May 2012
1 post
“I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance”
– Delta pulls ‘Daily Show’ ads over ‘vagina manger’ skit – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
March 2012
2 posts
“It’s math: Facebook reaches 44.6 percent of the U.S. population and Twitter 9.1...”
– Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn’t Die - Businessweek
“If you don’t know where you’re going, it seems like any road will take you...”
– Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn’t Die - Businessweek
December 2011
1 post
“The degree of coordination sends a message to the markets that global leaders...”
– Market Report
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Here we go again.
November 2011
9 posts
“‘Let us show the doubters that our international discourse doesn’t...”
– Israeli women strip in support of ‘nude’ Egyptian blogger Aliaa Elmahdy
∆UP #utdppl
“For the NBA owners and players to shut down their league during the worst...”
– Senseless NBA players, owners will look back on this with regret
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Boneheads #nbafail
“This is how self-control “cashes out” in the real world: as an ability to direct...”
– The secret of self-control
“Aggression was best assessed in terms of what Mischel called “if-then patterns.”
– The secret of self-control
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Human code.
“Mischel argues that intelligence is largely at the mercy of self-control: even...”
– The secret of self-control : The New Yorker
“Today, California’s public schools are a disaster, and the state spend...”
– Zakaria: Fix education, restore social mobility
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I have a feeling the two are related.
“Pew found that Millenials prefer the President by 26 points, while Silents tilt...”
– Pew Survey: Stark Generational Divide Could Define 2012
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Interesting article about the tidal change happening in America. Maybe there is hope yet.
October 2011
9 posts
Watch(via Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion : NPR)
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Amazing video showing our population explosion.
“Full-time workers in the U.S. who are overweight or obese and have chronic...”
– Unhealthy, overweight Americans
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Wow.
“Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill didn’t figure to get a single GOP...”
– Senate Nears Vote to Defeat Jobs Bill
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Not one single GOP vote. So its NO to jobs and YES to Wall St profits? How long can we keep playing this game? Time to hold the Republicans responsible? #changecongress
“The way to understand all of this is to realize that it’s part of a broader...”
– Panic of the Plutocrats
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Time to reboot the system. Reformat. ∆ UP
“Bank of America’s CEO defended his bank’s new $5 fee on debit cards...”
– BofA’s Moynihan: We have a ‘right to make a profit’
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We give you OUR money, you get to use that money to make money by lending it to people. We should not have to pay you for giving you OUR money.
C’mon banksimple.com give me an account already.
“Everywhere there is a great sense of confusion and disillusionment with...”
– Occupy Wall Street / Our struggles are connected. Time to play a new game. ∆ UP with people.
September 2011
6 posts
“I know from years of personal dog training experience that these HARSH training...”
– Training Tips To Teach Your Dog Or Puppy
Holds true for Man-and-Dog, and God-and-Man. “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law”.
“A couple of years ago, a Republican committee staff director told me candidly...”
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Must make you proud to go to work in the morning when that’s your plan.
“Everyone knows that in a hostage situation, the reckless and amoral actor has...”
– Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult
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We need a Steven Seagal on our side that is even crazier than the hijacker and that cares so much about doing the right thing that he’s willing to break every bone in the amoral actor’s body to...
August 2011
19 posts
“This suggests that anything that makes us happier, reducing vigilance and...”
– Does Marijuana Make You Stupid?
∆ UP for a peaceful and creative society.
“There is not a single solitary successful nation on earth today that does not...”
– Bill Clinton on Perry
“Nearly every usability detail appears to be an afterthought, as if “design” is...”
– Great since day one
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And this is why you suck. Long live design.
“But in data we have recently collected, the Tea Party ranks lower than any of...”
– Crashing the Tea Party
“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly...”
– Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
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From the Warren Buffet’s mouth to Congress’ ears.
“If you want to make the product that everyone else compares their product to,...”
– Windows Laptop Makers Can’t Catch Up to the MacBook Air | PCWorld
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Thats from PC World.
“Voters are not losing faith in Mr. Obama because he was too far left or too...”
– Debate Showcases Pandering That Repels Voters
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Its one thing to campaign on hope, its another to campaign on your record. Obama better set his straight by 2012.
“A former Pennsylvania juvenile judge was sentenced to 28 years in prison...”
– Former judge gets 28 years for scheme to unjustly jail youth
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At least there is some justice.
“Saying the “free flow of information” can sometimes be a problem,...”
– In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
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From hero in Iran and Egypt to culprit in the UK. The ups and downs of social media.
“When the health department says, oh we’re looking your health in our best...”
– The Rawesome controversy and the raw food rabbit hole
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Is there any part of this system that still has any credibility?
“The Pentagon hopes the design will allow a non-nuclear response to threats...”
– Will crash of hypersonic Falcon HTV-2 set back Pentagon’s ambitious plans?
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Because that is something we should be hoping for. #fail #fail #fail
WatchWU LYF L Y F (by LUCIFER YOUTH FOUNDATION)
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If you don’t know yet… now you do.
“The stories our leaders tell us matter, probably almost as much as the stories...”
– What Happened to Obama’s Passion?
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I’ve been saying this for a while. Obama’s failure is that he never appealed to our better selves, never charted a path to a new future, never asked us to sacrifice, never told us why we should sacrifice. He had us engaged, he had us...
“A youth worker herself in south London, where there has also been unrest, she...”
– Trouble in the heart of Hackney
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Welcome to the long tail of bubble capitalism…
London's burning →
Peckham! My old hood. Seems like senseless violence.
“Enough is enough! The American people must fight back. We need a government...”
– Sen. Bernie Sanders: Why I Voted No on the Deficit Deal
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If only we had another 50 senators like Bernie, I would sleep a lot better at night.
“The most striking feature of Norway the past seven days is the captivating blend...”
– News Desk: Seven Days in Oslo: Flowers, Flags, Silence
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Principled liberalism.
Watch(via Keith Olbermann’s Debt Ceiling Special Comment)
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Government doesn’t work.
July 2011
6 posts
“The median wealth of white households in America is now 20 times that of black...”
– The Racial Wealth Gap Grew Significantly in the New Recession
/ FUBAR
“What’s most striking, and ironic, is that the Norwegian response to the...”
– An un-American response to the Oslo attack - Glenn Greenwald
