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February 2011
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Sharpen your critical thinking. Develop your logic. Send your rational mind into...
– Coke Talk, On god in philosophy class.
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South Korea drops leaflets into North about Egypt,... →
(Reuters) - South Korea’s military has been dropping leaflets into North Korea about democracy protests in Egypt and also sent food, medicines and radios for residents as part of a psychological campaign, a legislator said on Friday.
Knowledge is power.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-20) →
Okkervil River (10)
Warpaint (9)
Arcade Fire (9)
Beastie Boys (4)
Simon & Garfunkel (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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One-line emails between me & Arya.
Arya: lunch tomorrow? 1ish?
Me: yes sir. where?
Arya: let us evaluate our gastric pining just prior to our departure.
Me: i am amenable to that proposition.
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Can we stop pretending the Tea Party is anything but a bunch of mutually...
– STFU, Conservatives, On Tea Partiers (Response to Little-Noticed Provision In Walker’s Bill Could Reap Huge Gains For Koch Industries)
Quoting for life.
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Democrats were unable to undo cuts to the budget of the commission charged with...
– America’s deficit: Outrageous cuts | The Economist
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10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know... →
Reagan was a serial tax raiser. As governor of California, Reagan “signed into law the largest tax increase in the history of any state up till then.” Meanwhile, state spending nearly doubled. As president, Reagan “raised taxes in seven of his eight years in office,” including four times in just two years. As former GOP Senator Alan Simpson, who called Reagan “a dear friend,” told NPR, “Ronald...
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How the GOP House Cut Spending Today:
motherjones:
A rundown of other amendments in the bill that House Republicans used to kill Planned Parenthood’s budget:
Eliminated cancer screening and basic health services for millions of poor women.
Prohibited EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
Cut financing for the Reagan-era US Institute of Peace.
Chopped funding to the National Endowment for the Arts.
Banned financing of net...
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NYT: Mousavi Missing in Iran →
seaofgreen:
The daughters of the missing opposition leader, Mir Hussein Moussavi, told an opposition Web site that they had had no word from either of their parents since Tuesday and feared they had been detained. Security forces have surrounded their home, and all communications have been cut.
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