June 2012
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يا عمال العالم اتحدوا: Imperialism and the Houla... →
arielnietzsche:
Investigations of the May 25 massacre in Houla, Syria have shattered the lies Washington and its allies are using to justify their escalating military intervention in Syria.
Responsibility for the deaths of 108 people massacred in Houla lies not with the Syrian army, but with the Syrian “rebel”…
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When girls call their boyfriends "daddy" →
wowfunniestposts:
this blog is hilarious
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Native Americans left out of economic recovery, as... →
arielnietzsche:
Up until the past few weeks, there had been a lot of hoopla about a blossoming economic recovery. Job creation for the early part of the year had been averaging 200,000 a month. (Keep in mind, though, that responsible economists maintain that 345,000 jobs per month are needed for at least two years to get back to even five percent unemployment - and the latest numbers for May...
May 2012
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U.S. Department of State: Statement on the... →
statedept:
Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC May 26, 2012
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s massacre in the Syrian village of Haoula. United Nations observers have confirmed that dozens of men, women, and children were killed…
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MPG of a Human - Do the Math →
jtotheizzoe:
A walking human gets about 75 MPG (miles of travel per gallon of food energy). A biking human? Even better, at 290 MPG.
But when you factor in all the fossil fuels that go into making that food, we only get 18 MPG walking and 70 MPG on a bike. Check out the full rundown of the energetic calculations at Do The Math.
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I found there was, within me, an invincible... →
1. Iran has threatened to fight back if attacked, and that’s a war crime. War crimes must be punished.
2. My television says Iran has nukes. I’m sure it’s true this time. Just like with North Korea. I’m sure they’re next. We only bomb places that really truly have nukes and are in the Axis of…
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Barticles: Heads-up & Bottles Down →
barticles:
I’ll be chatting with Mike McConnell on WGN in Chicago at 11:35 central time today to discuss my most recent column about obesity and government.
On a related note, today’s NYT reports that the Bloomberg administration in NY is planning to ban the sale of large sodas and “other sugary…
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The Technical Gentleman: TechGent Politics: If it... →
techgent:
Buddy Roemer, the former Louisiana governor who unexpectedly jumped into the GOP presidential primary, and subsequently jumped out of that race to unsuccessfully be a part of whatever it was Americans Elect imagined itself to be doing, announced Thursday that he is suspending his presidential…
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Squashed: Why do the ultra-rich feel they deserve... →
squashed:
The Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups have accused President Obama of keeping an “Enemies List.” That sounded a bit … dramatic, so I though I would check out what they were upset about. It turns out it was this little page listing names, donation amounts, and a bit of…
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Americans Elect abandons bid to end two-party... →
sinidentidades:
Americans Elect, a well-financed group that aimed to help a viable third party candidate enter this November’s presidential race, has announced it is ending its web-based push to break America’s two-party system.
The organisation, which was founded with millions of dollars from its initial wealthy backers, had little trouble in organising a push to get on the ballot across...
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يا عمال العالم اتحدوا: US Charity Secretly Funds... →
arielnietzsche:
Newly declassified FBI files are shining an inconvenient light on Israel’s nuclear weaponization research program and how it has been secretly funded from the United States. Iranian negotiations with the UN Security Council resume on May 23 in Baghdad following initial sessions in Istanbul. The…
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A Global “No” To a Nuclear-Armed Iran
arielnietzsche:
A 21-nation Pew Global Attitudes survey finds widespread opposition to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. And in most countries, there is majority support among opponents of a nuclear-armed Iran for international economic sanctions to try to stop Tehran’s weapons program. The Chinese and the Russians are notable dissenters in this regard. The poll also found majorities in Western...
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BREAKING: Obama embraces marriage equality →
think-progress:
OBAMA: I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
Update: Sign our petition THANKING President Obama
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Visiting Jazz Fest
twonew:
by Bradley Warshauer (via)
part one
Jazz Fest is the only large music festival in the world where the dominant scent is fried shrimp. Not that there aren’t plenty of folks smoking weed, enough so that you’ll get a blast of it in your face if the breeze is right; it’s just that, in New Orleans, the food—the po-boys and jambalaya, the seafood plates and gumbo—is better than pot. Spend...
