Before I Go Extinct...

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Sun, 19 May 2013 17:15:58 -0400

YES

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:17:09 -0400

YES

kittydoom: Truer words were never spoken, Mr. Fry.

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:03:37 -0400

kittydoom:

Truer words were never spoken, Mr. Fry.

"She argues there’s another way to fight crime. “We ought to invest a lot more in our public schools...."

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:34:11 -0400

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She argues there’s another way to fight crime. “We ought to invest a lot more in our public schools. You know, feed the kids breakfast, lunch, and dinner; have after-school activities; keep the schools open until nine o’clock in the evenings and on weekends; invest in things like the Boys and Girls Club and the Park District—I mean, everything, basically, to dramatically ramp up the investments in our children.”

But even in Democrat-dominated Cook County, it’s hard to imagine that happening. “I was at an event last week, a fund-raising event, actually, where somebody said, ‘All my neighbors are Republicans—people who live on my block who I like, who wouldn’t support the idea you were just promulgating,’” Preckwinkle recalled. “And he said the people on his block he knew would rather pay to keep somebody incarcerated than to support music lessons or soccer team memberships or basketball team uniforms for kids in poor neighborhoods. “We’ve got in this country such distorted values. In the last 30 or 40 years we’ve invested all this money in our prison system, and our schools are starving for money.”

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- County board prez: Why are we closing schools and packing the jail? | Bleader

that first paragraph up there—the stuff about investing in after school activities and keeping the schools open until 9pm, etc. —I’m thinking about that in context to of the Emergency Managers in Michigan. And how if they were *really* invested in fixing economic problems rather than privatization, they’d be figuring out ways to do *exactly* what she is suggesting. Making the schools an essential part of the community means that youth don’t drop out and people don’t transfer to other districts. it means that people *move into* that district.

another example, what would happen if community groups were trained and paid to go to houses in the community and clean up lead? not only would it provide jobs, but when there’s a proven correlation between lead levels and low achievment in school—what effect would it have on student’s test schools and ability to focus and stay in school if their bodies aren’t being poisoned? there are seriously NO foundation grants for this sort of thing? why aren’t city mayors, councils, EMs, etc working their asses off to find foundation grants and corporate investment in cleaning up lead so that public schools can stay open—instead of building a whole new building to stick a charter school in?

(via iinventedeverything)

“people on his block he knew would rather pay to keep somebody incarcerated than to support music lessons or soccer team memberships or basketball team uniforms for kids in poor neighborhoods.”

Next time I hear that we should fight racism with cool, calm logic, I will be thinking about this.

(via jhameia)

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Wed, 08 May 2013 00:03:08 -0400

"What I’ve started to do with certain designers who simply say they don’t want Black girls is not do..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:27:51 -0400

““What I’ve started to do with certain designers who simply say they don’t want Black girls is not do their shows and not wear their clothes, even in editorials. I don’t see why we should make their clothes look good and then not be represented by them in any way.””

- Naomi Campbell (via naomihitme)

fierce and right on

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Wed, 01 May 2013 11:11:31 -0400

"That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:37:00 -0400

“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.”

- Paulo Coehlo (via hellanne)

All-Day Breakfast May Be in Our Future: McDonald's CEO

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:33:43 -0400

All-Day Breakfast May Be in Our Future: McDonald's CEO:

nodicesoldier:

FINALLY.

blankvideotapes: This is actually how I feel right now.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:38:34 -0400

blankvideotapes:

This is actually how I feel right now.

afternoonsnoozebutton: groovyphilia: Apparently, this was the...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:04:20 -0400

afternoonsnoozebutton:

groovyphilia:

Apparently, this was the guy who was deported for being too handsome.

Suddenly, I understand.

It makes sense now

When I'm trying to eat healthy but then someone suggests ordering pizza

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:20:27 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

jakemalik: how to tie the strongest knot ever step 1: put a pair of headphones in your pocket step...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:15:41 -0400

jakemalik:

how to tie the strongest knot ever

step 1: put a pair of headphones in your pocket

step 2: wait 1 minute

Angelina Jolie talks Internet - 1994 [x]

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:54:29 -0400

Angelina Jolie talks Internet - 1994 [x]

"As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:01:11 -0400

“As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect. The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities - the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation.”

- Statement by the Czech Ambassador

Well-done, America. Our geographical illiteracy has finally caused this to happen.

(via fearandwar)

Also worth noting that the Czech Ambassador, Petr Gandalovič, is currently in West, Texas surveying the damage from Wednesday’s explosion.

(via paxamericana)

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Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:11:59 -0400

amanda-gayfried: nextyearsgirl: scienceing: One half of the...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:47:08 -0400

amanda-gayfried:

nextyearsgirl:

scienceing:

One half of the humans are female, so one half of the scientists should be female.

- Bill Nye at the Storytelling of Science at ASU

"Not long after the diagnosis [of ALS], my wife at the time and I were discussing my future with the..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:46:19 -0400

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Not long after the diagnosis [of ALS], my wife at the time and I were discussing my future with the neurologist. He began going over the disease progression in a matter of fact way. He said your breathing muscles will become paralyzed and you will go to sleep and die. He quickly added that some patients decide to go on a ventilator, but there is no quality of life living that way. I shook my head in agreement.

It is extremely easy for a healthy individual to say how they would not live. I am guilty myself. If someone had told me prior to the diagnosis that I would be totally paralyzed, fed by a feeding tube, communicate via computer with a voice synthesizer and tethered to a ventilator that I would find more meaning in life and living I am certain that person telling me such a tale was insane.

Yes, my life is very difficult and requires a lot of resources to keep me alive, human and financial. I have considered disconnecting from the ventilator several times, but the reason is never because I had lost my appreciation for life and living.

I was admitted into the hospital and scheduled for tracheotomy surgery the next morning. That night my now ex-wife told me how selfish I was for wanting to live. That my young children had suffered enough and it would cause them only more pain. It was a sickening sense of abandonment. I have absolutely no doubt if I did not have the ability to communicate my desires the surgery would have not taken place.

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- David Jayne

See? The pressure to die is fucking everywhere. My experiences aren’t unique. Medical professionals tell you there’s no quality of life. Your own family calls you selfish. It’s everywhere. And for some reason feeding tubes are right about the first step along the way where you really start getting pressured to die rather than accept a medical device into your life. My experiences are the norm not the exception and disabled people are pressured into death constantly when otherwise we might choose to live.

(via youneedacat)

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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:53:57 -0400

I CANNOT WAIT

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:39:44 -0400

I CANNOT WAIT