January 2011
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“Unions made this country great because they give the voice to the working...”
– Melissa Leo, accepting the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding female actor in a supporting role for her performance in “The Fighter.” (via herblondness)
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Free
Free Tunisia
Free Egypt
Free Morocco
Free Algeria
Free Libya
Free Sudan
Free Palestine
Free Syria
Free Jordan
Free Saudi
Free Yemen
Free Somalia
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Regardless of the outcome in Egypt, Al-Jazeera has...
They’ve broken the ‘fear barrier’ in the US with record traffic coming from America to watch their coverage of the protests in Egypt.
If You Aren't Watching...
English Al-Jazeera you are missing out on some of the greatest coverage of the Cairo protests! People power at its finest!
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“But information keeps coming: they detained a ninety-year-old man in Suez. He...”
– Ahdaf Soueif of the Guardian describing the leaders of the protests, the Youth, and the help they are receiving from older generations.
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“Suez witnessed the most intense clashes since nationwide demonstrations broke...”
– This Daily News Egypt story
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Egypt's protesters will be quashed.
correlationstonone:
Taking bets.
There is violent resistance in Suez already. The gov’t employed thugs have been seen setting fire to shops/cars in cities to provide reason for a violent crackdown. There will be lots of blood. Lots. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to give them a fighting chance.
Already was an Egyptian “Neda”, tho. Seen here (warning: very...
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Tomorrow Tomorrow
A watchful eye must be lent to Egypt tomorrow. Already there is and has been sustained violence in Suez with many of those who have died coming from that city.
This goes on with the tacit consent of our government in Washington. Egypt has been a good stooge in applying our foreign policy objectives throughout the region from containing the Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas was born out of a Palestinian...
“I would not refer to him as a dictator.”
– Vice President Joe Biden referring to Egyptian DICTATOR Hosni Mubarak tonight. The US government has made its call with this fight.
Puppets over people.
Egypt turned off the internet?
robot-heart-politics:
I saw a flash of this on my dashboard, but can’t find it again. Did this really happen?
There are reports on Twitter that it is completely shutdown. Not to mention SMS blocking. The phone issues could be due to sheer congestion of Egyptian mobile networks in the run-up to tomorrow. Some al-Jazeera reporters have reported rumors that the Egyptian Mubarak’s government...
So the Internet Gods Don't Devour Me
I first learned of the Jack Shenker piece through Abu Muqawama’s blog which does amazing analysis of COIN, Middle Eastern political developments and everything related therein.
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Audio report from BBC’s Jack Shenker from...
5 Ways to Win the War in Afghanistan →
Constructive ideas from Abu Muqawama about the War in Afghanistan which is going to be approaching its 10-year anniversary. 10 YEARS!
We definitely have a common-law marriage with Afghanistan at this point. Gotta go ring shopping!
“For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide...”
– Congress.org (via 2020)
“Mubarak is the second largest recipient of US foreign aid aside from Israel....”
– Hossam el-Hamalawy, an Egyptian blogger in an interview with al-Jazeera on the recent protests in his country and how no help is expected from the US government.
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H&LA's New Album Streaming! →
Hercules and Love Affair.
This hits an amazing emotional chord! It’s so soulful and electronic and disco! Really good, almost operatic vocals round it out and push it so hard into a full sonic experience.
Give it a listen while it’s available to stream for free. The album Blue Songs goes on sale the 31st.
Arizona attempts to cut off Medicaid to 280,000 of... →
robot-heart-politics:
greenstate:stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith
Arizona: The only state that goes out of its way to troll its own citizens
On Arizona not funding organ transplants thru Medicaid anymore:
When that last high-profile policy took effect in October, nearly 100 indigent patients who were on the waiting list for a transplant were told that the state would no longer cover the...
“The security fence is not a border. Unfortunately, it is needed for security. ...”
– Udi Dekel, #palestinepapers, #2339
“When I grow up I wanna be OFWGKTA.”
“This is what is beautiful about this site. No matter what age, religion, or...”
– Source-city
Majority in House votes to repeal healthcare law →
A majority of members in the Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, mostly along party lines, to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law.
Yea, I know we are all looking to improve the tone of discourse in this country but, Fuck This. I only JUST got back onto my dad’s health care plan at the beginning of this year. I’m still looking for a job....
“To paraphrase Julian Sanchez, though, if the only way for you to respect others...”
– Adam Serwer on Atheism And Morality. (via Instapaper)
For all the high-tech gigs in Israel, you would think Haaretz would be able to have a better performing website than they do.
Existence Denied: Apartheid on Google Maps →
whereispalestine:
If you are trying to drive from Ramallah to Bethlehem — Palestinian towns in the West Bank (which Google automatically labels as “Israel”) — Google Maps won’t help you find your way.
But if you are in an illegal Israeli settlement right next to Ramallah and you want to drive to an illegal…
Essential.
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Is This Man Running That Alaskan Broad's Publicity...
Seriously though? How does she CONSTANTLY know the best way to beef all the liberal/progressive people on Tumblr/The rest of America?
What bloodthirsty(or libelous, depending on who you ask), nihilist person is running her public image? And how in God’s name do they know how to constantly make her relevant to the dialogue occurring at this exact moment, every moment?
Curtis Jackson was...
Bullets for H.A.M. →
Is Lex Luger the hottest beat maker in the game? Yes.
If you ever hated Gucci’s flow you have been lying to yourself. Kanye and Jay are heavily influenced by it on this track.
I really want the operatic sample to be from The Fifth Element (99% sure it’s not though).
Kanye is going to make some really, REALLY dark stuff if he continues down this path. I can’t wait.
Any...
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Argument For, and Against, the Internet.
The prime action of use is selection, and here we are halting indeed. There may be millions of fine thoughts, and the account of the experience on which they are based, all encased within stone walls of acceptable architectural form; but if the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
-Dr. Vannevar Bush, Atlantic...
“CBO is entitled to their opinion.”
– John Boehner
If CBO had in any way corroborated GOP beliefs about health care, you know Boehner would be crowing it from the top of the capitol building.
(via robot-heart-politics)
The fact that he calls what the CBO intensively researched and vetted as best they can an ‘opinion,’...
