January 2011
39 posts
“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish,...”
– Thomas Paine (via ageofreason)
Watchiheartchaos:
Nightmare fuel: “Why We Need a Christian Dictator”
Yeah, stupid democracy. Letting everyone have an opinion, what the hell is up with that. Only let the pious and the God-fearing vote in lockstep with an absolute Christian dictator and the world would be a much better place. Because no nation has ever crumbled because of a dictator or absolute monarch. The “nightmare” part is that...
Reblog if you live here!
somethingpeculiar:
liamclisham:
toanimalpleasures:
sintactics:
Yeap.
Indeed
The font and the cropping on this make me cringe but yes I live here.
Not sure who made this little pic but it is ugly, I do however live here.
Student Pays Tuition One Dollar at a Time →
greenstate:
While tuition increases in Britain prompted violent protests last month, rising college fees rarely elicit more than shrugs among most students in the United States.
But on Friday, a sophomore at the University of Colorado, Boulder, found a symbolic way to strike back.
The student, Nic Ramos, paid his entire spring semester tuition — all $14,309.51 of it — using dollar bills, a...
cascadia now →
greenstate:
joinakibbutz:
The Cascadian Independence Project is a grass-roots political movement dedicated to building awareness and support for local democracy, global community and the freedom and eventual independence of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Cascadia is the unique coastal-mountain bioregion between San Francisco and the Alaskan panhandle in which the dominant culture...
Texas mental health advocates brace for $134... →
greenstate:
pantslessprogressive:
jonathan-cunningham:
In the days since the Arizona shooting, friends and acquaintances of Jared Loughner have painted a portrait of a social outcast who showed signs of a severe mental illness long before last weekend.
But the 22-year-old apparently slipped through the cracks in one of the worst states in the nation for mental health services.
It’s an...
The Green State: Health Care Reform Contains Major... →
corruptpolitics:
The health care law that Republicans are targeting for repeal provides significant assistance and options for people with mental illness, an issue that has received increased attention as details emerge about the alleged shooter in Arizona on Saturday.
“The shooter was a…
more reasons why the repeal would be dangerous to the american people.
Watchgreenstate:
i can’t even use words to explain how amazing this is. i love you, keith olbermann. and your cold cold heart.
“My father got sick when I was 22… and I was poor. And my father had an ulcer,...”
– CHRIS ROCK, responding to host Bill Maher asking if he ever went to the emergency room as his primary healthcare provider, on Real Time (via inothernews) (via magulartheimpalor) (via allyourlovearebelongtome) (via gertymac)
Reblog for all those dumbfucks who parade about announcing the US has the...
The 9 Biggest Conservative Lies About Taxes and... →
cognitivedissonance:
1. Cutting Taxes Leads to More Money for the Government
It’s complete nonsense, and it’s worth noting that only conservative politicians and pundits make the claim - economists across the ideological spectrum agree that the argument is cursed by voodoo math.
As Time Magazine’s Justin Fox noted in 2007, “Every economics Ph.D. who has worked in a prominent role in the Bush...
Genomic Fossils Reveal Explosion of Life 3 Billion... →
Science! You never out grow your child like fascination of science!
deepwithfuture:
“This genomic “fossil record” indicates that the collective genome of life expanded between 3.3 billion and 2.8 billion years ago. During this period, 27 percent of all presently existing gene families came into being. The pair dubbed this the Archean Expansion.
This expansion coincided with the development of...
