January 2011
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For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide...
– John Donnelly - Congress.org - News : More troops lost to suicide
In any normal negotiation, one party demanding that those negotiations occur...
– Wonk Room » A First Take On The Palestine Papers
Anonymous asked: This might be strange, but are you Kacie Sheik's brother? I just saw her mention someone named Peter in her bio and I was wondering.
Why WikiLeaks Matters →
For balance, then, it’s important to review a small sample of what we have learned thanks to WikiLeaks since April and the release of the “Collateral Murder” US helicopter video, which showed the killing of two Reuters journalists, among others. It’s necessary to do this because most in the US media, after brief coverage, provided little follow-up. Consider the scope of even this very limited...
One of the more courageous things the Obama administration has done is to...
– Brookings’ Benjamin Wittes needs a dictionary for to look up the word ”courageous”. Is there a more duplicitous moniker in politics than ”centrist”? [via GG]
Balk's K-Tel Comp →
FOUND.
In 2 big chunks. There are some obnoxious dropouts during Air Supply, but the rest should be okay. Never apologize for knowing what does it for you. So many people don’t.
Discodeine - “Synchronize” (feat. Jarvis Cocker)
About time we got a Discodeine full-length. S/T, out 2/22/11.
Here’s some Germans called Panda People and their ”Sophisticated Girl” video tribute to the seminal (pause) 80s joint, Zapped!
Splice Sex Scene (NSFW) [via deadscreen]
There really should be an award for this. SPLICE has it all.
It is facile and mistaken to attribute this particular madman’s act directly to...
– The New York Times (via marco)
Glenn Greenwald | Government-Created Climate of... →
“There has been much talk over the last several days, in the wake of the Arizona shooting, about attempts by some citizens to instill physical fear in elected officials. That’s a worthwhile and necessary topic, but the fear that government officials are attempting to instill in law-abiding, dissenting citizens is far more substantial and sustained, and deserves much more attention...
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The awesome, wicked power of western medicine: Using poison to poison the...
– Sans Taste