December 2008
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Dear Delta Airlines...
robot-heart: lizlemon: Let’s talk about the last 21 hours of my life, shall we? Actually, let’s read the timeline. This begins last night at 6pm, when I attempted to fly home for the holidays. I was scheduled on a non-stop JFK-IAH (Houston-Intercontinental). I’ve recorded my experiences for the record, my amusement, my impending letter to the CEO of Delta, and so that others may be...
Dec 30th
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October 2008
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Oct 17th
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Ignoring its own reporting, NY Times omitted key... →
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Oct 17th
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Oct 17th
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"McCain Favors Private Control Over Internet"
“You couldn’t ask for a clearer difference between McCain and Obama than the one on the issue of whether the Internet should be kept as an open public space. Quite simply, Obama is for preserving the open nature of the Internet, while McCain favors private control over it. Telecoms and tech corporations have stealthily positioned themselves to seize control of the Internet from the...
Oct 17th
Pac-Man Death Rattle
heller: shawnpearlman: I was walking around Wall Street and found this right around the corner from the NY Stock Exchange. It’s written in Monopoly money. How coincidental considering our economic crisis! Twenty minutes later I walked by the same spot and it was gone.
Oct 16th
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“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read....”
– Pat Conroy (via everybodycares) (via somethingmeaningful) (via emilyposts) (via amandoline) (via unicornology) (via daysofturmoil) When you read, you learn to see the big picture. Reality is scary, is it not?
Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
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“Everyone wants stuff. We wake up everyday with a list of wishes a mile long and...”
– Ned, Pushing Daisies (via deadshot) (via skysignal) (via kari-shma) Without scarcity, we could have everything we need AND want. This IS possible, if we did away with the monetary system. www.zeitgeistmovie.com
Oct 16th
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"Lies, Damn Lies, and Polls"
An insider’s take on the Gallup polls. More: http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/16/2008/3242
Oct 16th
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Family's heads explode after accidently watching 3...
minitrue-old: The Willis family of Wyoming, all fans of FOX News Channel since its debut ten years ago, watched Brit Hume and Shepard Smith over dinner every evening.  Full article here: http://minitrue-old.tumblr.com/post/28388980/familys-heads-explode-after-accidently-watching-3#disqus_thread
Oct 16th
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“Many people think our only job is to kill and torture. This isn’t so. We...”
– http://www.holyjuan.com/2008/10/blackwater-contracted-to-evict-people.html
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Oct 11th
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“There are 1011 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it’s only...”
– Richard Feynman (via rlrr)
Oct 11th
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Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the... →
Oct 11th