December 2011
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Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
But it’s an impossible role in an impossible movie that has no reason for being...
– ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ Review - NYTimes.com
yes, and this is why i can’t even watch the trailer. (via shannonpareil)
The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things...
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Oglethorpe University Commencement Address, 1932 (via shannonpareil)
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Willie Nelson: Occupy the Food System →
Thanks to the Occupy Wall Street movement, there’s a deeper understanding about the power that corporations wield over the great majority of us. It’s not just in the financial sector, but in all facets of our lives. The disparity between the top 1 percent and everyone else has been laid bare — there’s no more denying that those at the top get their share at the expense of...
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Top Albums of 2011
2011 was actually a pretty great year for music. The fact that I can even put together this many favorite albums says it all. Here they are…
Atlas Sound - Parallax
Another great album from Bradford Cox of Deerhunter.
Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
I love this album. I was skeptical of the new one because I was kinda disappointed with their last album, To The 5...
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Canada Does This Right (What I Want My Country To...
Contribution Limits to Election Participants
While the historic approach has been to limit spending by participants in a federal election, reforms under the 2003 amendments to the Canada Elections Act and the 2006 Federal Accountability Act have sought to bring greater regulation to private contributions. Key rules regarding contributions are as follows:
Only Canadian citizens and permanent...
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Fight your adderall/electronic device induced ADD... →
My name is Patrick Meighan, and I’m a husband, a father, a writer on the Fox animated sitcom “Family Guy”, and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.
I was arrested at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning with 291 other people at Occupy LA. I was sitting in City Hall Park with a pillow, a blanket, and a copy of Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Being Peace” when 1,400 heavily-armed...
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Wainy Days is back! This is an old episode but it’s my favorite. Watch the new season here.
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