Originally Posted By piercethenight

piercethenight: strange times

piercethenight:

strange times

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Obama remains the most talented political figure of the age. After health care passes, he will pivot and pick some fights with his own party over spending. He’ll solidify his standing with independents, and if the economy recovers, he could go into his re-election with as much momentum as Ronald Reagan enjoyed in 1984.

Fingers crossed, Mr. Brooks, fingers crossed.
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Originally Posted By piercethenight
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Plays: 42

piercethenight:

unsolved mysteries falling in love

featuring the talents of Ryan Dickie on drums and Jessica Collins (aka Beru) on epic chorus vocals

just a taste of what’s coming.  the album is killer, you guys, i’m so happy.  it’s all over the place in the best possible way

That new chorus is the shit.

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The “Flores Man” has been declared a distinct species by some important people. How cool is it that just a few thousand years ago our immediate gene pool had Lord-of-the-Rings-level diversity? How much more interesting would life be if our Neanderthal and Flores cousins (and any others like them) were still around? I bet we’d get a lot less trouble from the creationists.

The “Flores Man” has been declared a distinct species by some important people. How cool is it that just a few thousand years ago our immediate gene pool had Lord-of-the-Rings-level diversity? How much more interesting would life be if our Neanderthal and Flores cousins (and any others like them) were still around? I bet we’d get a lot less trouble from the creationists.

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But the more consequential impact of Obama’s decision is likely to be overlooked: we’re now formally creating a multi-tiered justice system for accused Muslim terrorists where they only get the level of due process consistent with the State’s certainty that it will win. Mohammed gets a real trial because he confessed and we’re thus certain we can win in court; since we’re less certain about al-Nashiri, he’ll be denied a trial and will only get a military commission; others will be denied any process entirely and imprisoned indefinitely. The outcome is pre-determined and the process then shaped to assure it ahead of time, thus perfectly adhering to this exchange from Chapter 12 of Alice in Wonderland:
‘Let the jury consider their verdict,’ the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
‘No, no!’ said the Queen. ‘Sentence first — verdict afterward.’
‘Stuff and nonsense!’ said Alice loudly. ‘The idea of having the sentence first!’
‘Hold your tongue!’ said the Queen, turning purple.
‘I won’t!’ said Alice.
‘Off with her head!’ the Queen shouted at the top of her voice.

Glenn Greenwald, Detainees to get the “state-always-wins” system of “justice”
Originally Posted By nicolebuzzlightyer

Girls are like apples… the best ones are at the top of the trees. The boys don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples that are on the ground that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when, in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who’s brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

(via owlatthemoon)

If girls are like apples, then boys are like girls.

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Originally Posted By azizisbored

azizisbored:

Lil Wayne - “The Carter” (Sundance) Documentary Trailer

Saw this the other night and I can’t recommend it enough. Very fascinating. I’m off to go make some beaucoup money.

<3

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Oil = Rock

Oil = Rock

How can the Fort Hood tragedy possibly be considered terrorism?

We bomb enemy combatants in non-combat situations all the time. Either we’re terrorists or terrorism means “violence by Muslim.” That shit was either an act of war or a crazy guy being crazy, not terrorism.

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Faith is what makes us unique.

Marriage.

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We are all sufferers from history, but the paranoid is a double sufferer, since he is afflicted not only by the real world, with the rest of us, but by his fantasies as well.

Richard Hofstadter, The Paranoid Style in American Politics
Originally Posted By testingdistance

smartercities: testingdistance: Currently only 5% of Dubai residents use public transportation, but authorities are hoping to raise that number to 20% by keeping regular fares between 50 cents and $1.50, the same as the bus system. Dubai unveils $7.6-billion mass-transit rail system — latimes.com If only Dubai wasn&#8217;t being built by slaves&#8230;

smartercities:

testingdistance:

Currently only 5% of Dubai residents use public transportation, but authorities are hoping to raise that number to 20% by keeping regular fares between 50 cents and $1.50, the same as the bus system.

Dubai unveils $7.6-billion mass-transit rail system — latimes.com

If only Dubai wasn’t being built by slaves…

Originally Posted By thatisracist

bthny: notthatkindagay: pragmatism: rosasparks: thatisracist: Pair demand apology over ‘racist’ dinner receipt I mean, the fact that a black couple in this restaurant was noticeable enough for the staff to describe them just by their race is kind of not cool, you know? does that make sense? No, I believe that&#8217;s the definition of &#8220;minority.&#8221; The same thing will happen to white people in 50 years and that will be okay too. Sorry for hounding you, I&#8217;m just procrastinating super hard.

bthny:

notthatkindagay:

pragmatism:

rosasparks:

thatisracist:

Pair demand apology over ‘racist’ dinner receipt

I mean, the fact that a black couple in this restaurant was noticeable enough for the staff to describe them just by their race is kind of not cool, you know? does that make sense?

No, I believe that’s the definition of “minority.” The same thing will happen to white people in 50 years and that will be okay too.

Sorry for hounding you, I’m just procrastinating super hard.

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