August 2011
16 posts
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The Election March of the Trolls - Chris Hedges →
leftish:
Here’s a small excerpt from this excellent post by Chris Hedges that I found on Truthout.org and I hope you take the time to read:
“A society is in serious trouble when its political pariahs have at the core of their demands a return to the rule of law. This inversion, with our political and cultural outcasts demanding a respect for law, highlights the awful fact that the most radical...
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Chapter 6.4
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Song: The Gray Race – Bad Religion
“What’s your damn hurry?” asked Trot.
“Look behind us.”
“Oh,” said Trot after quickly looking at the crowd.
“It does explain the...
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Chapter 6.3
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2
Song: I Sell Society — Godhead
“You wanted a strawberry, correct?
“Yes, a strawberry. Me.”
“Ok, hold out your arm,” said Oliver. The man held out his arm, Oliver grabbed the...
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Chapter 6.2
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Chapter 6: 6.1
Song: Americana – The Offspring
The young men crept to the wall and peered around the corner. A pounding beat and flashes of multicolored lights came from the second floor. As they...
From Jesus’ socialism to capitalistic Christianity →
Just because I’m such a fan of hypocrisy.
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Chapter 6.1
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Song: No News is Good News – New Found Glory
Oliver and Trot entered the large dark space. The only light emanated from a few sky lights. A fountain surrounded by benches and fake plants sat before them. A...
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“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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“Our society’s values are being corrupted by advertising’s insistence...”
– John Arbuthnot Fisher
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Chapter 5.5
Previously
Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Song: The Western World – Pennywise
A long hall stretched before the young men, doors lined the walls. They looked into an open door. Inside a group of children, some in ragged clothes others bald, cried in a...
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Conservative Media Downplay Extreme Heat Wave →
Rush Limbaugh declared that “almost no temperature records were broken”
Limbaugh’s remarks echo a Newsbusters post in which Noel Sheppard claims that “almost no temperature records were actually broken.”
Here’s the data (from NOAA) on the number of U.S. records broken or tied in the month of July so far:
All-Time Highest Maximum Temperature: 70
All-Time...
“We’re seriously talking about defaulting on our debt, and cutting Medicare and...”
– Matt Taibbi (via paxamericana)
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This month's book - August 2011
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
In her critically acclaimed national best seller, Diane Ravitch examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once fiercely defended. Evaluating wildly popular ideas for restructuring schools, including charter schools and testing, she explains why they have had no...
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This month's charity - August 2011
Center for Reproductive Rights
“Reproductive freedom lies at the heart of the promise of human dignity, self-determination and equality embodied in both the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Center works toward the time when that promise is enshrined in law in the United States and throughout the world. We envision a world where every woman is free to...
