January 2011
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America's History of Intolerance →
“Live and let live” would appear to be a simple, sensible guide to social life, but obviously many Americans reject this creed with a vengeance.
They find toleration so unpleasant that they support the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of individuals whose personal behavior they regard as offensive.
Why do so many Americans favor the use of coercive sanctions to enforce...
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Why Fuck the Police →
nwbtcw:
Criticism of opposition to the police usually falls into one of five categories. The first common argument is that the police, as our fellow workers, are also exploited members of the proletariat, and should therefore be our allies. Unfortunately, there is a vast gap between “should” and “is.” The police exist to enforce the will of the powerful; anyone who has not had a bad experience...
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“A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s...”
– Margaret Mead
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“We never know how high we are till we are called to rise.”
– Emily Dickinson (via waahhh)
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Egypt: A Humble Request →
thepoliticalnotebook:
Hey, I’m not trying to get all Edward Said on the readership here, but I do have one small request: can we all agree to stop using European historical analogies to describe what is taking place in Egypt? It’s not Europe in 1848 or Eastern Europe in 1989 or France in 1789: it’s Egypt in 2011.
What is taking place in Egypt today is the result of sui generis social, ...
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“Not only is the Fatah regime in Ramallah and the Hamas regime in Gaza destined...”
– The Egyptian masses won’t play ally to Israel (via azspot)
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Arundhati Roy: India's bold and brilliant daughter →
Arundhati Roy will turn 50 this year. I hope to be excused of sexism (would one write this of a man?) when I say that she looks no more than 35 at most. Her vitality has always been striking. I remember her from one of her early visits to London as a slight, supple woman with an Indian cotton bag slung over her shoulder, and gleaming skin and hair that suggested yoga and aerobics, yoghurt and...
set up skype, having no contacts
…well, actually i’m planning to buy an android phone, and prepared for that.
anyway none of my friends knows i got a skype account lol
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Really funny stuff - Happy Dogs' Stories (60 pics) →
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“And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ”I forgive you for what...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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is there anybody have an idea to sync lightning on...
calendars themselves sync well, but to-do lists don’t.
destroy-walls-deactivated201203 asked: perhaps you do.
If you ever want to discuss it with me, my ask box is there.
By the way, I really like your blog even though it has most of my things on there :3
You are my main re-blogger.
- hands you award-
If you ever want to discuss it with me, my ask box is there.
By the way, I really like your blog even though it has most of my things on there :3
You are my main re-blogger.
- hands you award-
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FIND Worldwide Protests at all Egyptian Embassies →
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“Mubarak has been in power, as a virtual dictator, since 1981. And he has been...”
– The Egyptian Meltdown (via azspot)
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