February 2012
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The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: It's Evolution,... →
The Swedish prosecutor sent out a memo in 2006 saying that TPB wasn’t guilty of “main” crimes — at best it aids and abets (he also mentioned that the people running TPB were very clever). But Hollywood was not happy with this and forced the Swedish Minister of Justice to visit the White House and talk about it. The United States told Sweden that if they didn’t get rid of the site, they would not...
Help Domestic Violence Victims with Pets
sarahlee310:
I read this story the other day….
A women’s shelter in Kansas City is changing their policy on pets after one domestic violence victim refused to give up the Great Dane that saved her from being beaten to death with a hammer.
A lot of shelters will never be able to afford to allow victims to bring in their pets for a number of reasons:
funding; room space; additional...
“Personally, I’m always nonviolent. But once that kind of repression manifests...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter...”
– Malcolm X
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“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via occupyallstreets)
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“The President should come out for marriage equality, and he should issue an...”
– John Aravosis’ advice to the President (via ryking)
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“[Wisconsin Republican governor Scott Walker] is a clear asshole. There’s just no...”
– John Cole, And People Tell Me I Overuse the Word “Asshole”
The nation’s five largest banks just agreed to compensate home owners in 49 states who were improperly foreclosed on or who were otherwise screwed by shady mortage-servicing. Walker has announced that he’ll be taking some of that money away...
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Watchoccupyallstreets:
Occupy protesters crash the CPAC. Protesters and CPAC members are being arrested by police.
Update: A Washington Post journalist was falsely arrested for assaulting a police.
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“Anti-liberal propaganda has been ramping up for years. Former Fox News host...”
– Online ‘Hit List’ Targets Liberals (via ryking)
“The effect of this consolidation of economic power is that the two most...”
– Why economic inequality leads to collapse (via azspot)
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“Interesting how the media narrative can change really fast. This morning Obama...”
– Did Obama Thread the Needle on Contraception Mandate? (via ryking)
Watchoccupyallstreets:
Occupy Cal tents return to UC Berkeley
Occupy Cal members were back at UC Berkeley on Thursday, setting up tents on Sproul Plaza in the same spot where police forcibly removed them last fall.
Six tents went up in the afternoon along with a giant red mushroom sculpture.
Kate Ryan, 22, who was at Sproul Plaza supporting the occupiers, said the university has raised tuition but...
“They don’t like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker.”
– Scott Walker — on why he’s facing a recall election. (h/t Think Progress.)
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Four Tips for Male Journalists Who Want to Discuss... →
cognitivedissonance:
Some advice to male talking heads on covering reproductive rights…
Of the 146 guests who have come on cable news shows to discuss the decision between Monday and Thursday, 91 were men. MSNBC’s Morning Joe has come under fire from Democratic congresswomen for not inviting women, other than show co-host Mika Brzezinski, who disapproved of the Obama administration’s initial...
