January 2010
17 posts
10 Ways to Stop the Corporate Dominance of... →
azspot:
Amend the U.S. Constitution to declare that corporations are not persons and do not have the rights of human beings. Since the First Amendment case for corporate spending as a free speech right rests on corporations being considered “persons,” the proposed amendment would strike at the core of the ruling’s justification. The push for the 28th Amendment is coming from the grassroots,...
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“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is...”
– Aldous Huxley
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(via serpentineandblack)
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“It’s truly astounding to watch us — for a full decade — send fighter jets and...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via azspot)
UCLA study says legalizing undocumented immigrants... →
tsparks:
From LA Times By Anna Gorman January 7, 2010
Even during the ongoing recession, immigration reform legislation that legalizes undocumented immigrants would boost the American economy, according to a new study out of UCLA.
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Houston sees insidious rise of Gulf Cartel →
thedaytheytriedtokillme:
Interviews, files and court records trace a syndicate’s growth from small-time pot smuggling to a mega-empire with a hub in Houston
The War on Terror is a Joke
elledark:
I rarely reproduce whole chunks of linked articles but I will with this one because the writer talks more sense about the absurd and murderous ‘war on terror’ than I’ve heard from any American or UK politician. These are things that need to be said and understood.
He observes :- “The great Jewish-American entertainer Tom Lehrer said he gave up writing satirical songs when he realised...
