:
The AgeAnalyzer thinks http://suzywire.tumblr.com/ is written by someone 51-65 years old.
Lol, I got “65-100”… I’m quite mature for my age…
The Untold Story of the Actual Obama Record | The... →
theworldisconfused:
reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
“The truth is that this President has done a good job in what has been one of the most difficult periods of modern history. He saved the economy from ruin (until the Tea Party took over Congress) with a stimulus that was as large as possible given the political realities, presided over a stock market that fairly quickly recouped many of its...
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Here’s your problem: if you start adding up unions and progressives and liberals...
– JON STEWART, on Eric Cantor and conservatives in general, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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The Huffington Post points out that retired U.S.... →
inothernews:
So Oakland’s cops did what sniper’s bullets, improvised explosive devices and rocket-propelled grenades couldn’t: they hurt a U.S. soldier.
Good job, Oakland PD.
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There is a rumour going round that I have found God. I think this is unlikely...
– Terry Pratchett (via sirterrypratchett)
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School librarians tell me that what the children read for fun, what they’ll...
– terry pratchett (via yellowcrayon)
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Watched Jon Stewart...
…who had Andrew Napolitano as a guest. One thing (especially) started bothering me: using Starbucks as a positive metaphor for what would happen if everything was governed by “free market”. I mean, overpriced extravagance, pushing the small “indy” coffeeshops out of the market. Or maybe I’m just clueless…
important accent marks in spanish
prosopopeya:
papa vs papá Aquí está mi papá = Here’s my dad Aquí está mi papa = Here’s my potato
ano vs año Celebramos el nuevo año = We’re celebrating the new year Celebramos el nuevo ano = We’re celebrating the new anus
This Spanish lesson brought to you by the 28 cultural compositions I’ve graded today.