January 2012
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“On December 27, while most Brazilians prepared for the New Year by bleaching...”
– Brazilian PM 557: how the pregnancy registration law violates the privacy of women
via crookedtimber (via sexartandpolitics)
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December 2011
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Don't believe you have rights →
I guess that’s one take on it.
pussy-strut:
don’t believe you have rights
rights discourse has its origins in philosophically/legally shoring up the ability of white monied people to colonize, enslave, murder, rape indigenous people/women/people of color/poor people
human rights as they were originally conceived necessarily protected the people who stood to gain from the expansion of...
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Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year,... →
The US government has effectively admitted that it totally screwed up and falsely seized & censored a non-infringing domain of a popular blog, having falsely claimed that it was taking part in criminal copyright infringement. Then, after trying to hide behind a totally secretive court process with absolutely no due process whatsoever (in fact, not even serving papers on the lawyer for the...
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November 2011
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Cartoonish Failure Known as ‘Supercommittee’... →
Republicans are calling for President Obama to jump into the deficit-reduction talks gripping Washington, reflecting the widespread view that the congressional supercommittee is now headed for a failure.
Lawmakers and congressional aides familiar with the deliberations say the talks have reached a hard impasse, with Republicans locked in an internal struggle over whether to agree to higher...
October 2011
3 posts
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
Feist (39)
Clubroot (14)
Ryan Adams (11)
The Qemists (10)
Smith Westerns (10)
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September 2011
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“As many as 15 percent of freshmen at America’s top schools are white students...”
– Ten myths about affirmative action (via linzyxxxxx)
well well well look at that.
(via piddlebucket)
OH HEY
OH HEY COLLEGE REPUBLICANS/YAF
OH HEY WOULD YA LOOK AT THIS
(via viviopsis)
telling everyone everywhere.
HEY LOOK AT THIS
(via wateroftheclearestblue)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Florence + The Machine (14)
Astronautalis (13)
Lady Gaga (12)
Foster the People (9)
Girls (3)
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WatchFOLDed by Surabhi Saraf.
Not what one might think of as the most interesting subject for video… but multiply by 96, all staggered slightly… and you’ve some some pretty mesmerizing footage.
About 1:20 is where it suddenly does this really cool thing…
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“…It’s now highly likely that the presidential candidate of one of our two major...”
– Paul Krugman, “Republicans Against Science,” in the New York Times (via inothernews)
This perfectly explains my fears.
(via velokat)
August 2011
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-21) →
Jay-Z & Kanye West (44)
Middle Brother (23)
Sub Swara (19)
Bluetech (19)
Baths (12)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
Astronautalis (19)
Buck 65 (14)
The Antlers (4)
Cloud Cult (3)
Stars (3)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Cults (12)
Jenny Owen Youngs (5)
Bersuit Vergarabat (2)
Mel Tormé (1)
Jace Everett (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Bluetech (8)
James Brown (3)
Pretty Lights (3)
Thao & Mirah (3)
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks (2)
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July 2011
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Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal:... →
there is a growing, and real, possibility that a second “one-time tax holiday” will be approved for corporations as part of whatever sordid deal emerges from the debt-ceiling negotiations.
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Here’s how it works: the tax laws say that companies can avoid paying taxes as long as they keep their profits overseas. Whenever that money comes back to the U.S., the companies have to pay...
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I know you have a 36 mustache-deep hole in your... →
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my religion means that I will refuse to do my job →
More “my religion means that I will refuse to do my job” nonsense.
Citing her moral and religious beliefs, a town clerk in upstate New York has stated that she refuses to sign marriage certificates for same sex couples. Barbara MacEwen of Volney, NY, located in rural Oswego County, says that her name will not appear on any of the certificates, according to Politico. The town clerk’s signature...
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June 2011
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