December 2010
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codenamedv: Seattle’s Kadima will have the first Torah scroll written by women scribes to becommissioned. “ There’s a bit of history that you need to know to clarify the situation. Kadima, a Jewish community in Washington, wanted to buy a Torah written by a woman. After making inquiries, they learned that there were no Torahs written by women. So they decided to commission six women to write...
Dec 28th
“never make users do work that machines can easily do”
– Rocky Agrawal Why haven’t list features on Facebook and/or Twitter caught on? - Quora Because they are manual and require people to do work. People hate to do work, especially when it’s upfront work for some possible future benefit. To use a not too far off example: consider the success of Mint....
Dec 28th
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“There are three things no Indian man can resist: a beautiful face, a beautiful...”
– Gregory David Roberts
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Punk Comics History, Part 2: Shawn Kerri’s Not at... →
“Comics, punk, and cars — all heavily dude-dominated domain and Shawn Kerri ruled them all with her superior art. Although her drawing style is actually kind of conventional in certain ways, with her use of hard black lines and anatomically straightforward characters, her drawings still convey the rawness and wild vibe of some looser, more stylized cartoonists.”
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“Man is the only government-making animal in the world. His right to a...”
– Frederick Douglass, “An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage” (The Atlantic, January 1867) Read the full article here. (via theatlantic)
Dec 16th
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“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
– Richard Holbrooke, United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, semi-facetiously to his surgeon before passing on.
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“The prison system is being used for something that is very different from...”
– Angela Davis
Dec 11th
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Trash Talk - Explode One of the best punk bands I’ve heard in a long time.
Dec 10th
“# @SenatorCollins and I and others are introducing a free standing bill to...”
– @JoeLieberman
Dec 10th
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Not Looking Good for Advocates for 9/11 Health... →
vijaydas: Difficult times all around but this issue wont go away as we close out this Congress, move on to the 112th, and so forth… Can’t believe this bill has been blocked this long. Please read, then contact your congressmembers.
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
“Those who believe that ten years from now we will be able to get along with much...”
– The Peak Oil Crisis: The Future of Government, Tom Whipple (via Clemson Family Farms)
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ListenTrash Talk - East of Eden (feat. Keith Morris)
Dec 8th
“To be religious means…to gather all your energy, to inquire into what is true...”
– J. Krishnamurti (via sharanam)
Dec 7th
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“The fact is, governments deal with the United States because it’s in their...”
– Defense Secretary Robert Gates
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Even Old Soldiers Are Cool With Lifting Gay Ban →
This is incredibly important. Prior to DADT, many soldiers knew they served alongside gay soldiers. And this remarkable fact should be enough to repeal such an abomination of a law.
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“Even the music can be corrupted. They can take even something as pure as the...”
– Harlon Ellison
Dec 2nd
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California’s Attorney General-Elect Kamala Harris on MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell show tonight.
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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ohhimark: I think liberals made a huge mistake in starting the War on Christmas. We should have focused all of our attention on Thanksgiving first - THAT’S where Osama bin Laden is hiding. Thanks Thanksgiving, for letting Bin Laden hide in your borders. That’s awfully nice of you.
Dec 2nd