June 2011
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“Despite being at the epicenter of the global financial meltdown, the United...”
– One percent holds 39 percent of global wealth | The Raw Story
“Researchers have yet to find a clear link between cell phones and cancer....”
– Backgrounder: Cell Phones And Cancer : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
May 2011
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Egypt: general confirms "virginity checks" forced... →
“In its report, Oxfam says a “broken” food system causes...”
– BBC News - Rising food prices increase squeeze on poor - Oxfam
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It’s like nature is that asshole who saves all the good cards in UNO to rape you like crazy in one go. Draw four, skip, skip, reverse, tornado, hail, 40 degrees, tornado, rain, rain, rain, rain, 90 degrees, hail, rain, 50 degrees, tornado, 90 degrees, UNO!…… Jesus fuck!
“A protest by the infamous Westboro Baptist Church was not carried out in Joplin,...”
– Biker activists shut down Westboro Baptists in Joplin, Missouri | Raw Replay
Fuck Yeah
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There's no reason to go to Amsterdam anymore. →
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“Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said Sunday that he wants oil prices to drop so...”
– Saudi prince calls for lower oil prices
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A Turning-Point We Miss at Our Peril
“Ecuador’s democratic government says that, if the rest of the world offers just half of what the oil is worth – $3.5bn – they will keep the rainforest standing and alive and working for us all.”
Read more here.
Progressive Friends: That’s not too far away from what we give Israel, a wealthy country, every year for “aid.” The latest number I can find is for...
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Third environmentalist killed in a week in... →
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I don't think we need to post anything anymore
That walrus photo is going to carry this blog for years
“I’m not worried about kids; I’m worried about grown-ups. These are the ones who...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, in response to a question about any concerns he has about the science literacy of the younger generation (via dudettenoire)
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“We never reprimand Israel,” Wilkerson continued, “and that’s a recipe for Israel...”
– Larry Wilkerson: Congress’s ‘remarkable’ reaction to Netanyahu might be explained by money | Raw Replay
I think “spoiled bully” would have been more appropriate
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Combat in the First Person
This is a seven minute video of a unit in the Tenth Mountain Division while deployed in Afghanistan. This provides a small slice of what our military troops are dealing with on the ground.
Try to imagine yourself in this position each and every day/night 24/7/365.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/battalion.html#/NYT/Features/0
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Big Bang Explosion Observed
Some more interesting cosmological information. The farthest most explosion in the Cosmos has been observed. Additional observational data suggests it dates back 13 billion light years — the time of the Big Bang.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110526/ap_on_sc/eu_sci_cosmic_explosion
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White Kiwi Chick Hatched
This little one is very cute — and very rare.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Rare-white-kiwi-chick-hatches/ss/events/sc/052411kiwichick#photoViewer=/ydownload_getty/20110524/photos_net_web_sc/1306257175
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Cosmic "Missing Mass" Discovered
Astro physics is so amazing. This is an incredible discovery and it will be interesting to see what evolves from it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110527/sc_afp/australiaastrophysicsscience?mwp_success=NONJS_POST_SUCCESS#mwpphu-post-form
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Protesters Storm Texas Capital Shouting 'Treason"...
“After a bill that would criminalize TSA agents who carry out pat-down searches was scuttled by the Texas state Senate, a group of loud and angry protesters stormed the capitol building chanting “treason” and demanding that state lawmakers stand up to the federal government.
The bill was shelved by its senate sponsor after a U.S. attorney wrote to the legislature warning that all flights in...
