March 2012
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“When you cease to have a sense of humor about the darkness in life, that’s when...”
– Amanda Palmer (via lady-pilot)
February 2012
“Politicians say the darnedest things, especially when their lips are moving.”
– Santorum’s failed pandering to blue-collar workers - The Washington Post (via jiffysquid)
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I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave →
Indeed, and I’m working for a gigantic, immensely profitable company. Or for the staffing company that works for that company, anyway. Which is a nice arrangement, because temporary-staffing agencies keep the stink of unacceptable labor conditions off the companies whose names you know. When temps working at a Walmart warehouse sued for not getting paid for all their hours, and for then getting...
Regina Spektor to Release What We Saw From The... →
“Ms. Spektor can write pop songs when she wants to. But pop is far from the only thing she wants.” - The New York Times
“I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks...”
– M.I.A. (via viking-sunrise)
Watchkohenari:
In response to the Mormon practice of baptising dead Jews — including those who died in the Holocaust — Stephen Colbert circumcised all the dead Mormons by proxy on his show last night.
“Mormon tov!”
“In contrast, Romney and Santorum are proving their bona fides to conservatives...”
– Conor Friedersdorf (via azspot)
Yes, Virginia (and Dan and Wendy), Citizens United... →
So let’s recap briefly. Citizens United opened the door for incorporated organizations to make unlimited campaign expenditures underwritten by their own treasuries or by the unlimited donations of corporations, labor unions or individuals. That, in turn, led a lower court to rule that independent political committees—section 527 committees—can do the same. In a move not called for by Citizens...