January 2012
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November 2011
9 posts
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via aslanforpresident)
David Simon's spectacular counteroffer to the US... →
The Attorney-General’s kind remarks are noted and appreciated. I’ve spoken to Ed Burns and we are prepared to go to work on season six of The Wire if the Department of Justice is equally ready to reconsider and address its continuing prosecution of our misguided, destructive and dehumanising drug prohibition.
help me help somebody. →
I recently got involved with a family who face deportation under really unfair circumstances. Some friends and I organized a fundraiser in October which was quite successful but we still need to raise a bit more money to help them pay legal fees.
They are a family of five - mom, dad, and three boys between the ages of 9 and 17. The family is pretty amazing and they want to be able to stay in...
October 2011
3 posts
HelloGiggles – That’s Ridiculous. Period. →
September 2011
3 posts
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August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
3 posts
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June 2011
4 posts
Smurf Village: Spanish Town, Juzcar, Painted Blue... →
May 2011
6 posts
Shuttle astronauts install $2-billion magnet on... →
The instrument – which has a three-foot magnet at its core – is the most expensive piece of equipment at the orbiting lab and certainly the most prominent scientific device. It will search for antimatter and dark matter for the rest of the life of the space station.
April 2011
17 posts
Switzerland: Smelly corpse flower draws thousands →
Thousands of people are flocking to the northern Swiss city of Basel to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time. The amorphophallus titanum - known as corpse flower because it exudes a smell of rotting flesh - is the first to blossom in Switzerland in 75 years.
Actor Nicolas Cage arrested in New Orleans on... →
Actor Nicolas Cage was arrested after he got drunk in the city’s French Quarter and argued in the street with his wife over whether a house they were in front of was theirs, police said Saturday.
World's oldest man dies in Montana at 114 →
What Happens If You Get Sucked Out of a Plane? :... →
People have been sucked through holes in airplanes before, but skilled pilots can often save the day.
Venus' Morphing Vortex Trumps Saturn's Hexagon →
nerd alert.
March 2011
25 posts
