February 2012
“A Gallup poll last year showed that, while 9 per cent of Americans would not...”
– Atheism in America: Why won’t the U.S. accept its atheists? - Slate Magazine
“Asian music education is not famous for its music theory. The Suzuki method,...”
– Can Asians save classical music? - Slate Magazine
Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the... →
“…At one level, this is all just comedy, and it’s hard to measure whether Colbert’s sustained attacks on the court’s campaign finance decisions are having any real impact, beyond making us laugh. On the other hand, when the New York Times declares that Colbert’s project is deadly serious, and it’s just the rest of politics that’s preposterous, something more than just theater is...
The Komen fiasco: How to drive Planned Parenthood... →
“…Look at the latest annual report from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, issued two months ago. The table on page 5 shows that over the course of a year, PPFA provided 3,685,437 contraceptive services and 329,445 abortions. That’s a ratio of 11 to 1.
Internationally, the ratio is even higher. Look at the latest annual report from the International Planned Parenthood...
Work clothes: What to wear at the office. - Slate... →
“TATTOOS: In a conventional office environment, visible tattoos feel somewhat inauthentic: “I may be crunching numbers in a cubicle, but make no mistake, I am a real bad-ass,” they seem, poignantly and unconvincingly, to be saying.
If you wish to ink up—neck, face, hands—then you may need to switch careers. While displays of heavy tats feel ludicrous in the average office, the same...
Study: Abstaining from alcohol significantly... →
Surprised? The tightly controlled study, which looked at individuals between ages 55 and 65, spanned a 20-year period and accounted for variables ranging from socioeconomic status to level of physical activity. Led by psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin, it found that mortality rates were highest for those who had never had a sip, lower for heavy drinkers, and lowest...
“In December 2009 Nancy Brinker was appointed CEO of the organization. The Komen...”
– Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure throws Planned... →
“…In a shocking move Tuesday afternoon, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the country’s most famous breast cancer charity, pulled its grants for breast-cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood.
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The existence of breast-cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood has always been a thorn in the anti-choice side. Most of Planned Parenthood’s services are related to the...
“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate...”
– Noam Chomsky
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For my tumblr people who did not see it, this is Rick Tyler on MSNBC defending Newt Gingrich by saying that Black people have no role models and democrats abort black babies. No, I did not make that shit up.
BRB Going to set something on fire.
I really wish it were less ethically and legally questionable to call for someone to be drawn and...
“This sort of work isn’t stealing anything from creators. It’s enhancing its...”
– The Fan-Made Star Wars Uncut Is the Greatest Viral Video Ever — Vulture
January 2012
Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And... →
Advocates Debate Using Advertising in Schools to... →
“In some districts, keeping advertising out of the classrooms isn’t enough. San Diego Unified School District last week rejected a proposal to allow on-campus advertising, and Oklahoma recently blocked a bill to allow ads on school buses in the state.
The Campaign for a commercial-Free Childhood, a national organization devoted to limiting the impact of commercial culture on...
Nationality and Productivity: The Myth Behind the... →
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Lesbian Code - YouTube →
Former Los Angeles Teacher Charged With Molesting... →
“A U.S. school teacher bound and gagged nearly two dozen children, put cockroaches on some of their faces and posed in photos with them, possibly inside a classroom, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.
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The investigation began when a film processor gave authorities about 40 photographs depicting blindfolded children in a classroom with their mouths...
Steven Spielberg: A ranking of all of his movies -... →
The Sublime
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Jaws
Only a Hater Could Complain
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Raiders of the Lost Ark Jurassic Park
Not Not Worth Seeing
The Sugarland Express
Technically Sound, But Hollow
Munich Saving Private Ryan Catch Me If You Can Amistad Schindler’s List
Wore Out Their Welcome
Indiana Jones and the...
Lamar Smith: (Alleged) Serial Copyright Violator |... →
The author of SOPA is a copyright violator. →
“In February 1995, a man committed suicide on parkland in Canberra, Australia. He...”
– Multiple gunshot suicide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“On 1 March, the militia arrived. Wearing black uniforms and calling themselves...”
– Poor, abused and second-class: the Roma living in fear in Hungarian village | World news | The Guardian
“[There has been] an awful lot of made-up criticism about, for instance, the...”
– -Hal Rounds, the Fayette County attorney and spokesman for a revisionist Tea Party faction.
Tea Party Groups In Tennessee Demand Textbooks Overlook U.S. Founder’s Slave-Owning History
Itinerant. →
Freight Train Riders of America (freighthoppers in United States)
Romani people
Various indigenous peoples (indigenous peoples, including uncontacted peoples)
Afar people in Horn of Africa
Bajau people of Philippines
Banjara of India
Bedouin (nomadic Arab people of the desert)
Beja people in North Africa
Bushmen of Southern Africa
Dom people in North Africa and Western Asia
Eurasian...
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AUDISM FREE AMERICA: AFA's Letter to Indiana... →
“…In May 2011, Governor Mitch Daniels appointed to the Board of Directors at the Indiana School for the Deaf individuals who had vested interest in the HEAR INDIANA organization. HEAR INDIANA is one of the biggest supporters of House Bill # 1367. This organization, which professes to be all about “options, choices and unbiased information” is a chapter of the AG Bell...
Censorship in the world's largest democracy -... →
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Rai explained that the evidence he submitted to the court included content offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians. ”My intention is to ensure that the sentiments of any religion or community are not hurt,” he told the Journal.
In October, well before Rai’s lawsuit emerged, India’s acting telecommunications minister...
“The most interesting part of seeing these guys up close is seeing the way people...”
– Romney Bombs, and Other Thoughts on the Charleston Debate | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“I was astonished to wake up this morning and read, in this morning’s Wall...”
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Romney Bombs, and Other Thoughts on the Charleston Debate | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Two lessons from the Megaupload seizure - Glenn... →
(1) It’s wildly under-appreciated how unrestrained is the Government’s power to do what it wants, and how little effect these debates over various proposed laws have on that power. Contrary to how it was portrayed, the Obama administration’s threatened veto of the NDAA rested largely on the assertion that they did not need a law vesting them with indefinite detention powers because they...
“But just as the celebrations began over the saving of Internet Freedom,...”
– Two lessons from the Megaupload seizure - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“The militant Muslim group Boko Haram, which is fighting for sharia rule in...”
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Nigerian President Visits Sites of Bombings - Bloomberg
If you’re brown, and you jump in the news cycle at the wrong time, people won’t even look at your terrorism.
“Given Gingrich’s overwhelming victory, it may be difficult for him to find...”
– Gingrich wins South Carolina: How can Romney recover from his terrible defeat? - Slate Magazine
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