February 2012
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“Throughout this entire process, the spectacle of these clowns thrashing each...”
– Matt Taibbi (via azspot)
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the arizona debate.
Some of my paraphrased highlights from the portion of the debate that I did watch could bear to watch:
Santorum: “There was a study that came out last week showing how Romenycare is like Obamacare in 15 ways.” Great, can you cite one of them? Wanna gimme a statistic from the study? Didn’t think so. Don’t bring up a “study” if you can’t even cite a line or...
“No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...”
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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celebrities and entertainers react to whitney's... →
Some of my favorites from the collection:
“Whitney was the reason many of us do what we do.” - Pink.
“Without a doubt, her voice, for me, and for the world, was the gold standard. She had it all, she broke all barriers.” - Tommy Mottola, former chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment.
“She had everything, beauty, a magnificent voice. How sad her gifts could...
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“If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90...”
– Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) over funding for Planned Parenthood. In actuality, 16% of what “Planned Parenthood does” is cancer screening, 35% is providing contraception, and only 3% are abortions. They also provide testing and treatment for STDs, pregnancy tests, adoption referrals, prenatal care, and...
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Did Obama make the economy worse? Nope. He made it... →
thesoapboxschtick:
•The CBO found that Obama’s stimulus added between 1 million and 2 million jobs in 2009, and boosted the GDP between 1.5% to 3.5% higher than it would have been without the stimulus.
• According to monthly payroll statistics, we’ve gone from a loss of 818,000 jobs in Jan. 2009 (when Obama took office) to 16-straight months of positive job growth.
• In January of 2012, the...
January 2012
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Watchinothernews:
Hey, remember when Ashleigh Banfield was going to become the Next Great TV Journalist? Now she’s hosting an early-morning show on CNN… where she “prank calls people whose numbers (she) happens to have.” In this segment, she calls Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, and… oh, just fucking watch this segment from Tuesday’s The Daily Show, and count how many times...
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“Newt Gingrich says too many college students are slackers.
During a campaign...”
– Newt Gingrich needs to shut his mouth on things he doesn’t know about. (via servoprovectus)
Uh huh, that’s it. Kids have TOO much aid and they’re lazy. Ok, Gingrich, you right. (WHUUT?)
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so herman cain decided to endorse... →
Gingrich. Oh, Herman Cain, I think I liked you better when you were endorsing “the American people” and saying things like “I got all this stuff twirlin’ around in my head.” But at least you dropped some of that humor into this endorsement: “Speaker Gingrich is running for president and going through this sausage-grinder - I know what this sausage-grinder is all...
i know they nixed SOPA, but still this is just too...
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
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renewal.
I’ve been neglecting this blog for far too long, now. Now that a good chunk of the craziness in my senior year (apps, tests, etc.) is over and done with, I’m gonna give this blog another go.
New theme, new year (has already been almost a month of 2012?), and most importantly new news. See what I did there?
October 2011
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a (small) tribute to steve jobs.
I remember the ipod craze in 4th grade.
Everyone had to have one. I thought they were overrated. I finally gave into the hype about three years ago, and it was definitely an enlightenment. I’d had mp3 players before, trying to be different but still satisfy my need for music on the go. They pale in comparison. Ipod, apple, is the way to go. I want to convert to mac, next.
Steve Jobs was...
September 2011
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the heroes of flight 93. →
I think I’ve learned more about what happened on 9/11 today than I’ve learned in the past 10 years combined. I’ve been skimming through articles and watching news coverage/tributes all day, on and off.
But I found this story about the passengers on flight 93, which was supposed to impact at the Capitol Building, especially touching.
It’s true that you really have no idea...
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“As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you...”
– Aman Ali (via j-a-apostrophe-m-i-e)
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“I know there’s been a lot of skepticism about whether the politics of the moment...”
– President Obama, Jobs Speech (via simpleandchaotic)
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Stay fired up, Obama. STAY FIRED UP.
luciwithani:
As angry as you are right now, the American people are 100x more so.
STAY FIRED UP. GET SHIT DONE.
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Liveblog: President Obama addresses joint... →
In cased you missed it ;]
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