February 2012
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“I think that the entire world should be ashamed of what’s happening here. ...”
– Syrian revolutionary ZAIDOUN, on the bloodbath in his country, during a phone interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. (via thearabspringrevolutions)
And where is the US response? We’ll gladly invade Afganistan and Iraq and threaten Iran under a Republican president, yet bitch at the Democrat...
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Wow it's been a slow day on Tumblr.
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Meanwhile, I got to sit in the McDonald’s drive-thru and watch this idiot in a Ford Expedition drive the wrong way past the drive-thru, stop, back up, stop, let his wife out and sit there in the middle of the exit drive waiting for her with at least four consecutive empty spaces to his left he could have fit his stupid gas-guzzling tank into, back up a little more, let his wife in, then...
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“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does...”
– Eugene Debs(via thoughtfulchild)
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“People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad, but paying $900 for a drug they...”
– Rick Santorum, demonstrating his compassion to the mother of a sick child who complained that his medication could cost $1 million a year. (via motherjones)
Rick Santorum - making a mockery of his Christian faith on a daily basis. What cruel and inhumane thing will he say next?
(via...
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January 2012
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inothernews:
“In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. Apple and its high-technology peers — as well as dozens of other American industries — have achieved a pace of innovation nearly unmatched in modern history. However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often...
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Steve Taylor's Digital Clone →
I’ll just post this and leave the rest alone.
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“Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and...”
– Anonymous, as quoted by my friend Chris on his Facebook.
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It has been very interesting...
As I have gone through the last few years of spiritual struggle, looking at godlessness and Christianity and wondering what, I have always had this odd thought struggle. Part of me seems willing to agree with Atheism, but not wanting to, while I have these other thoughts. I want to research people who have gone from one to the other and especially any who may have gone from Christianity to Atheism...
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Can a Computer Grade an Essay?
agirlcalledchris:
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“What if a computer could accurately grade student essays? It could change the way we test students (and the way they’re taught). And a new $100,000 competition is trying to spark auto-grading innovation.”
— The End Of Multiple Choice? The Quest To Create Accurate Robot Essay Graders (via fastcompany)
This is the worst fucking idea ever. A...
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Can a Computer Grade an Essay?
agirlcalledchris:
“What if a computer could accurately grade student essays? It could change the way we test students (and the way they’re taught). And a new $100,000 competition is trying to spark auto-grading innovation.”
— The End Of Multiple Choice? The Quest To Create Accurate Robot Essay Graders (via fastcompany)
This is the worst fucking idea ever. A computer will never be able to grade...
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Columbus Catchphrase
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columbusiscapital:
I feel like Columbus doesn’t really have a great catch phrase, like “I Love New York” or “The Windy City” or “Cleveland: At Least It’s Not Detroit”. I would like to purpose a few ideas of my own.
Columbus: Come for the clouds, stay for the rain!
Columbus: Experience all four seasons in a day!
Columbus: Our highways are America’s greatest obstacle...
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Americans, we helped you and spread awareness... →
czarofdeath:
Post by gamzeemakara
Please help. We won’t be able to send you BBC and European TV and stuff if this passes. As my friend said, this is dangerous and scary.
I’m not sure how to set one up, someone please make a petition.
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usgroovykids:
“Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of Religion, that we shall discover Truth, Reason, and Morality. Religion diverts us from the causes of evils, and from the remedies which nature prescribes; far from curing, it only aggravates, multiplies, and...
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“Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we...”
– Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Joshua Speed, 1855
Watching Republicans parse who deserves rights and freedoms always makes me think of this quote … from the man who would be the first Republican president.
(via politicalprof)
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Why Is Wikipedia Down?
mentalflossr:
By now everyone knows Wikipedia is down today. Here’s our attempt to explain what’s going on and why you should care, in case someone asks you what’s going on (and why they should care).
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“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via First Book)
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The "Les Mis" movie cast →
Everybody’s complaining about Taylor Swift. She can’t act, she can’t sing, blah blah blah.
It’s a Hollywood-produced movie, folks. They can auto-tune Swift if they absolutely have to (wouldn’t that be a fun twist). It’s the acting part that might be of concern.
Also? It’s a Hollywood-produced movie, folks! It’s not necessarily going to be true to...
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“Destructive to marriage is the self-fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and...”
– Duke University Ethics professor Stanley Hauerwas
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agirlcalledchris:
“Atheists are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without religion telling them not to do it, especially a religion that backs up the orders with threats of hell. Believers, listen to me carefully when I say this: When you use this argument, you terrify atheists. We hear you saying that the only thing standing between you and Ted Bundy is a flimsy belief...
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agirlcalledchris:
“If you spend any amount of time doing media analysis, it’s clear that the most frenzied moral panic surrounding young women’s sexuality comes from the mainstream media, which loves to report about how promiscuous girls are, whether they’re acting up on spring break, getting caught topless on camera, or catching all kinds of STIs. Unsurprisingly, these types of articles and...
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Kickstarter - RIOT - LA'S ALTERNATIVE COMEDY... →
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But seriously, besides the whole "Biblically... →