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Steve Earle. (2004). “The Revolution Starts Now”...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:19:06 -0500

Steve Earle. (2004). “The Revolution Starts Now” from The Revolution Starts Now. E-Squared/Artemis Records.

"Against School" by John Taylor Gatto.

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:20:52 -0500

“Do we really need school? I don’t mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really necessary? And if so, for what?”

John Taylor Gatto is a former New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year and the author, most recently, of The Underground History of American Education. He was a participant in the Harper’s Magazine forum “School on a Hill,” which appeared in the September 2003 issue.

“A merry heart doeth good like a...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:05 -0500

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine…”

—Proverbs 17:22 KJV

It is of the utmost danger to society to make it (religion) a party in political disputes. —Thomas...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:08:06 -0500

It is of the utmost danger to society to make it (religion) a party in political disputes.

—Thomas Paine. (1776). “Common Sense.”

Why the U.S. is destroyings its education system

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:16:06 -0500

Why the U.S. is destroyings its education system:

Chris Hedges at Truthdig:

We spurn real teachers—those with the capacity to inspire children to think, those who help the young discover their gifts and potential—and replace them with instructors who teach to narrow, standardized tests. These instructors obey. They teach children to obey. And that is the point.

Ranking of the longest wars in U.S. History

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:29:15 -0500

Ranking of the longest wars in U.S. History:

You’ll probably never guess which were the longest. Well, maybe you will.

Race for the Shame

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:16:24 -0500

Race for the Shame:

Jeremy Ryan in Addicting Info:

Susan G Komen For The Cure is known as the largest breast cancer organization in the entire country. You would think that their primary goal then would be to raise as much money as they could and then use that money for breast cancer research and prevention. It seems, however, that Komen has a different objective, one that outweighs their desire to make breast cancer a thing of the past. But politics meant more than prevention this week to the Komen Foundation as they made an announcement: They will be pulling all funding from Planned Parenthood.

Being a Maid

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:09:05 -0500

Being a Maid:

James McBride at 40Acres.Com:

“Last night, President Obama, our first African American President, delivered his third State of the Union address. On that same day, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated two gifted African American actresses, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, for Oscars for playing maids in The Help. This is 73 years after the first African American to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, garnered the award for the same role—as a maid, and a slave maid at that, winning the Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category on Feb. 29, 1940.”

Where the wingnuts come swingin' down the plain

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:30:00 -0500

Where the wingnuts come swingin' down the plain:

Oklahoma state Senator Ralph Shortey (R-Oklahoma City) is fighting to keep the food in Oklahoma free of aborted fetus meat. Check out his SB 1418.

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:06:19 -0500

The Caging of America

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:24:20 -0500

The Caging of America:

Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker:

“Mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today—perhaps the fundamental fact, as slavery was the fundamental fact of 1850. In truth, there are more black men in the grip of the criminal-justice system—in prison, on probation, or on parole—than were in slavery then. Over all, there are now more people under “correctional supervision” in America—more than six million—than were in the Gulag Archipelago under Stalin at its height. That city of the confined and the controlled, Lockuptown, is now the second largest in the United States.”

Golshifteh Farahani (b. 1983) is an Iranian actress, pianist,...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:45:30 -0500

Golshifteh Farahani (b. 1983) is an Iranian actress, pianist, and model. She has appeared in numerous highly-acclaimed films, including Rasool Mollagholipoor’s M for Mother, which was Iran’s nominee for the 2008 Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film category.

In January 2012, she was banned from returning to Iran after visiting France to pose nude for Madame Le Figaro magazine.

Stop SOPA & PIPA. Americancensorship.org

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:36:18 -0500

Stop SOPA & PIPA.

Americancensorship.org

One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:05 -0500

One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963). “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.”

The National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law by...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:01:06 -0500

The National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011.

Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year is The Protester. Cover...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:02:05 -0500

Time Magazine’s 2011 Person of the Year is The Protester. Cover art by Shepard Fairey.

Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:42:30 -0500

Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” as performed by the George Mason University Green Machine (by tomcblock).

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Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:34:43 -0500

fuckitbukowskiwasright: aisle7: Amusing Ourselves to Death by...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:39:27 -0500

fuckitbukowskiwasright:

aisle7:

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen (May 2009)

Aldous Huxley (Author: “Brave New World”) vs. George Orwell (Author: Nineteen Eighty-Four)

posted this before, but this is laid out really nice for tumblr.

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:11:00 -0500

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq:

From Mother Jones: Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, and Curveball in a reminiscence of how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.