August 2011
“This is an important victory for the First Amendment, and for the freedom of the...”
– James Risen (via azspot)
And this is why journalist rarely do actual dangerous investigative journalism anymore, and when they do they end up dead.
(via mydaywithd)
July 2011
“Why are we so bad at knowing — in this case remembering — what passes through...”
– Perplexities of Consciousness - By Eric Schwitzgebel - Book Review - NYTimes.com
“Despite all the bluster about an impending default on the government’s debt,...”
– Washington’s Rogue Elephants - NYTimes.com
Now this is an interesting article.
“We have our little boxes for people. “Christian fundamentalist” – although...”
– Anders Behring Breivik: Maybe he’s not insane | The Book Haven
“Over the last year, conservative politicians like Angela Merkel, Nicolas...”
– n 1: Rebellion Against Pluralism
“From the outset, multiculturalism was thus an ambiguous concept. It referred...”
– n 1: Rebellion Against Pluralism
“It is alarming that Breivik fed on ideas that are now fairly mainstream in...”
– n 1: Rebellion Against Pluralism
“The Democrats of the White House and much of Congress have been less crude, but...”
– Jeffrey Sachs: Budgetary Deceit and America’s Decline
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks...”
– Carl Jung (via eternalconsciousness)
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“America is the only country in the world that that has the luxury of creating an...”
– Elvin Lim via Quote For The Day - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast (via moorewr)
“The madness that is the proposed tax repatriation holiday is continuing and...”
– Evil Corporate Tax Holiday Gains Bipartisan Support | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
“Evil can kill a person but it cannot kill a people.
We will punish the...”
– Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg & Oslo mayor Fabian Stang (via kateoplis)
“There is widespread and growing agreement that the two major political parties...”
– James Howard Kunstler (via azspot)
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“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...”
– Aldous Huxley, who would have been 117 today. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“One does not want to allow oneself to be deceived because one assumes that it is...”
– Frederich Nietzsche (via totrulyexist)
“People like Erick and Rush were supposed to exist to keep the rubes occupied...”
– How Washington’s favorite pundits explain why we’re doomed - Debt ceiling - Salon.com
“A lot of people were alarmed Monday — with good reason — to learn...”
– How Washington’s favorite pundits explain why we’re doomed - Debt ceiling - Salon.com
“Obama wants to be attacked by liberals because of the perception that it...”
– Obama and the Left: a problem for the WH? - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“Independently, and more to the point, approval ratings is only one of many...”
– Obama and the Left: a problem for the White House? by Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“What has become clear in Oslo and on Utoya Island is that delusional anti-Muslim...”
– Breivik and His Enablers - NYTimes.com
“Breivik is no loner. His violence was brewed in a specific European environment...”
– Breivik and His Enablers - NYTimes.com
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“Religion does not help me. The faith that others give to what is unseen, I give...”
– Oscar Wilde, De Profundis. (via wine-loving-vagabond)
“So why is the president embracing these bad policy ideas? In a forthcoming...”
– Messing With Medicare - NYTimes.com
“One last question: if, as preliminary evidence suggests, it turns out that...”
– The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of “Terrorism” - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“Terrorism has no objective meaning and, at least in American political...”
– The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of “Terrorism” - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple...”
– John W. Gardner (via liberalsarecool)
“So, on the eve of economic calamity, the Republicans killed an overly generous...”
– The Republican Party Can’t Say Yes - NYTimes.com
“We do not need these books to tell us that money and religion make for a...”
– Scientologists, Catholics and More Money Than God
‘Inside Scientology’ and ‘Render Unto Rome’ - Book Review - NYTimes.com
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
–
Ernest Hemingway
(via strongerbrokenplaces)
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“The disappearance of unemployment from elite policy discourse and its...”
– The Lesser Depression - NYTimes.com
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102 things NOT to do if you hate taxes →
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1. Do not use Medicare. 2. Do not use Social Security 3. Do not become a member of the US military, who are paid with tax dollars. 4. Do not ask the National Guard to help you after a disaster. 5. Do not call 911 when you get hurt. 6. Do not call the police to stop intruders in your home. 7. Do not summon the fire department to save your burning home. 8. Do not...
“Scientists have so far identified about 20 hard-wired, evolved...”
– Science and religion: God didn’t make man; man made gods - latimes.com
“We’re seriously talking about defaulting on our debt, and cutting Medicare and...”
– Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where’s the Uproar? | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
“I’m shocked there isn’t more of an uproar about this. Could you imagine what the...”
– Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where’s the Uproar? | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy
Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal:... →
I guess it’s because we are collectively ok with being serfs in a neo-feudal society where corporations are our lords.
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“As the stalemate over debt talks dragged on Wednesday, Congress and the White...”
– US debt downgrade may now be inevitable (via ryking)
“And if you look at newspapers and TV stations as mere businesses, not as public...”
– How Rupert Murdoch Dragged Media Into the Swamp | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy