May 2013
2 posts
April 2013
18 posts
amateur cartography: stfuconservatives: current:... →
stfuconservatives:
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John Fugelsang:
Next month the great Willie Nelson turns 80, so I sure hope somebody warns him that marijuana is the gateway to heroin before it’s too late. Some people say Willie has a marijuana problem; I prefer to say he has a marijuana practice. But…
Activate the Mechanism!: The exploding world of... →
abaldwin360:
(The New York Times) - The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional association of scientists who study insects.
But they found out the hard way that they were wrong. The…
How Private Probation Firms Are Landing Poor... →
On Thursday, an Augusta, Ga., judgeissued the latest rebuke against a private probation firm that is holding poor individuals criminally responsible for their failure to pay fees. This time, Sentinel Offender Services had held open an arrest warrant on an individual whose probation term for reckless driving had expired two years earlier. When William Stephen Carter was pulled over for speeding,...
People who tag their hate
earthcookies:
“Now that you have demonstrated your technical and scientific advances, we remind...”
– Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro published his first column in nearly nine months on Friday, urging both friends and foes to use restraint amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (via newsflick)
March 2013
74 posts
Miss Piggy On Beauty
fearfullymade-locs:
thedameloves:
homeisaheartbeat:
What are your top beauty tips?
Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.
Never too old to learn from the Muppets.
And this:
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary...
15 Swedish Words We Should Incorporate Into... →
kateoplis:
“Swedish, adding to all the awesomeness, has proven especially adept at coining new words for the new circumstances occasioned by new technologies. Below, some of the best Swedologisms I could find, via the Swedish news site The Local. We should, obviously, incorporate them into English as soon as possible.
1. Bloggbävning, n. Definition: Literally translating to “blogquake,” the...
kateoplis: 1. Never trust a cop in a raincoat.2.... →
kateoplis:
1. Never trust a cop in a raincoat. 2. Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway. 3. If asked if you care about the world’s problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again. 4. Never give your real name. 5. If ever asked to look at…
“The fundamentally conservative nature of the marriage contract is why, I think,...”
– Scot Nakagawa, “Why I Support Same Sex Marriage as a Civil Right, But Not as a Strategy to Achieve Structural Change,” ChangeLab 3/25/13 (via racialicious)
“We’re going to be announcing a $10 million initiative just this year and it will...”
– RNC head Reince Priebus • Discussing the RNC’s efforts to improve its image amongst minorities by increasing its outreach big time. Part of the reason for doing it now, rather than during an election year, is because the party found it was playing catch-up by only focusing on such efforts in the... 