January 2012
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“Children’s ability to roam has basically been destroyed. “Letting your child out...”
– Danah Boyd, Microsoft’s Anthropoligist - Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes - NYTimes.com
Jan 23rd
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“You start out in 1954 by saying, ‘Nigger, nigger, nigger.’ By 1968...”
– Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign manager, on how to use a “southern strategy” as quoted in “Southern Politics in the 1990s” GOP campaign rhetoric raising racial concerns - Yahoo! News [apologies for quoting the n-word, but this is happening...
Jan 18th
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“One reason for the mobility gap may be the depth of American poverty, which...”
– All jobs ought to be open to people with degrees “or equivalent skill & experience.”  This isn’t just a class issue; it’s a gender issue and a race issue as well.  — Ankhorite “Harder for Americans to Rise from Lower Rungs” by Jason DeParle, published...
Jan 16th
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“If King could see America now, I believe that he would be disappointed, and feel...”
– Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman January 15, 2012 How Fares the Dream? - NYTimes.com
Jan 16th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you...”
– White Oleander by Janet Fitch.  (via mllekeri)
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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“…I am always shocked to see a Republican candidate talk about the American...”
– Comment by Bridget from Asheville, NC on America’s Unlevel Field - NYTimes.com
Jan 9th
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“…it’s legal in 36 states for prisons to shackle pregnant inmates while...”
– How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com Yes, it is.  And it will happen to a great many women who are not yet prisoners if the Republican candidates get their way and re-criminalize abortion.
Jan 9th
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“Muscle biopsies taken before, during and after weight loss show that once a...”
– The Fat Trap - NYTimes.com
Jan 9th
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“I do not practise religion in accordance with the sacred rites. I have made...”
– Claude Debussy: His Life and Works by Léon Vallas (via Wikiquote)
Jan 7th
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“…it’s important to know whether a candidate can offer discussable...”
– A President’s Religion - NYTimes.com Gary Gutting, November 16, 2011
Jan 7th
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“In 1859, Paul Du Chaillu, a young explorer of French origin and adopted American...”
– Race, Sex and the Trials of a Young Explorer - NYTimes.com
Jan 7th
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“We’re rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we...”
– By PICO IYER, published December 29, 2011 in The Joy of Quiet - NYTimes.com
Jan 4th
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“In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices...”
–  PICO IYER, published December 29, 2011 in: The Joy of Quiet - NYTimes.com
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.”
– Isadora Duncan (via her0inchic)
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“Bigotry and hatred are not the most urgent problem. The most urgent, the most...”
– Joachim Prinz, Hitler-era rabbi, quoted by Satpal Singh: Shatter The Silence: An Undeclared War On Women
Dec 30th
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“About a decade ago, academics studying the effect of income inequality on...”
– Gee, you think? Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents - The Washington Post  5 December 2011
Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 15th
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“Have we ever been so badly served by the press? We face multiple crises –...”
– Britain’s press are fighting a class war, defending the elite they belong to | George Monbiot
Dec 14th
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“According to a Gallup poll, 35 percent of Muslims in America are African...”
– ‘All American Muslim’ — Is New Reality Series ‘Cosby Show’ for Muslims?
Dec 14th
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“Let me just say, if Newt Gingrich is the smartest guy in the room, leave that...”
– — MSNBC conservative host Joe Scarborough, quoted by Maureen Dowd Fire and Ice - NYTimes.com December 11, 2011
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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