October 2012
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“Environmental devastation will not be stopped in conference rooms and treaty...”
– The Belem Ecosocialist Declaration (via ecaudate)
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How Someone Could Become President With Only 22... →
fuckyeahsocialjustice:
Does your vote really count? Thanks to a wacky and outdated system called the Electoral College, that depends on which state you live in. Watch [the video at this link] to find out if your state is one of the lucky ones and why our current electoral system doesn’t really do as much for small states as you might think.
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“Governor Brown today reaffirmed what medical and mental health organizations...”
– Equality California board president Clarissa Filgioun • In a press release regarding a bill signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown that blocks “gay cure therapy” for children under the age of 18 — making California the first state in the nation to do so. Big news.
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Laysan Albatross & Plastics →
deviantbirds:
If our last post about dying albatross chicks got you down, I hope you take the time to learn how you can help this endangered species. 40% of all Laysan albatross chicks die from their ingestion of plastic. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a great list of ways that we can help in our daily routines.
Limit your use of disposable plastics, like plastic bags and water bottles.
Carry...
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“This has been a vindication of Dr. Monnett in that they found no scientific...”
– Jeff Ruch, director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility • Speaking on the case of Dr. Charles Monnett, who had been under investigation by the Obama administration for the past two and a half years. First the investigation focused on suspicion he had falsified data in a 2004 article...
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The North Dakota Oil Fracking Boom Creates Clash... →
The reservation’s swath of prairie and pasturelands sits over the Bakken, the biggest sea of oil discovered in the United States in 40 years. Until a few years ago, the Bakken, which also stretches across parts of South Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan, was too deep to mine. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which involves blasting chemical-laced water and sand deep...
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“You might have thought that with the Arctic melting, the U.S. in the midst of...”
– In today’s Daily Comment, Elizabeth Kolbert asks, “Why aren’t the Presidential candidates speaking out on global warming?” http://nyr.kr/QjBKBS (via newyorker)
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“What we also found through interviews was that a number of people said that they...”
– NYU Law Professor Sarah Knucky, Study Finds U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Miss Militant Targets and “Terrorize” Civilians
Or, “Study finds U.S. Drone Strikes practically guarantee an ‘enemy’ forever”.
(via theamericanbear)
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“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect...”
– Nelson Henderson
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“It must have come as a surprise to the Egyptian teenagers who washed American...”
– Julian Assange • In a video feed, aired at the United Nations on Wednesday, mocking Obama’s UN speech, which encouraged free speech in the Middle East. His point? Wikileaks certainly didn’t get a free-speech pass from the U.S. government; in fact, he says Obama has “done more to criminalize free...
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“The planet does not need more ‘successful people’. The planet desperately needs...”
– Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama (via skeletales)
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Three-fifths of Milwaukee's black voters have... →
steviemcfly:
The voter purges have resulted in roughly 60% of black voters in that city no longer being registered. That’s 41% of the city’s total votes in 2008. Some perspective on it from reddit user BiscuitCrisps:
You know, back when I lived in a majority-black voter ward, I got purged from the voter rollsevery single year. And every year, I had to trudge back to the registrar of voters,...
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“One of the central modern lies is the idea that domestic labor is valueless and...”
– Sharon Astyk for Permaculture Activist.
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