January 2010
51 posts
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.
– Howard Zinn (via azspot)
[DEMOCRACY NOW] Howard Zinn (1922–2010): A Tribute to the Legendary Historian with Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Naomi Klein and Anthony Arnove
“I like how many things are on your shoes.”
nickkroll:
The Ed Hardy Boyz are back. Every internet video should have a trailer! Thats not presumptuous at all!
At least those dudes are freakshow warlocks when it comes to collecting all of...
– Mary HK Choi: Someone is not a January Jones fan. [via Alex Balk]
BEST BUY (or: the value of the art object in the... →
Get me a ticket online please and I’ll pay you back. You gave me such a...
– Finally persuaded GIRLFRIEND to see AVATAR with me.
Levy & Sheik Rock Joe's Pub →
fuckyeahcaissielevy:
Get tickets to see the KCs rock the Pub on 2/15/10.
Yes, this. Be about it. Little sister assures me it will not suck.
BBC News - Guantanamo guard reunited with... →
Why would a former Guantanamo Bay prison guard track down one of his former captives - a British man - and agree to fly to London to meet him? [danielholter via soupsoup]
Was 20-minutes late to work today because this was on the radio and I couldn’t walk away from it.
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As the person everyone’s looking to for answers, you’ve GOTTA believe. Anyone...
– Kevin Smith on the director’s job.
Dr. Atul Gawande on Real Healthcare Reform, Why... →
Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift,...
jeremyscahill:
By Jeremy Scahill
A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in September 2007. Judge Urbina’s order, issued late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve is a stunning blow...
US aid tied to purchase of arms →
youngmanhattanite:
Just before Christmas, the US President, Barack Obama, signed into law one of his country’s biggest aid pledges of the year. It was bound not for Africa or any of the many struggling countries on the World Bank’s list. It was a deal for $US2.77 billion to go to Israel in 2010 and a total of $US30 billion over the next decade. Israel is bound by the agreement to use 75 per...