January 2012
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“[In Economics] you learn that markets…are based on informed consumers making...”
– Noam Chomsky - Global Hegemony: the Facts, the Images, April 20, 2011. (via evokit-notes)
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theinquietude:
GOOD RIDDANCE, 2011.
2012, please be amazing, okay?
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Neuroscience Online, the Free Neuroscience... →
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Romney Is Afraid to Expose His Tax Rate
liberalsarecool:
Willard “Mitt” Romney won’t release his taxes because:
“It seems virtually impossible that Mitt Romney doesn’t pay the sort of effective tax rate that would make people’s eyes pop when compared to middle income and even relatively wealthy (by normal standards) people who pay considerably higher rate…. Issues of income inequality and particularly tax policy are right...
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“After they took power in January, the hard-line Republicans who dominate the...”
– New York Times Editors
File Under: reason to vote in 2012 (via liberalsarecool)
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December 2011
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New York Times: A Slump Is A Good Time To Invest... →
capturedmythoughts:
Link to a classically succinct and sound post from Paul Krugman.
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Open Yale Courses →
mosmelk:
Free audio and video of complete courses.
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'Beyond Religion': The Dalai Lama's Secular Ethics... →
instant-soul:
Now that the New Year is coming I think each one of us can spend some time considering one important dilemma in his own life:
To build your material(external) life based on your florishing ego
OR
To build your spiritual(internal) life based on its absence ?
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First civil union couples set to wed New Year's at... →
By Tim Sakahara
December 26, 2011
From the article: Gary Bradley and Paul Perry have their shirts and shoes picked out for their big day when they say I do.
“They will stand in front of us and say do you two civil unionize each other I guess and we say yes,” said Bradley.
They will be the first men in Hawaii to wed under the state’s new civil union law. At midnight on New...
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2011: A Great Year for LGBT Equality →
winningprogressive:
DADT Repeal, challenges to DOMA, marriage equality in New York, and progress on numerous other fronts made 2011 a great year for LGBT equality.
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Happy 38th Birthday to...the Endangered Species... →
motherjones:
There are currently 1900 species listed under the ESA, 1,380 of which can be found in the United States.
If you can name them all, you will win our undying respect and/or fear.
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Koch Industries: All Recipients | OpenSecrets →
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Other Stuff: A Brief Note On Voter ID Laws →
letterstomycountry:
In 2002, the U.S. Justice Department undertook a 5-year investigation into “voter irregularities.” At the conclusion of that investigation, the DOJ did not prosecute a single person for voter fraud. I think that’s a good way to introduce the topic of Voter ID laws to…
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As Permafrost Thaws, Scientists Study the Risks →
By JUSTIN GILLIS
New York Times
December 16, 2011
From the page: Preliminary computer analyses, made only recently, suggest that the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions could eventually become an annual source of carbon equal to 15 percent or so of today’s yearly emissions from human activities.
But those calculations were deliberately cautious. A recent survey drew on the expertise of 41...
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BREAKING: Nebraska Democratic Senator Ben Nelson... →
cognitivedissonance:
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is set to announce on Tuesday that he will retire in 2012, a Democratic source has confirmed to TPM.
Nelson was already probably the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent going into 2012, and Republicans and GOP-aligned groups were already advertising against him.
Holding this seat could be difficult for Democrats, as the state voted 57%-42% for John...
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