September 2011
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Chapter 8.1
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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, 6.4
Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Song: The Press Corpse – Anti-Flag
A large black wall surrounded the tower with an occasional menacing crow cawing for good effect.
“I...
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“In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic...”
– FDR
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“But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...”
– FDR
Get Money Out →
“It’s Time to Get Money Out of Politics
Bailouts. War. Unemployment. Our government is bought, and we’re angry. Now, we’re turning our anger into positive action. By signing this petition, you are joining our campaign to get money out of politics. Our politicians won’t do this. But we will. We will become an unrelenting, organized wave advocating a Constitutional amendment to get...
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Chapter 7.4
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, 6.4
Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Song: American Dream – Pennywise
The other members of the party paid no attention to the rat’s tumble. The rabbit merely muttered to himself as...
Only Advanced-Degree Holders See Wage Gains →
“Now, however, compassion is out of fashion — indeed, lack of compassion has...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot)
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Chapter 7.3
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, 6.3, 6.4
Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2
Song: Prayer of the Refugee – Rise Against
The young men walked down the street of eclectic homes each with a different artistic theme. A skeleton...
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News - Henry Rollins →
guerrillamamamedicine:
9-11-01 is what the America gets for global hegemony. The CIA calls it “blowback”. The ten resulting years of fear, death, waste and debt is what the America gets for not standing up to the steady lies. Lies so naked, so brazen and crass, their issuers; Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz should perhaps be given a pass for being so upfront with it all. No one in...
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doubtingmarcus:
Skeptoid #275 - All About...
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Chapter 7.2
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, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Chapter 7: 7.1
Song: The Children Sing– Story of the Year
“You keep saying that,” said Trot.
“Well it’s true, think about it. Where are we? Look around.”
“What, urban...
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Chapter 7.1
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 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Song: Detroit – Fireworks
The car sped along with traffic on Interstate 96. Oliver and Trot passed through the vast seemingly endless suburban maze of Novi and Redford. As...
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“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man...”
– Abraham Lincoln
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“Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible...”
– Aldo Leopold
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This month's charity - September 2011
Since 1987, Wildlife Forever has provided funding to more than 800 projects in 50 states plus Canada through private special interest conservation groups, state game and fish departments and federal agencies.
Wildlife Forever projects target research, management, land acquisition, and educational purposes. Special emphasis is placed upon grassroots programs. (Discover some of the projects done...
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Book of the Month, September 2011
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the...
Toxicologist: Oil spill far more toxic than... →
“It’s not just a simple pipeline break or a rig blow out. It’s America’s energy future, the politicians have no exit strategy off oil,” she says. “So they minimize the costs in sick people, lost babies, it doesn’t matter. That’s what we’re seeing. Battle Creek is a pawn in this giant bid for Alberta tar sands. It doesn’t matter that it happened in Battle Creek … there will be countless communities...
