June 2012
36 posts
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“The theory behind the mandate is simple: It’s there to protect against an...”
– Ezra Klein
“One of the surest tests [of the superiority or inferiority of a poet] is the way...”
– (via collectedpoems)
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“Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.”
– Jack Kerouac (via rayonativia)
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“There’s really no proper statistic to encapsulate the amount of desperation a...”
– Manny Jalonschi
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“While more than nine in 10 Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who...”
– Jeffrey M. Jones
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“The ACLU estimates that US drone strikes have killed as many as 4,000 people in...”
– Owen Bowcott
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I lived 12 miles west of Ground Zero on September...
I practically watched 9/11 from my kitchen window, I tell people.
So now, in 2012, I obsessively scan the News. I’m always watching for warning signs, a hint that something terrible is about to happen, again.
I read. I analyze. I ask a lot of questions. I need to understand the world I’m in.
I need this because I must protect my family. I must let them know if it’s time to...
“A lot of Wall Street hotshots will try this with non-financial audiences,...”
– Matt Taibbi
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“It is imperative that, no matter how dispirited we may become, we resist being...”
– Chris Hedges
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“We should be debating whether to go back to the Eisenhower tax rates of 91...”
– Kevin Zeese, one of the original organizers of the Occupy encampment in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.
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“Like George H.W. Bush in 1992, President Obama refused to say for weeks whether...”
– Mark Hertsgaard
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“We need to become not just the majority opinion, but the undeniable reality. As...”
– Manny Jalonschi
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“This man is a criminal, and people need to shout out about this man and 18 other...”
– Protestor confronting JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, at a Senate Hearing
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“Walker will get to stay in office for the rest of his term, but he did not win...”
– Jim Hightower
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“TIME’s Tim Padgett has a great take on how the modern Catholic Church has...”
– Erin Gloria Ryan
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“…a counter-insurgency (or counter-terrorist) effort that is not...”
– Manny Jalonschi
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“—assassination has been thoroughly institutionalized, normalized, and...”
– Tom Engelhardt
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“Since 2004, between 2,464 and 3,145 people are reported to have been killed by...”
– Seumas Milne
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“Predators and Reapers are President Barack Obama’s weapons of choice and...”
– Seumas Milne
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“The streets of Montreal are clogged nightly with as many as 100,000 protesters...”
– Chris Hedges
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“If we’re going to win our never-ending war against terror, there are bound...”
– Stephen Colbert
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“The American people are tired of war, particularly the “boots on the...”
– Medea Benjamin
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“The carre rouge, or red square, has become the Canadian symbol of revolt. It...”
– Chris Hedges
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“My approach is based on Matthew Arnold’s precept of letting the mind play...”
– Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism
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“Amid the fallout from Facebook’s IPO is renewed skepticism about its...”
– Chris O’Brien
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“If we can’t think for ourselves, if we’re unwilling to question...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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“An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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“You see, a college education isn’t just a private investment. It’s also a public...”
– Robert Reich
Robert Reich: The Commencement Address That Won't... →
robertreich:
Members of the Class of 2012,
As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today.
You’re f*cked.
Well, not exactly. But you won’t have it easy.
First, you’re going to have a hell of a hard…
