February 2012
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“A Pew poll from a few weeks back asked Americans how they felt about capitalism...”
– Thirty More Years of Hell
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“Companies seeking to enable the routine use of surveillance drones across...”
– Surveillance drone industry plans PR effort to counter negative image
The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
This week it became clear there are things more important to the Susan G. Komen Foundation—the fundraising giant that each year during breast cancer awareness month virtually swathes the United States in pink, a la Christo—than ensuring women are able to access exams for early detection of breast cancer.
What could be more important to an organization ostensibly...
January 2012
26 posts
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Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism: Don't understand some... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
No, I’m not watching the State of the Union or the Republican debates. I don’t have time, energy or interest for that crap.
That said, brosephstalin’s liveblogging of the SOTU is quite amusing. I appreciate you watching it so I don’t have to, comrade.
Of course, the Republicans are gonna say racist, sexist, queer-bashing and dumbshit things. And they should be...
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“I got a great note from a friend of mine. “So Newt wanted an open marriage. BFD....”
– Rush Limbaugh (via paxamericana)
BOOMERS RUINED THE WORLD
Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
cultureofresistance:
wespeakfortheearth:
infoneer-pulse:
Congress may take books, musical compositions and other works out of the public domain, where they can be freely used and adapted, and grant them copyright status again, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
In a 6-2 ruling, the court ruled that just because material enters the public domain, it is not...
Rochester is the #1 city poised for greatness in... →
ronisolomondds:
Their words, not mine.
whoooo!
Fidel Castro: Robot would be better president than... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
HAVANA - Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro said Monday that a “robot” would be better in the White House than President Barack Obama - or any of the Republicans candidates in the 2012 election race.
“Is it not obvious that the worst of all is the absence in the White House of a robot capable of governing the United States and preventing a war that would end the life...
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Who Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
ashponders:
pol102:
mentalflossr:
It began as part of a magazine’s campaign to sell flags to schools.
I’m pretty sure most of the Founders would’ve opposed this kind of thing.
What the fuck are those kids doing?
“i pledge of allegiance…”
R.I.P., Kodak? →
heh
a moratorium, please
on the use of the word awesome as a noun
it’s over
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The Rockford Style →
benkraal:
Clive James celebrates James Garner.
A measure of his generosity and understanding is that concerning Grand Prix, he refrains from making the most of his opportunity to call McQueen a dolt, which the bullet-headed one clearly was. Grand Prix was McQueen’s starring vehicle if he wanted it. He walked away from it. Then, when Garner took it, McQueen had the hide to behave as if Garner...
Iran-US tensions over Gulf send oil prices soaring →
Oil prices have been trending downwards since last May, when it became apparent the recovery in Europe and the US was running out of steam. The euro crisis, which re-ignited in July, pushed prices down further. Brent crude peaked at $126 last May before falling by a fifth to $100 in October.
Salehi’s warning to the US aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis not to come back seemed as if it...
few things in the world make me happier than... →
@ 17:00, but the whole thing is worth listening to
Boots Riley: No matter what party is voted in... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
No matter what party is voted in — Democrat, Republican, Green, or whatever — politicians are controlled by whoever controls industry. Under Capitalism, that is the ruling class. It’s not about personality or even intention. If I, as a communist, were elected as president- I would be powerless to enact any of my ideas as long as the economic system is capitalist. In...
December 2011
34 posts
My new favourite conspiracy theory
benkraal:
Is that the United States has secret colonies on Mars and that Obama went there, via teleportation, as part of a covert CIA program in the early 80s.
occupy NASA, ben. tell the truth to the whole human race.
Fact-Check Fail[ure] Leads to Poor Analysis... →
ashponders:
pol102:
This story spread like wildfire across the internets in the last two days. The reason is simple: a documentary film about why McDonald’s didn’t succeed in Bolivia (which, btw, seems really interesting and worth watching) was just released. But someone must have failed to notice that the documentary points out that McDonald’s closed its Bolivia franchises in 2002—not “just...
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“In point of fact, these Phish shows promise to be a dangerous mix of sexual...”
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Phish is playing Times Square on NYE and CHRISTWIRE IS NOT HAPPY.
More: this “erratically rancid rockfest” is “openly encouraging youths today to turn their backs on their mothers and fathers, on the birthday of the Baby Jesus, to congregate in a crime-ridden inner city for a 100-hour tour of the...
Return Of Debtor’s Prisons: Thousands Of Americans... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Federal imprisonment for unpaid debt has been illegal in the U.S. since 1833. It’s a practice people associate more with the age of Dickens than modern-day America. But as more Americans struggle to pay their bills in the wake of the recession, collection agencies are using harsher methods to get their money, ushering in the return of debtor’s prisons.
and crown thy...
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i just got off the phone with a woman from msnbc...
oh life
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