January 2012
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“Fuck them is what I say. I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They...”
– Renowned children’s book author MAURICE SENDAK, telling us how he really feels, on The Colbert Report. (via perftastic)
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Why LA has so many different city grids →
Interesting look at the history of LA, the importance of Wilshire, and clashing cultures that imposed differing city layouts
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Tenn. Tea Party Demands Slavery Removed From... →
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veganart:
The Tea Party of Tennessee wants to remove from history textbooks any incidents of slavery and genocide linked to the founders of the U.S. for fear those references would tarnish the image of the Founding Fathers.
Members of Tennessee tea parties presented state legislators with five priorities for action Wednesday January 11, including “rejecting” the federal...
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Depression -> State of Content -> Apathy
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Rumor has it this is the bill that SOPA will be... →
lifeofbk:
blasko:
spytap:
Yep, from the very same Lamar Smith, with 5 CA co-sponsors. When all else fails, lump the objectors together with pedophiles and/or terrorists.
Government blows my mind sometimes.
“If you oppose SOPA, you’re for piracy and child pornography!”
Great.
We need more young people in the government to help the decades-long incumbents understand wtf they’re...
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the world: hey man we've got some really serious problems like global warming and mass economic failure and riots and genocide and aids and cancer and your healthcare system is shit so maybe we should get to work
US government: sit down I have to stop people from sharing things online
India withdrawals
Seriously want to go back. I think this trip was the first time I fully appreciated my extended family, the country’s history, etc
"haha" and "lol" aren't substitutes for...
People sure do laugh a lot on the Internet.
Saudis target 'triple-digit' oil price for the... →
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jakke:
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it wanted to keep crude oil prices at around $100 (U.S.) a barrel, the first time the kingdom has targeted a “triple-digit” price and a quarter above the previous ambition of $75 suggested by King Abdullah in November 2008.
Ali Naimi, the powerful Saudi oil minister, said the world’s largest oil producer aimed to “stabilize”...
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