Dennis Demori

14 May 12

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nevver:

Rise Up!

10 February 12

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tballardbrown:

Look who loveeessssss NPR.

12 January 12

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pewresearch:

Many Voters Unaware of Basic Facts About GOP Candidates

23 November 11

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“ I voted for Barack Obama, and I don’t want my money back. He’s never gotten the credit he deserves for bringing the economy he inherited back from the brink of a depression. He’s fought the war on terrorism in a smart and effective way. He’s making health care possible for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, and he saved the auto industry. This is big stuff. But, as important as all of these achievements are, they pale in comparison to the defining challenge of Obama’s presidency: Can he put the country on a sustainable economic recovery path at a time when, if we fail, it could be the end of the American dream?

— Thomas Friedman calling for Simpson-Bowles support and bold leadership for Obama to bring home the gold. (via mrmattspangler)

2 November 11

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elpasajero:

The Propaganda Posters of the 1%

17 October 11

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“ By its end, most people would agree, the 20th century was an American century. Mitt Romney says that he wants the 21st century to be American too. That seems a little greedy.

— Mitt Romney’s unimaginative blueprint for America’s foreign policy will hardly set the world on fire. And that may be a good thing: you do not want an American foreign policy that sets the world on fire. All the same, there are two jarring aspects to Mr Romney’s caution. (via theeconomist)

13 October 11

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(via The Occupy Wall Street movement spreads - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

12 October 11

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“ Martin Gilens, a political scientist at Princeton University, has been collecting the results of nearly 2,000 survey questions reaching back to the 1980s, looking for evidence that when opinions change, so too does policy. And he found it—but only for the rich. Policy changes with majority support didn’t become law except when that majority support included voters at the top of the income distribution. When the opinions of the poor diverged from the opinions of the rich, the opinions of the poor did not appear to matter. If 90 percent of the poor supported a policy change, its chances of passage were no better than if 10 percent of the poor supported it.

— “Notes on Income Inequality” — Ezra Klein (via yancey)

8 October 11

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empact:

Government logic.

6 October 11

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“ We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

— Derrick Bell, Dead at 80 (via nevver)

22 August 11

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Why Is It So Hard to Find a Suicide Bomber These Days?

jayparkinsonmd:

Every day, according to the World Health Organization, approximately 150,000 people die around the world. The U.S. government’s National Counterterrorism Center calculates that Islamist terrorism claims fewer than 50 lives per day — fewer than 10 per day outside Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. By way of comparison, approximately 1,500 people die each day from civilian violence, plus an additional 500 from warfare, 2,000 from suicides, and 3,000 from traffic accidents. Another 1,300 die each day from malnutrition. Even in Iraq while it was suffering the world’s highest rate of terrorist attacks, they caused less than one-third of violent deaths. In other words, terrorism is not a leading cause of death in the world. If we want to save lives, far better to divert a small portion of the world’s counterterrorism budgets to mosquito netting.

Posted: 11:56 PM

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nevver:

7 largest military budgets in 2010

2 May 11

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“ No one is happier - no one is prouder - to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald. And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

— President Obama addressing the White House Correspondents Dinner. I love that Trump is chilling in the audience trying to make himself invisible (for once!)

(Source: alexjcampbell)

Posted: 11:08 PM

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nevver:

Update

7 March 11

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alexjcampbell:

Love The Economist’s moderately snarky run-down on potential Republican presidential candidates

theeconomist:

Daily Chart: Republican presidential contenders. Who will take on Barack Obama in 2012? We ranked the 15 front-runners: our briefing has more.

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh