scudmissile: Archive

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“In just one year, the expenditure of the U.S.’s military budget is equivalent to...”

– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via anticapitalist)

Feb 29th

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This is fantastic: Kids Reenact the Oscar Nominees - Jest Video

Feb 23rd

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Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional, Federal... →

A federal judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to extend health benefits to the same-sex spouse of a San Francisco lawyer employed by the federal courts. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White said the refusal of the Office of Personnel Management to enroll 9th Circuit attorney Karen Golinski’s spouse in the...

Feb 23rd

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“He is rigid and a homophobic. He said, ‘I want a constitutional amendment to ban...”

– Former US Senator Al Simpson, (R-Wyo.) on Rick Santorum. In 2011, Simpson emailed me this statement on HB 74, a bill to ban recognition of same-sex marriage in Wyoming: “I can’t imagine anything more inhuman, insensitive and unfair. Wyoming people believe in getting the government out of their...

Feb 23rd

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Feb 18th

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Feb 18th

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“The fact is, American corporations – both manufacturing and services – are doing...”

– Robert Reich: Manufacturing Illusions

Feb 18th

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Feb 17th

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“…the bourgeoisie launched a successful war on a troublesome working class in the...”

– Doug Henwood (via azspot)

Feb 17th

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Feb 16th

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Feb 16th

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“[In the U.S.], “libertarian” means “extreme advocate of total tyranny”… It means...”

– Noam Chomksy (via azspot)

Feb 16th

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“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human...”

– Former US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bowman, in Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States”. (via timmytime) YES YES YES THIS THIS THIS (via whatsajuthika) I want this emblazoned on my forehead for all of the American entitlement people out there. (via baxtavius)

Feb 12th

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Feb 11th

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Squashed: Science and individualism →

squashed: Testing a theory scientifically requires gathering as many data points as possible. While any one point may be an outlier or an error, a robust collection of data has enormous predictive power. We base theories on data, not on anecdotes. This is why I’m very skeptical if any political theory centered around individualism or individual rights. Both of those are fine things—but they...

Feb 8th

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“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve...”

– Sasha Frere-Jones on MIA’s middle finger and everyone else’s panties being in a bunch over it. (via iwantnothingless) So good. (via zurik)

Feb 7th

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