February 2012
65 posts
NPR now commits itself to avoiding the worst... →
quickhits:
wilwheaton:
It says to itself that a report characterized by false balance is a false report. It introduces a new and potentially powerful concept of fairness: being “fair to the truth.” My verdict: Bravo, NPR.
NPR commits itself as an organization to avoid the worst excesses of “he said, she said” journalism. It says to itself that a report characterized by false balance is a...
“Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never...”
– - PJ O’Rourke (via coeus)
“Prohibition costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars every year, yet 40 years and some 40 million arrests later, drugs are cheaper, more potent and far more widely used than at the beginning of this futile crusade.” Law Enforcement Against Prohibition...
10 Myths About Introverts →
christyv:
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need...
The Best and Worst Foreign Policy Presidents of... →
The only saving grace that keeps Lyndon Johnson out of the cellar is that this list included 21st century presidents as well. After all there are bad foreign policy presidents … and then there is George W. Bush. The decision alone to go to war in Iraq, an unnecessary and pointless conflict based on dubious intelligence and hyped threats of nuclear, biological attack, would place Bush squarely in...
The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy... →
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on...
Liberals Are Cool: Two Supreme Court Justices... →
liberalsarecool:
Two Supreme Court justices suggested Friday that the court reconsider its controversial 2010 decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections.
The suggestion came as the court blocked a Montana Supreme Court decision upholding a century-old ban on corporate…
think, ultimately, it doesn’t matter which party comes to power cause...
Republicans have staked out a position that... →
wilwheaton:
The lies go beyond instantly dismissible claims like President Obama being the “food stamp president” (why you have to go back one whole administration to discover that more people joined the food stamp ranks under Bush than Obama, but then the Republicans don’t seem to remember Bush in any case). The blatant lies extend through every aspect of the Republican platform, such as it is....
ShortFormBlog: Lancet report shows stem cells can... →
shortformblog:
the problemWhen a person suffers a heart attack, their heart is deprived of oxygen, which causes a portion of the muscle to die. In recovery this becomes scar tissue, which can’t beat and help blood flow like a healthy heart muscle, making repeat issues much more likely.
a solution? Though…
if you can make it another 30 years, you might make it another 100.
“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)
actual...
Chinese dissident writer sentenced to 7 years’... →
BEIJING — A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday.
I’m really not a huge fan of people in general (I find most of them pretty terrible, honestly), but shit I can’t help but not be fair. and seeing this sort of injustice pains me at my core.
“The Democratic Party owes a sincere apology to George Bush, Dick Cheney and...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)
well said, fuck the hypocrisy, end this bullshit.
though, I can’t help but think this, this, and this top link which oddly no longer works.!. — carlbgood
“Thus the Obama administration, using the same 9/11 pretext as George Bush for...”
– No, Drones are Never OK! (via azspot)
this president has done a lot things right, but this shit ain’t one of em. this is fucked up, it’s outrageous. hilarious part, his political opponents are mum on the subject.
gay rights: no fucking way. (republican originated) bail-outs that...
“a terrorist is someone who has a bomb but doesn’t have an air force.”
– killinghope.org
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making...”
– Max Planck (via azspot)
man this strikes a chord. bigots, control freaks, homophobes, reefer madness—what do you think the youngest member of the republican party is.. 67? 68?? it won’t be long.
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners →
The CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals, an investigation by the Bureau for the Sunday Times has revealed.
The findings are published just days after President Obama claimed that the drone campaign in Pakistan was a “targeted, focused effort” that “has not caused a huge number of civilian casualties”… .
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