November 2011
“What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like...”
– Werner Herzog (via teaintheafternoon)
“The SEC argued to Judge Rakoff that “the public interest … is not...”
– Federal Judge Pimp-Slaps the SEC Over Citigroup Settlement | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“Inertia has switched sides in the battle. Inertia had been our problem, we...”
– Barney Frank explains why the Super Committee failure is good news for liberals (via thesoapboxschtick)
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“We do make demands―we make demands of ourselves, as we realize new social...”
– n 1: Occupy UC Davis
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“But of whom can we demand changes that go beyond quick fixes? The phrase most...”
– n 1: Occupy UC Davis
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“While November 18 highlighted the issue of police brutality at Davis (as earlier...”
– n 1: Occupy UC Davis
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“Pepper spray hurts a lot. Apparently it was “military grade” pepper spray, which...”
– n 1: Occupy UC Davis
“Miller’s hard-right, pro-military point of view is not only accounted for in his...”
– Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood (via azspot)
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““Recent polls suggest that in terms of national reaction, demonstrations are now...”
– MSNBC’s Fresh-Faced Chris Hayes Makes it ‘Up’ as He Goes Along | The New York Observer
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“Protests do not write policy. And something as loosely formed as the OWS action...”
– ows and the downfall of the smartest guys in the room - bookforum.com / daily review
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“Many liberals are fond of dredging up a New Deal-era quote from Franklin...”
– ows and the downfall of the smartest guys in the room - bookforum.com / daily review
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“Our recent crash course in brutal market outcomes should underline a crucial...”
– ows and the downfall of the smartest guys in the room - bookforum.com / daily review
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“After all, the whole Occupy Wall Street movement wouldn’t exist in this...”
– ows and the downfall of the smartest guys in the room - bookforum.com / daily review
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“This is the most important effect of the Occupy movement: acts of defiance,...”
– The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying - Salon.com
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“If home ownership was once considered a boon, for many it is now a burden. While...”
– Richard Florida (via azspot)
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“These people are weak and pathetic, and they’re getting weaker. And boy, are...”
– UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“The state wants to retain the power to make these subjective decisions, because...”
– UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“And we are stuck now with this fundamental conflict, whereby most of us are...”
– UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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“We had all of these arguments in the Bush years and it’s nothing new to assert...”
– UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
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National Lawyers Guild files FOIA (Freedom of... →
youthiswasted:
With Congress no longer performing its sworn role of defending the US Constitution, the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the Partnership for Civil Justice today filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) asking the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA and the National...
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“Private jets shouldn’t have been tax deductible in the first place.”
– the Patriotic Millionaires are giving me hope (via haygirlhay)
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“Virtually nothing is certain in fluid post-revolutionary politics. But one thing...”
– Boston Review — Mona El-Ghobashy: Politics by Other Means (Egypt, Revolution, Tahrir Square)
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“Egypt’s uprising happened when three distinct currents of protest—labor,...”
– Boston Review — Mona El-Ghobashy: Politics by Other Means (Egypt, Revolution, Tahrir Square)
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“Execution cannot be fully normalized or proceduralized, and the attempt to do so...”
– The Turkey ‘Pardon’ as Dark Parody - NYTimes.com
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“Similarly, we may acknowledge that some people almost certainly do deserve to...”
– The Turkey ‘Pardon’ as Dark Parody - NYTimes.com
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“What all the migrations from one method to another have consistently missed is...”
– The Turkey ‘Pardon’ as Dark Parody - NYTimes.com
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“In just a few days, we will once again endure the annual spectacle of the...”
– The Turkey ‘Pardon’ as Dark Parody - NYTimes.com
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“As part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the national Occupy Student Debt...”
– Occupy Student Debt Campaign Announces Nationwide Loan Refusal Pledge
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“For the time, her own body was the source of all the life in the world, which...”
– Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (via fuckyeahvirginiawoolf)
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“Life, I found myself thinking as a line of Alameda County deputy sheriffs in...”
– Robert Hass, 70-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning former Poet Laureate, on being beaten by the police for occupying Berkeley. (via mcnallyjackson)
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What the fuck happened to ethics? Scalia and... →
soupsoup:
The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question of whether it would hear a challenge to President Obama’s healthcare law, two of its justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, were feted at a dinner sponsored by the law firm that will argue the case before the high court.
“Minnesotans’ right to fair and transparent elections have been severely...”
– Sen. Al Franken(D-MN), explaining his decision to co-sponsor a soon-to-be proposed Constitutional amendment in the U.S. Senate. The amendment aims to give Congress the ability to regulate the amount of money spent on federal and state political campaigns. (via manicchill)
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One Per Cent: Occupy vs Tea Party: what their... →
Love the “potential for growth” finding
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“Why, I wonder, does a bank that has committed fraud multiple times get to retain...”
– Woman Gets Jail For Food-Stamp Fraud; Wall Street Fraudsters Get Bailouts | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone