April 2012
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March 2012
An end to phones in every home? →
The guarantee of landline telephone service at almost any address, a legal right many Americans may not even know they have, is quietly being legislated away in our U.S. state capitals.
AT&T and Verizon, the dominant telephone companies, want to end their 99-year-old universal service obligation known as “provider of last resort.” They say universal landline service is a costly and unfair...
As a wheelchair user, there are a few things I'd... →
wheeliewifee:
brightorangerain:
The wheel perspective
Stella Young Ramp Up 27 Mar 2012
It doesn’t matter how we got like this. Really. Are you asking because you want to know or because you need to? If you’re just sitting next to one of us on the train, or taking our order at a cafe, you don’t actually need to know. If we’ve actually met and had a conversation beyond “Do you want honey with...
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“Almost six million children live in poverty in this country. Almost six million...”
– Trayvon Martin and the End of Excuses
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“I am sick to death of people who celebrate “the family” making excuses about why...”
– Charles P. Pierce (via azspot)
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Did you hear the dog whistle? Robert Zimmerman... →
odinsblog:
That, my friends, was a call for Republicans to circle the wagon. What wagon you ask? The, “Hey, all of us poor ole white folks Republicans are being victimized by THEM!” It’s one of their oldest tricks:
Part 1) Play the victim.
Part 2) Demonize the real victim —that’s Trayvon Martin, by the way.
Part 3) Intimate reverse racism.
Mark my words: It is only a matter of two or three...
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WatchUrban Studies and Health. Slow, but Interesting.
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From: The God Who Wasn’t There
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“Despite their bravado, these fools can always be counted on to vote against...”
– Age of Ignorance by Charles Simic
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