February 2012
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“We used all the available tools in order to communicate with each other,...”
– Internet activist Wael Ghonim says sites like Facebook are tools that can help connect people and disseminate information to the masses, but cannot create social changes on their own. (via nprfreshair)
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So I made a Facebook Thing →
I’ve resisted using Facebook for years, mostly because I have a huge problem with the privacy policies. I’m really happy using a combination of Twitter, Tumblr, and Google Plus to do all my social media public life stuff, and I don’t really want to add something else. But I’ve talked with friends who I trust and respect, people who create and produce awesome things for the...
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Koch Brothers, Allies Pledge $100 Million At... →
At a private three-day retreat in California last weekend, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch and about 250 to 300 other individuals pledged approximately $100 million to defeat President Obama in the 2012 elections.
I wonder what would happen if these pigfuckers would spend $100 Million to actually improve the lives of the 99%, instead of trying to make themselves even richer.
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Just so I’m clear: Misogyny in advertising on TV is totally okay. Violence on TV is totally okay. Encouraging people to self-diagnose mental illness on TV is totally okay.
Flipping the bird on TV, though, is totally not okay.
Is that pretty much it?
Okay, that’s what I thought. So, allow me to just say something real quick here, okay?
For fuck’s sake, America, it’s not...
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“We’re delighted to hear that Rep. Fleming is a regular reader of America’s...”
– The Onion editor Joe Randazzo • In response to the Republican Congressman who mistook an Onion article for the real thing. source (via • follow)
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“A brawl between several people dressed as action figures erupted in front of the...”
– ‘Jack Sparrow’ pepper-sprayed in Hollywood action figure brawl
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“I already have a girlfriend! Her name is SCIENCE!”
– Dave Foley as Dr. Plotkin on Eureka
“I tend to take this latest development as a kind of eager confirmation that they...”
– ALAN MOORE, on DC’s launch ofSEVEN WATCHMEN PREQUELS
Komen cuts grants for Planned Parenthood cancer...
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jessicavalenti:
I’m sure that most folks know by now that Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a breast cancer charity and advocacy organization, announced that they were cutting funding to Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings. In the last five years, the money from Komen allowed PP to providealmost 170,000 breast exams and 6,400 mammogram referrals.
As I said in Salon, whether the...
January 2012
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