January 2012
cslea defacement by Anonymuus
skyhiiiggghhh:
http://cslea.com/
December 2011
“When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your...”
– Gary Zukav (via nirvikalpa)
lonelyvagabond:
socialistscum:
Since NDAA passed, how about we all just move somewhere in France and build a rad commune.
We can all crash and hang out together forever without worry of police state fuckery.
I am pretty awesome to live with. I have a rad collection of records, I cook awesome treats and other food, I am relatively clean, and I have a cool telescope. Plus I can make awesome...
President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Into... →
“Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via aspiringhippie17)
Bureau of Labor Statistics Yearly Earnings
noneofthismatters:
Real hourly earnings fall 1.6 percent over the year
Real average hourly earnings fell 1.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, from October 2010 to October 2011.
[Chart data]
An unchanged average workweek combined with the decline in real average hourly earnings resulted in a 1.7-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings during the October 2010–October 2011 period.
Over...
“and the principle of really existing free market theory is: free markets are...”
– Noam Chomsky (via omchomsky)
Michele Bachmann Thinks The Entire Internet Is... →
sageoflogic:
luckyclive:
bookling-stormborn:
itsinthetrees:
oldstarnewshine:
omg guys read the top comment
i died
and then i died again
(AP) – Following the defections of key members of her campaign staff, GOP primary candidate Michele Bachmann fled Kings Landing and is reported to be living in the Vale of Arryn.
That is an epic comment.
I doff my hat to you, sir. You win the...
“When any new form comes into the foreground of things, we naturally look at it...”
– Marshall McLuhan on new forms and old assumptions in 1960, plus a meditation on what this means for the “Internet intellectuals” of today (via curiositycounts)
“It is always the false that makes you suffer, the false desires and fears, the...”
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via elige)
BREAKING: Obama signs NDAA with "serious...
cognitivedissonance:
From ABC News:
In his last official act of business in 2011, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act from his vacation rental in Kailua, Hawaii. In a statement, the president said he did so with reservations about key provisions in the law — including a controversial component that would allow the military to indefinitely detain terror...
Virginia GOP Will Require Voters To Sign ‘Loyalty... →
paxamericana:
stfuconfederates:
pantslessprogressive:
I thought all of the GOP pledges this year were incredibly outrageous, but this “oath” for voters is probably one of the most entertaining.
The Virginia State Board of Elections has approved a request from the Republican Party of Virginia to “require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the state’s presidential...
"No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental...
leftish:
If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
~ P J O’Rourke
“Enlightenment for a wave in the ocean is the moment the wave realizes that it is...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via pyrrhic-victoria)
SOPA: Who's in and who's out?
christiantheatheist:
By now we’re sure you’re aware that SOPA is more than just a tomato-based noodle soup. The Stop Online Piracy Act’s been stirring controversy with its intentions, and it’ll most likely continue in this path until we hear a final decision. GoDaddy wasn’t shy — before retracting — about its support for the bill, and things have changed drastically since we first heard some...
The illusion of the Ego - Alan Watts →
In the US, 3.5 million are homeless while 18.5...
leftcollection:
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
“In the last few days, the U.S. government census figures have revealed that 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty or are struggling to live on low incomes. And we know that the financial hardships faced by our neighbors, colleagues, and others in our communities will be all the more acutely felt over the holiday season.
Along with poverty and low...
Bloom - Jamie xx Rework Part 3 →
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SOPA Opponents May Go Nuclear →
newsyc:
SOPA Opponents May Go Nuclear (news.cnet.com)
“The competition between capitalists forces them to behave as capitalists. This...”
– Joseph Choonara, Unravelling Capitalism (via rethinksocialism)
“Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and...”
– Susan Piver (via nirvikalpa)
“Wherever there are privileged there are pariahs.”
– Leon Trotsky - The Revolution Betrayed (via liberalsocialist)
Hundreds of thousands rally across Syria -... →
proletarianengineer:
Emboldened by the presence of Arab League monitors, protesters took to the streets in mass rallies.
250,000 rally in the Idlib province
70,000 rally in a suburb in Damascus
the Free Syria Army, made up of defecting Syrian military personnel, is now estimated to be around 10,000 strong
over 5000 people have been killed since the beginning of the uprising
130 have been...
NY TIMES: Verizon drops $2 "convenience fee"... →
