January 2011
23 posts
Google Executive Missing in Wake of Egypt Protests →
This article is like many others but I think maybe it will resonate with some of my audience a bit better. These are people like you and me, in the streets, living and dying. Their struggle is ours. They are us. They are each and everyone. We’d be wise to remember this.
Man shot in Egypt →
A man, running from a line of armed government forces, is shot. I don’t know why, but it’s grim, and it’s obvious. I’m worried for my friends. Be safe friends.
“Leck mich das Mensch im Arsch, das mich nicht will”
– ~Mozart Mozart and scatology
Americans strongly favor military cuts (Times/CBS poll) seoulbrother on where the budget should be trimmed:
Here’s the thing: When they do make cuts in military spending, the government doesn’t make fewer missiles and bombs, they either freeze or cut pay and benefits for soldiers, sailors and their families. The soldier’s quality of life is unfairly held hostage by the defense budget as a...
Is long-term solitary confinement torture? →
Yes. I was wrong. Solitary confinement is abhorrent and ought to be restricted or abolished.
No One Needs Permission to Be Awesome →
I take that back. This helped too. Thanks Mr Mann.
Pakistan's Lesbians Live In Silence, Love In... →
As it was described to me: Outside of the Homosexuals are being killed everywhere-genre. Fascinating. Uplifting a bit, on an otherwise somber day.
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Friends, People:
Stop having meetings.
Go live.
That is all.
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Lard Hat: The Unravelling of the Spanish Dream →
lardhat:
The Spanish have a surprising tendency to adopt all of the worst ideas that come out of the United States. Reality television and the obesity epidemic spring to mind as two examples of Bad Fucking Ideas We Got from the Yankees w
Read the rest to learn how America ruined Spain. (Avenging the Conquista, again).
Can't hide love for WikiLeaks →
This is why I’ve donated time and money to WikiLeaks.
“It is a frequent complaint among opinion makers in the United States that the...”
– Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As ‘Human Shields’ To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
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Jon Rafman selects Images from Google Street View.
Poignant.
“Rep. Steve King (R) lauds Speaker Boehner’s ‘mendacity’, says it’s beyond reproach.”
I agree with Rep. King. Sagacious point.
