December 2011
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The Department of Pedantry would like to remind you that to thoroughly enjoy the coming new year you will need to pronounce it correctly as “two thousand twelve” not “twenty twelve.” Some of you have been getting it wrong the past couple of years.
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Working on my list of favorite songs from 2011. What are your favorite songs of the past year?
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Every Book I Read in 2011
Every Book I Read in 2011
Books published in 2011 in bold. (A) is for audiobook. My favorite ten books of the year are marked with a *.
January
Tinkers by Paul Harding (A)
Revolutionaries by Jack Rakove
The Dead Hand by David E. Hoffman (A)
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (A)
* Boilerplate : history’s mechanical marvel by Paul Guinan
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“Walking for peace may certainly strike you and me as futile and useless, but if...”
– Geoff Nicholson, The Art of Walking
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WatchAn itchy Northern Fur Seal at the New England Aquarium.
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WatchZoe the California sea lion plays with a hose at the New England Aquarium.
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“The problem is we’re looking for something that doesn’t exist....”
– Chris Abani
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“Riddle me this: How is it possible to have a shitty day and a non-shitty day at...”
– Tales from the “Liberry” 2.0: More information about my bowels than is absolutely necessary!
I love this podcast & blog
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LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. CONGRESS, LED BY JOHN...
thejohnblog:
Meanwhile, the unemployed get to spend the weekend before Christmas wondering if they will be cut off assistance while you play your transparent power trip card? That’s a fantastic show of compassion in economic times this bad, you venom dripped morons.
Thank goodness I saved up all of my “Fuck Yous” this year because I’m cashing them in for you pricks.
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Robert Reich: Why the Republican Crackup is Bad... →
robertreich:
Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932. That’s bad for America.
The crackup isn’t just Romney the smooth versus Gingrich the bomb-thrower.
Not just House Republicans who just scotched the deal to continue payroll tax relief and extended unemployment...
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Robert Reich: The Defining Issue: Not Government's... →
robertreich:
The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for.
Americans have never much liked government. After all, the nation was conceived in a revolution against government.
But the surge of cynicism now engulfing America isn’t about government’s size. The cynicism comes from a growing perception that government isn’t working for...
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Top Five Reasons Why the Occupy Wall Street... →
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“The real Christmas announces the birth of Jesus to a world of poverty, pain, and...”
– The Real War on Christmas … by Fox News | Jim Wallis | God’s Politics Blog | Sojourners: Celebrating 40 Years of Faith in Action for Social Justice
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Setting the world on fire;: Hm lets see. →
withlovealwaysme:
1st - Protects the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to assemble and petition the governement.
2nd - protects the right to bear arms
5th - sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
6th - protects the right to a fair and speedy public...
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THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST: Obama refuses to veto... →
youthiswasted:
Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay.
Human rights groups accused the president of deserting his principles and disregarding the long-established principle that the military is not used in...
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Robert Reich: An Offer to the President →
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Mr. President, we heard what you said last week in Kansas – about the dangers to our economy and democracy of the increasing concentration of income and wealth at the top.
We agree. And many of us are prepared to work our hearts to get you reelected – as long as you commit to doing what needs to be done in your second term:
— Raise the tax rate on the rich to what it was before...
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Enforcing Social Trust in Boston: Why Cyclists... →
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Your sports teams are like your children. You...
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“Librarians see many sides of one issue. They may believe strongly in a given...”
– Beyond the Bullet Points: Political not Partisan (via thelibrarianontherun
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