March 2011
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via septembrist)
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Essays of Schopenhauer →
“The fact that time flows the same way in all heads proves more conclusively than...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer, On an Apparent Intention in the Fate of the Individual (via frenchtwist)
"Swans On Glass" by Modern English →
Power Jam for a doomed afternoon.
I mean, we’re looking down on Wayne’s basement. Only that’s not Wayne’s basement.
- Garth Algar, American man of letters.
(via octothorp)
“I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via crookedindifference)
Whenever I’m in doubt about things I do I...
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“Through literature, though, words come back to us whole again. Through...”
– Monique Wittig, The Straight Mind
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Watchawesome-everyday:
From Al Jazeera:
As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera’s director-general, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what’s happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond.
In the first talk posted online from the TED 2011 conference in California, Khanfar describes the powerful moment when people realised...
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“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I...”
– Charles M. Schulz
(via Mirror)
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Tim DeChristopher
Feb 28th, from the desmogblog.com…
Today in Salt Lake City, climate activist Tim DeChristopher (aka Bidder 70) finally gets his day in court after waiting almost 2 years since his original indictment for disrupting an illegal auction of oil and gas leases (by placing and winning bids, taking parcels from the other bidders) that would have opened pristine public lands in Utah to drilling....
Tim DeChristopher
Feb 28th, from the desmogblog.com…
Today in Salt Lake City, climate activist Tim DeChristopher (aka Bidder 70) finally gets his day in court after waiting almost 2 years since his original indictment for disrupting an illegal auction of oil and gas leases (by placing and winning bids, taking parcels from the other bidders) that would have opened pristine public lands in Utah to drilling....
“For two things must never be lost sight of as we proceed. It was six months...”
– John Livingston Lowes, ‘The Road to Xanadu: A Study in the Ways of the Imagination’
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Iowa to Make Undercover Investigations Illegal.
This photo would be more illegal than this abuse.
A bill is being considered in Iowa that would make undercover investigations of factory farms illegal.
In an effort to protect animal abusers, the State elected officials of Iowa have created a bill that will make supplying false information on a job application and filming or photographing animal abuse on factory farms illegal. Penalties...
Guru's Trial Over Arizona Sweat Lodge Deaths Opens →
Suicide Bomber Rocks A Bank In Iraq →
“Gender is not confined within the third person, and the mention of sex in...”
– Monique Witting, from “The Mark of Gender” in The Straight Mind and Other Essays (via davethebrave)
Camel Clutch
deadpresidents:
The Iron Sheik Is Trapped In A Character He Created (Originally posted in AND Magazine)
One of my best friends, Chris, is commonly referred to as a “shock jock”, although everyone referred to as a “shock jock” quickly and dismissively rolls their eyes at such a clichéd label. Since before we even became friends, Chris has hosted successful and controversial radio shows in...
CAJ urges B.C. provincial courts to reverse... →
The policy, due to come into effect Monday, would restrict the use of personal electronic devices within courtrooms— effectively killing the use of Twitter, liveblogging, texting and e-mail during trials.
