December 2011
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“Sometimes people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
– Winnie the Pooh (via pavorst)
shipwrecked & shitheaded: Palestine - Invented? →
lonsharim:
Read something incredulous and absurd today in the newspaper.
Republic Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Palestinian are “invented”. In a later clarification he said he stood by what he said although he supports peace agreements between Israel and Palestine involving separate states. According to him his assertion is factually and historically accurate.
It’s stunning how...
“What would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate...”
– Gloria Steinem (via loveyourchaos)
just once
mrhz:
changedaround:
i want to know what it’s like to turn in a piece of writing and not absolutely loathe it/harbor an unbearable amount of shame/feel utterly convinced that I (no, not just the paper itself but I—my entire self and being and existence) am a spectacular failure.
oh my god, GPOY.
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“I think it’s odd that you can’t joke about rape, when people joke about murder...”
– Donald Glover (via witch-or-not)
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“Elaine Riddick, 57, who also lives in Atlanta, was sterilized in 1967. She was...”
– Thousands Sterilized, North Carolina Weighs Restitution - NYTimes.com (via robot-heart-politics)
more than 7,600 North Carolinans were sterlized under this program. 31 other states had similar ones.
jesus fucking christ, america.
(via mrhz)
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“This proves that in the hysterical atmosphere of American elections, people lose...”
– Top Palestinian Liberation Organization official Hanan Ashrawi after Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich’s statements calling the Palestinian people an “invented people.” (via kileyrae)
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WatchOn 14 December 1980, millions of people around the world responded to Ono’s request to pause for ten minutes of silence to remember Lennon. Thirty thousand gathered in Liverpool, and the largest group—over 225,000—converged on New York’s Central Park, close to the scene of the shooting. note: this is only a clip of it
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“Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights. It is a violation...”
– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • Giving vocal support to the plight of oppressed LGBT persons worldwide, at a meeting of diplomats in Geneva. Clinton’s speech is being hailed as a landmark event in terms of U.S. foreign policy towards LGBT rights, and dovetails with the Obama...
“Justice Department officials informed service providers around the state this...”
– State DOJ plans to reduce sex assault victim grants by 42.5 percent
honestly, every single republican in the state government from Scott Walker can fuck right off. right now. every single one of them.
(via soliloquize)
This was posted december 4th, it says the cuts aren’t final yet - they still...
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“Last week, virtually every Senate Republican voted against that tax cut. Now, I...”
– —President Obama, in a statement today urging Republicans in Congress to extend the payroll tax cut (via barackobama)
Reblogging President Obama quoting President Obama talking about those silly Republicans.
(via inothernews)
