December 2011
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The GOP From Abroad - The Dish | By Andrew... →
Der Spiegel says what few US outlets are prepared to say:
“Africa is a country. The Taliban rule in Libya. Muslims are terrorists. Immigrants are mostly criminals, Occupy Wall Street protesters are always dirty. And women who claim to have been sexually molested should kindly keep quiet.” Welcome to the wonderful world of the Republican Party. Or rather: to the distorted world of its...
“After the tear gas, many previously non-violent demonstrators turned much more...”
– Ex-Seattle police chief, Norm Stamper, discussing with the BBC the 1999 World Trade Organization protests, the militarization of police departments after 9-11, and using teargas on peaceful Occupy protesters (via cultureofresistance)
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November 2011
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Perverted Justice →
This just takes the cake and makes a perversion of our system of jurisprudence. There are some additional stories at the website (link at end of story). If you go there, there is an Editorial about this with links to two other articles.
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Coming Soon! →
Slaughtering horses for human consumption may be coming soon in the good, old USofA!
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Daniel Finds New Home →
Daniel is a dog who survived being gassed in Alabama. He has found a new home in New Jersey.
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Arrests Have Begun At Occupy LA - Live Stream →
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Shit is going down in LA - Live Stream →
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The Police Are Now At Occupy LA - Live Stream →
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Occupy LA Eviction Deadline Approaches - Live... →
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“Parliament said in a statement on its website that it had passed the motion with...”
– Iceland Votes To Recognize Palestine : NPR
Fuck Yeah Iceland!
“If your experience is that your water comes from the tap and that your food...”
– Derrick Jensen (via cultureofresistance)
“After all, politics alone has not put protesters into the streets. The tipping...”
– Barack Obama, May 19, 2011, in an address concerning the Arab Spring.
The irony of this rhetoric gets louder every day, Mr. President.
(via occupyearth)
“CAIRO: The arrival of 7 and half tons of tear gas to Egypt’s Suez port created...”
– Egypt imports 21 tons of tear gas from the US, port staff refuses to sign for it
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Truly beautiful communal street art project:... →
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WatchA Supposed Cat-Rabbit
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Beagle Rescue →
This is so touching and heartwarming.
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Study shows medical marijuana laws reduce traffic... →
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Oakland Paying Out Extraordinary Police Abuse...
“Although virtually every one of the Bay Area’s 101 cities have paid out amounts often in the hundreds of thousands to low millions, the top payouts, not expectedly, came from the three largest cities. What was unexpected was the breathtaking amount the smallest of the top three paid.
San Jose, the region’s largest city with more than 1 million residents, paid out $8.6 million.
Number two...
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A Hero and His Hero →
This brought tears to my eyes.
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Santa and Machine Guns - Arizona →
What would have been even betters is having the families and kiddies posing with Jesus and machine guns. After all, that would keep Christ in Christmas for all those good family values Christians and Second Amendment gun rights advocates
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New Hybrid Animal? →
This is a new hybrid animal - a catbit AKA a catrab.
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A Cat and her Teddy Bear →
No words needed. This cat reminds me of my cat Callie who was a sister of the best cat I ever knew - Bogart. Callie was a one-person cat. Bogart thought he was a dog and hung out with my black lab and keeshond/huskey.
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“A German citizen from the city of Dortmund filed a complaint against Pope...”
– Pope faces lawsuit in Germany for not wearing seatbelt
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Nation's 10-Year-Old Boys: 'If You See Someone... →
Couple denied fire insurance claim after Medical... →
Middle incomes: the American nightmare | The... →
The US economy is now almost thrice as big as in the early 1970s – and yet the typical working man finds not a dime of this transformative growth in his pay packet. At an outstanding event in London last week, the Resolution Foundation assembled experts from both sides of the Atlantic to consider the great undeclared class war which has robbed America’s workforce of the fast-growing fruits...
“One of the most prominent Democrats in the US House of Representatives, Barney...”
– BBC News - Democrat Barney Frank ‘to retire from US House’ 