November 2011
The Breathless, Embarrassing Cheerleading of NATO... →
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Why won’t Labour Party back... →
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To be British is to experience nothing |... →
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mehreenkasana:
Trigger warning for calling out on asinine privileged parallels drawn during Occupy protests:
I’m a little put off by some Occupy protesters who have the ignorant audacity to compare the treatment they’ve received from the police with the treatment they’ve given to those in “third world countries.” Reality check time: The treatment given to you by your police will never be...
Watch(via Occupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices | UK news | The Guardian)
Activists from the Occupy London movement have abruptly changed tactics, following a month of open-air tent protests, by seizing a vacant office complex owned by a major global bank.
In the early hours of Friday morning, protesters entered a series of interconnected buildings owned by UBS on the fringe of...
Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police... →
Mo news on Movember
dadsaretheoriginalhipster:
18 days into Movember and the “Movember’s Greatest Man” competition. I’m looking to crown one dad as King Stache of this hairier time of year. The best photo wins 2 free signed copies of my book Dads are the Original Hipsters. To submit your dad, email me a photo of his glorious lip scarf with the subject “Movember.”
To check out my lip Chia Pet lip and make a...
I never said I was Michael Bublé's number one fan....
I Believe In The Internet - The Content Industry...
kateoplis:
“The Internet is not just a series of pipes. It’s core architecture embeds an assumption about human nature. The Internet is designed to empower individuals not control them. It assumes that the if individuals are empowered, they will do the right thing the vast majority of the time. Services like eBay, Craigslist, Etsy and AirBnB are built on the assumption that most people are...
“War memorials are dishonest. They are a way to satisfy our guilt and our...”
– Mediocre Dave
Will there still be Universities after the... →
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I just pissed $49 up the wall so you people can...
US Special Forces 'Tried to Cover Up' Botched... →
watanafghanistan:
US Special Forces ‘Tried to Cover Up’ Botched Khataba Raid in Afghanistan US special forces soldiers dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath of a botched night raid, then washed the wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what happened, Afghan investigators have told The Times. Relatives at the graves of five people killed,...
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“Here’s how things work. The real decisions in Europe are now taken by the...”
– Larry Elliott
T. G. I. Friday's
yelpingwithcormac:
Fresno, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Two stars.
Watts strode into the restaurant smelling of horse and woodsmoke and all the patrons turned to watch him as if he had called out to them but he had made no sound save the whispering of his leathers and the jangle of his spurs. He sat at the bar. A bartender in a vaudevillian striped shirt approached...
Ed Miliband and the Political Mainstream « The... →
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To my friends: on #OccupyLSX | Pierce Penniless →
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“Specifically, Pan wanted to know how skillful young folks are at online search....”
– Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine. I talk about this situation ALL THE TIME. (via ayjay)
knowledge is not understanding.
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