June 2012
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
– Zen Proverb (via myheadisweak)
Prime Minister's Question Time
analysingstars:
For all who are unaware, in British politics, once a fortnight we have a REAL CHANCE to voice our concerns to the PM, here’s what it looks like!
MP with a genuine question:
PM’s response:
Speaker call for leader of the opposition -Ed Milliband-to raise questions:
PM:
Punch and Judy BEGINS:
heated debate turns them on:
When...
New Zealand says raid on Megaupload founder was...
breakingnews:
Russia Today reports New Zealand’s high court has ruled that the police raid on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom’s house was unlawful along with seizure of the hard drives that were later cloned and illegally taken from New Zealand to the US by the FBI.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN KELLER
ghosthustler:
Let me offer up the constant reminder that Helen Keller wasn’t just a pity-case for able-bodied fawning and the Hallmark movie template (or even more infuriatingly, a punchline), but instead:
An avid socialist;
A suffragette;
An advocate for the disabled;
A vocal anti-war activist; and
Generally more hardcore than you could ever hope to be.
For extra reading, go ahead and...
2012 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS PLATFORM
cognitivedissonance:
wisconsinforward:
joost5:
“We oppose the teaching of higher order thinking skills, critical thinking skills and similar programs…[which] have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”
If you can stomach it, here’s the entire PDF.
That’s seriously a real quote (see p. 12). The platform also calls for repealing the...
violentopinions:
sexsocialismandscifi replied to your post:
I literally live in the forests of Canada? Just watch out for cougars and you’re fine. There’s also a nudist commune near my house…
Alright, so I’m going to need a map, coordinates, nearby landmarks, and all other relevant information from you.
New Hampshire Senate Fails to Override Governor’s... →
weedporndaily:
(NORML) Members of the New Hampshire state Senate this morning failed to override Governor John Lynch’s veto of SB 409, which sought to allow for the personal possession, cultivation, and use of cannabis by qualified patients. The Senate voted 13 to 10 to override the Governor’s veto. However, 16 total ‘yes’ votes were necessary to achieve the two-thirds Senate majority necessary...
Archbishop of Canterbury slams Christians who feel... →
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams criticized some Christians for feeling so “embarrassed and ashamed and disgusted” over homosexuality that they seem unwelcoming to outsiders and convey a lack of understanding.
Addressing a group of Christian teenagers at his Lambeth Palace residence in London, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion said Anglicans and other Christians are still in...
What do you call a country that...
pieceinthepuzzlehumanity:
Spends over half its citizens’ tax dollars on the military
Has militarized local police
Can indefinitely detain its citizens
Assassinates its own citizens without due process
Is engaged in a secret war in about 60% of the world’s nations
Is waging a perpetual war
Sells arms to regimes that are putting down democratic protests
Is building a spy data center to...
I laughed...
kambale:
I have laughed so much reading the UN report… these laughs are so familiar for me… as much stuff as I get to learn about how the game is played could make me go crazy… yet I laughed… I had no other options… I had to laugh…
I laughed to hide the tears I have in my heart for the children who have no home in the kivus… who have to run from the rebels for months… who have to sleep under...
socialequality:
A crumbling society based on soulless greed that has no value to its citizens who are more interested in their friend’s Facebook status than their own rights.
“What I am asking now for the people of a America is something that exists right...”
– Senator Bernie Sanders regarding Farm Bill Amendment SA 2310 (via myheadisweak)
“The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property...”
– Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)
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“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said on the 11th of April, and I quote, “I...”
– Ed Miliband
