September 2011
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NYPD monitored where Muslims ate, shopped, prayed →
From an office on the Brooklyn waterfront in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York Police Department officials and a veteran CIA officer built an intelligence-gathering program with an ambitious goal: to map the region’s ethnic communities and dispatch teams of undercover officers to keep tabs on where Muslims shopped, ate and prayed.
The program was known as the...
August 2011
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Times, they are a changin' →
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If I Were Betting on a Republican Who Could Win.. →
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In Other News: How Long Before Someone Starts... →
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Everyone's Favorite SLC Alum
SPOTTED: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, finishing yesterday’s Chicago sprint triathlon in 1 hour, 36 minutes - ninth out of 80 men in his age group.
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“As far as I’m concerned — the Tea Party can go straight to Hell.”
– Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, speaking to her constituents at a town hall event over the weekend. (via officialssay)
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Eric Cantor on Hurricanes →
*Sigh*
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New Yorkers: Be Prepared, Be Safe →
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The Problem with Republican Bloggers →
poorrichardsnews:
As more than 400,000 Americans found themselves jobless this past month, President Obama assures them he feels their pain. Of course, he places none of the blame on himself. It’s the Republicans in Congress, you see. But if you are one of the nearly half-million jobless Americans, fear…
Blah blah blah.
Here’s my question for the author of this post. Do you...
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“The 555-foot Washington Monument will be closed indefinitely after engineers...”
– Politico
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Earthquake Tweet of the Day
“RT @RichHudson: RT @JFKucinich: Has someone checked the debt ceiling? If that thing is broken Congress is going to be soooo mad.”
The people who defy Stuff White People Like →
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“In 2010, Rethink Afghanistan created a tool on [Facebook] that allowed you to...”
– David Swanson, War Is A Lie (via dceiver)
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Richard A. Posner on The Economy (TNR) →
“If the notion that we are merely living through the aftereffects of a mere “recession” that ended in 2009 sounds somewhat ridiculous, that’s because it is. If we were being honest with ourselves, we would call this a depression. That would certainly better convey both the severity of our problems, and the fact that those problems have no evident solutions…”
I don’t...
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skybarn:
Remember when Reagan defeated Qadaffi and Bush killed Bin Laden?
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From the Federal Department of Awesome... →
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musings of a mere model: ”There’s a button that... →
tabithaconstance:
”There’s a button that goes On and I’m On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this.” Gisele Bundchen
She walked the runway, hair bouncing, toes crossing, but no one saw her. Six foot one with stunning doe-eyes, she was entirely…
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Well-Written analysis of Labor and the Democratic... →
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Link: Time to let go of the fairy tales →
A very well written piece, which I for the most part agree with. I was an Edwards supporter in the early days (yes, I admit it), and then a marginal Obama supporter, so I’m not quite so embroiled in this debate as a lot of my friends are, but I can still see how ridiculous it is getting. Are there moments when I wish I had campaigned for Hillary after it became clear dear old John was going...
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“Paul Krugman is a political rookie. At least he is when compared to President...”
– OFA New Mexico State Director Ray Sandoval
I’m fairly sure Paul Krugman was writing about politics (albeit Neoliberal politics) before Obama was born.
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fyeahdemocrats:
“If corporations have personhood then I demand to see their long form birth certificate, with the appropriate raised seal of the state and county they where born in. And I want it notarized by the Doctor and the Hospital where the birth occured. Hand and foot prints also.”
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“She got a little upset. Girls do that.”
– Ohio State Sen. Kris Jordan, a Republican, explaining to the Columbus Dispatch why his wife called 911 during a domestic dispute last month. Jordan said he “threw some things on the ground” but “didn’t hit her or anything.” (via TPM)
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Hiring: One Pirate Cultural Advisor →
“to provide the Operation Commander (OpCdr) and OHQ staff with pirate cultural and religious advice and in particular to advise on pirate trends and weaknesses.”
Crew members of the Black Pearl need not apply.
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“SPOTTED Saturday night at The Machine Shed restaurant in Des Moines: Rep....”
– Mike Allen, Politico Playbook.
Even if Bachmann is cray-cray, this is still a good thing. It seems like the much-smaller group of women on the hill (don’t get me started) may be embracing a more old-school style of civility that has been distinctly lacking of late. You go girls.
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Corporations are People Too!
ROMNEY: We have to make sure that the promises we make — and Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare — are promises we can keep. And there are various ways of doing that. One is, we could raise taxes on people.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Corporations!
ROMNEY: Corporations are people, my friend. We can raise taxes on —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: No, they’re not!
ROMNEY: Of course they are. Everything corporations earn also goes to people.
AUDIENCE: [LAUGHTER]
ROMNEY: Where do you think it goes?
AUDIENCE MEMBER: It goes into their pockets!
ROMNEY: Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets! Human beings, my friend.
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this might not hurt, but close your eyes anyways:... →
andrewgraham:
Bill Maher recently had some fun (video) in a monologue about how progressives should respond to the Tea Party’s continued influence over policy. The only way to pull the debate back from the far right is for liberals to elect their own slate of 60 unstable, loony-tune, mad-as-a-hatter,…
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Colorado Teachers Sue the State →
I’m not sure this is a constitutional question, but the point they’re making is good. Teachers don’t make enough to have to pay for school supplies out of their own pocket. What do you think?
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“Q. Can I take food that is frozen?
A. In a frozen state, food is considered a...”
– TSA Airport Security Guidelines.
So basically… Were I a terrorist, I could freeze three pounds of explosives, melt them in the airport bathroom and proceed as usual. What genius designed these rules again?
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Aid for America
For those of you who think foreign aid is only for the third world:
[T]he United Arab Emirates Embassy in Washington … has pledged a significant donation to Joplin Public Schools to assist the school district in meeting its goal to provide all enrolled high school students with laptops at the start of the 2011-12 academic year. These laptops will allow students to attend ‘virtual...
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To where do New Yorkers Need Directions? →
HopStop (for you non-public-transport people, that’s MapQuest for subways) has done a study on which Broadway theaters users of the service are most likely to search for. The results are included in the link above. The people behind the study assert
Although HopStop’s user base certainly includes tourists, it is most well-known among local residents. As a result, it would make sense...
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Genius use of resources →
Good article on racism →
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the...”
– Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
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Jimmy Kimmel: If one of your children turned out to be not-gay, would you still love them?
Gaga: No.
