January 2010
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The Boom and Bust Rap →
Statement of Ralph Nader on Supreme Court Decision... →
Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission shreds the fabric of our already weakened democracy by allowing corporations to more completely dominate our corrupted electoral process. It is outrageous that corporations already attempt to influence or bribe our political candidates through their political action committees (PACs), which solicit...
2009 Photo Contest - National Wildlife Federation →
Space sex! →
Missionary position is impossible in space. Good to know.
FUCK YEAH ELIZABETH EDWARDS YOU GO GIRL.
(via spinlighted)
“It is possible, reading standard histories, to forget half the population of the...”
– HOWARD ZINN, A People’s History of the United States
Orangutan and hound bff →
Remember how Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is crazy?
rosasparks:
skybarn:
fatmanatee:
stephenfalk:
katherinespiers:
He has just announced a new program whereby skinny Whole Foods employees will enjoy bigger discounts at work than their fat colleagues. Nope, not making it up. BMI-based benefits, people. Can we stop shopping there now?
Okay, I was off on Mackey. WAY off. Hand me a dunce cap and I’ll go sit in a corner now.
A lot of...
American Library Association's Youth Media Awards...
librarianpirate:
They couldn’t possibly wait until I got to work, could they? It was all done by the time I got here. BUT - for those of you who are curious, here’s the list I’ve compiled - stolen from twitter which tragically didn’t have the honor books up at all, just the award winners. I’ll see what I can do about that in a bit.
Newbery 2010: “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead
Caldecott...
Obama's Tora Bora? →
“[If Scott Brown wins], Health Care Reform will be dead unless the House agrees to pass the Senate bill verbatim — which I really wonder about, given how dug in the progressives in the House are. Barney Frank doesn’t seem to think it’ll happen.
At that point, how incredibly stupid is the dawdling over the last few weeks going to look? The work of a year, arguably the work...
“To: Rush Limbaugh
From: Roger Ebert
You should be horse-whipped for the...”
– Roger Ebert (via alcaniglia) (via think4yourself)
Dear members of the media: it is not "looting" if...
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