February 2011
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"If my internet is metered, then I don't want ads...
Canadians now have a monetary incentive to block advertisements, and ads are the reason we have so many free services on the web and on mobile devices. Forget the slippery slope arguments about these pricing models spreading to other countries; UBB is threatening web services globally right now
This isn’t just about Skype, YouTube, Steam, and Netflix. This is seriously going to fuck up...
In my mind what's important to remember through...
Hey, Republicans redefining "Rape" in the House of...
dammitjean:
steviemcfly:
thenewhotness:
numnumsbylaura:
“With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.”
forcible rape sounds like an oxymoron. Isn’t rape already forced? What are you trying to say, like “super rape?” “or “extra rape”?
This is from Mother Jones:
With this...
A thousand showed up to protest the Koch brothers... →
Chomsky :Elections Today "Public Relations... →
faghollowrevisited:
Video - Noam Chomsky Lecture University Of Tennessee - January 25, 2011 Chomsky discussed the United States’ support of dictatorships in Egypt, Tunisia, Georgia, Jordan and Colombia. “The guiding principle (for American government) is that as long as the public is under control, everything is fine,” he said. “(The traditional argument is) the powerful should gain ends by...
January 2011
132 posts
“Egypt doesn’t have control of its people the way we do here.”
– Joe Biden, today on MSNBC (via statehate)
This statement is sad from so many different angles.
(via johnr48)
“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.”
– Noam Chomsky (via illuminatedbeing)
URGENT MESSAGE FROM ACTIVIST IN EGYPT. PLEASE...
thunderheist:
roxanneritchi
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“To all the people of world” Alicia Ali Marsden To all the people of world The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile phone network will be completely blocked. And there is...
THERE ARE CATS EVERYWHERE.
I’m not gonna miss you at all if the tumbling continues for the entirety of your adventure. I like to get most of my JC needs via internet anyways, so this transition will be smoother than expected.
Commence photographs of cats filling the streets.
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My website has just gone Live! A special thanks to... →
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It's come to my attention if you want to know what... →
Hey Everybody,
jcdelbarcoii:
WYDA?
Where’s ya dick at?
sowingdoubt started following you
morselsofwisdom:
thank you very much :D
You’re welcome. Now sow some damn doubt and we’re even!
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Squashed: The Slanted Playing Field →
mustachemayhem:
squashed:
Monopoly is a good game for libertarians. Everybody starts out in the same spot. The rules are clear and understandable. There’s a lot of luck—but enough skill that you can feel good about winning. And it’s just a game. We don’t need to shed any tears for the losers.
To succinctly demonstrate my problems with the libertarian view, let’s change one rule. The player...
“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is...”
– Noam Chomsky (via graceisred)
The Green State: Sitting Supreme Court Justice's... →
Sitting Supreme Court Justice’s Income Tax Evasion
liberalsarecool:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report his wife’s income from a conservative think tank on financial disclosure forms for at least five years, the watchdog group Common Cause said Friday.
Between 2003 and 2007, Virginia Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, earned $686,589 from the Heritage...
Think the Bible is 100% "Pro-Life"? Think again. →
stfusexists:
This post was originally published here, on the Rabble Pro Choice site, and sent my way by the lovely pianycist. Enjoy!
Exodus 21:22-23 If an attack on a woman causes a miscarriage the attacker must pay a fine. If he causes serious damage to the mother it’s “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. This indicates that a fetus does not have equal standing under God’s law....
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Vermont's state legislature has introduced an... →
If you support one thing this year, support this. Talk about it, sign a petition supporting it, write your congressperson or state congressperson and tell them to support it (they’re supposed to work for you).
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“If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our...”
– Charles Darwin (via ellobofilipino)
Bingo.
Reason #647 Why the UK is better than the US: They put this motherfucker on their money.
“Corporations are not “natural born:” they have no body, none of the...”
– Privacy and Corporate Personhood (via azspot)
Death To The Corporation