January 2011
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“So we shouldn’t really be [sitting] here cheering on the Egyptian people to...”
– richmilner: Say sorry.
(via gauntlet)
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on Egypt
This situation in Egypt is crazy right now. Through the past several days, the Egyptian people have proven that we are more than just a world of media brain washed, lazy, apathetic men and women. Instead, they have shown us that when it is necessary to do so, we can still rise up against corruption in the fight for democracy. They are in the process of over throwing an oppressive government, a...
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So ... it appears the Internet in Egypt really did...
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squashed:
Text message are also out. At least, it is in Cairo.
Shutting off the Internet is not a move made by a government that’s comfortable with its grip on power.
You may want to pay attention to this. This is the sort of thing that could go 1989 Berlin Wall or 1989 Tienanmen Square very quickly. Unfortunately, it’s anybody’s guess which it will be.
This is extremely...
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A conservative’s bedtime prayer: Dear God, Protect me from knowing what I don’t need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don’t know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen.
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Hey there followers.
I don’t actually talk to any of you with the exception of those of you that I see regularly.
Help me remedy this; my inbox and ask box are open for business.
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“Here’s what’s not beautiful about it: from here, you can’t see...”
– Paper Towns by John Green
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download the new Bright Eyes single from the... →
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SOTU Highlights
I’ve broken down the SOTU address into several categories and provided you with a sort of highlight reel.
Economy, Spending, & Taxes
· This is our generation’s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race. In a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that...
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“We can’t live in the future with a government of the past.”
– Barack Obama
solid SOTU address. more to come on it tomorrow
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I just wrote 8 goddamn essays for an application and Tumblr seems like a pretty okay place to bitch about it. If I don’t at least get to the interview stage of this thing, bitches gonna pay.
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it's about time we got rid of her →
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“They had never known the deepest intimacy, that closeness attainable only with...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via themoonisgreen)
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“A WikiLeak cable has revealed that the [Israeli] government considered...”
– WikiLeaks: Gov’t requested $500 mil. from Germany (via rubenfeld) • Holy crap leaked news day! (via shortformblog)
trouble in paradise (oh wait)
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“drink up, baby, stay up all night the...
Top Ten Terrible Things Done to Us by Sen. Joe... →
nwbtcw:
jonathan-cunningham:
10. Undermined Jeffersonian ideals by joining with George W. Bush to throw government money to religious organizations.
9. Revived, with Lynn Cheney, McCarthyite techniques in order to harass and intimidate university professors who dared attempt to explain the historical and political context for the rise of al-Qaeda and its attacks on the United States. He even...
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World diplomats don't learn: Iran knows your silly...
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then In 2009, world powers were trying to get Iran to export its supply of low-grade uranium to be turned into higher-grade fuel. Iran pretended they were into it but eventually rebuffed the offer.
now With a little less creativity than last time, world leaders are trying to do something similar with Iran’s now-much-larger supply (it’s like three times larger now). Iran, of...
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“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and...”
– Buddha
I really like this saying, it reverberates with me.
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