May 2012
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“When someone works for less pay than she can live on - when, for example, she...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America” I recently read this book, and while several observations and statistics stuck out to me, this quote, on the last page, I believe really sums things up quite well. (via lostgrrrls) Forget the billionaire “job creators” — our...
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32,000-Year-Old Plant Reborn From Ancient Fruit... →
Monsanto will soon patent the fruit progressivefriends: I want to taste the fruit!
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“Christ’s error – The founder of Christianity thought that there was nothing of...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via wrathofstylepoints) I suppose what he means is that a sin, a deviation from a proscribed set of norms, is good in so far as it allows the sinner to overcome their previous self. A sin, is in essence, a catalyst for change. (via in-the-midst-of-winter)
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“3. Every day, five U.S. soldiers attempt suicide, and fully 5 percent of the...”
– 5 facts about the fallen to remember on Memorial Day | The Raw Story (via progressivefriends)
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Robert Reich: True Patriotism  →
robertreich: True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burdens of keeping America going. Those who earn tens of millions of dollars a year but pay less than 14 percent of their incomes in taxes, and argue the rich should pay even less, are not true patriots. Those who defend…
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“In the West, we have various ways of dealing with this problem. We have no...”
– Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness  (via fucking-atheist)
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saltinesandsoup: i think the human centipede taught us all a valuable lesson if you let your kids wear crocs they’ll turn into german psycopaths that connect 3 people mouth to anus because he gets off on that kind of stuff
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parents: why are you awake so early
me: who said i went to sleep
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police: THIS IS THE POLICE! OPEN YOUR DOOR NOW!!!
me: not with that attitude
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Every single time.
Actual lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba (Here comes a lion, Father)
Me: NAAAAAAZEBWENYAMAKAKIPIKUKUU!!!!
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un-creative: all my friends went to sleep but i took like a three hour nap today so i’m not tired ;__;
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