Friday, October 04, 2013

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Sometimes it's the little things in life that count the most. Via @[367116489976035:274:I fucking love science].
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Man creates brain dead simple system to cutting your grocery bill by 90% (HINT: It's NOT Coupons)

 

D.C. Police Kill Mother in Front Of Child
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D.C. Homeland paramilitary forces killed a dental hygienist in front of her small child because the woman drove past a new checkpoint. They chanced her down ...
Robert Reich
As a child I was bullied by bigger boys who threatened to beat me up if I didn’t give them what they wanted. But every time I gave in to their demands their subsequent demands grew larger. First they wanted the change in my pocket. Next it was the dessert in my lunchbox. Then my new Davy Crockett cap. Then the softball and bat I got for my birthday.
Finally I stopped giving in and stood up to them. That ended their extortion racket.

It's the same in Washington. Giving into the Republican bullies who are demanding to delay a law of the land and shutting down government until they get their way will only cause them to escalate their demands; next, they'll want to repeal the Affordable Care Act; next, they'll demand to repeal other laws they dislike.

This is not like the shutdown of 1995-96. I was there. The Republicans then refused to compromise on the budget. Now, Republicans want to alter the legislative process, and distort our democracy. There must be no compromising with bullies.
 
Robert Reich
An old friend, who has been active in politics for more than thirty years, told me yesterday that he was giving up. "I can't stomach what's going on in Washington any more," he said. "The hell with all of them. I have better things to do with my life." My friend is falling exactly into the trap that the extreme right wants all of us to fall into -- such disgust and cynicism that we all give up on politics. Then they're free to take over everything.

Make no mistake: Ted Cruz and his Tea Party followers, and the Koch brothers and their other financial patrons, are relishing this shutdown. They're delighted that 95% of the Environmental Protection Agency is down, so polluters can do whatever they want; that 80% of the Labor Department is down, so unscrupulous employers can trample on their employees; that much of the Securities and Exchange Commission is down, so corporations can have a field day. And they'd like nothing more than a default on the nation's debt in two weeks, because the resulting financial chaos will cause even more of us to become angry and cynical. That's the point: They feed off of anger and cynicism.

Our response should be the opposite: We will not give in to bullies or intimidation, and nor will we give in to cynicism about what our government needs to be and who it needs to serve. We will remain engaged and active, and push every member of Congress as well as the President to remain steadfast.
 
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North Carolina Representative @[167641493275000:274:Renee Ellmers] shut down the government and furloughed 800,000 workers, but she thinks she is still entitled to pay. #scumoftheearth http://projects.newsobserver.com/node/28476
North Carolina Representative @[167641493275000:274:Renee Ellmers] shut down the government and furloughed 800,000 workers, but she thinks she is still entitled to pay. #scumoftheearth http://projects.newsobserver.com/node/28476
 
 
 72 signatures needed to break 58K tonight, let's do this thing http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/43154 #DefyIDS #SignWOW
 

Farmer loses land battle

 
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After 41 years in solitary confinement at the notorious Angola prison, Herman Wallace was able to breathe his last breaths a free man...
"I Am Free. I Am Free." Prisoner Herman Wallace Dies Just Days After Release
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Herman Wallace, the "Angola 3" prisoner who was released from jail earlier this week after being held in solitary confinement for 41 years, died early Friday morning after a battle with liver cancer.
 

 Inch Chua: Artful Dodger - Watch Full Music Video Free - Singapore - Music Videos - Viki
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In Honor of Dr. Thomas B. Manton, a True Modern American Hero

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Sgrouples private social network

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kNOw Drones


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 Are you a transhumanist ?

A Big "Yes" To Yesware: Insanely Easy Email Tracking
http://www.evolvingseo.com/2013/04/20/review-of-yesware-email-tracking/ 

Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus 2013 Review & Rating | PCMag.com
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410545,00.asp

 Last year Webroot took the bold step of completely junking their existing antivirus technology and replacing it with something completely different. The latest edition, Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus 2013, is still under 1 MB in size, but it does even more. In addition to excellent antivirus protection, it includes firewall-style program control, an antiphishing component, and powerful protection for your browser and your secure connections

 Exciting MIT droplet discovery could turbocharge power plants, airships and more

NSA using Firefox flaw to snoop on Tor users • The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/04/nsa_using_firefox_flaw_to_snoop_on_tor_users/

iPhone Users Are About to Be Screwed Over
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5 Things You've Done That Are Probably Crimes

 

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