October 2010
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“Sensing that it has nothing to fear from the man, the octopus lets him stroke...”
– science channel or hentai? YOU DECIDE.
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chelle-shock:
Quick question (this is probably going to sound angry, but I don’t mean it that way): if you were mostly referring to Christianity, why did you say “religion” or “religious” throughout?
a fair point, and basically i should probably have gone back and changed that.
the source article was non-specific, and i was responding to that and lifting the non-specific language in my...
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one more bit about faith and respect
and this is the one that trips up all those imperious atheists like dawkins - there is a big, BIG difference between faith and religion. i can, and do, respect people of faith without also respecting the religion they’re a part of and its history of oppression that they weren’t around for.
i can, and should, also endeavor to make sure i’m not arguing at them about the flaws of...
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this ain't livin': Faith and Respect →
I’ve noticed more and more lately that there’s a trend in a lot of liberal and social justice circles to make disdain for religion as clear as possible. I speak not of out atheists talking about their atheism and challenging assumptions about people who don’t follow a religious faith. I’m talking specifically about treating faith and belief with contempt, turning religion almost into an insult.
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“Anybody trying to convert me to anything can fuck right off. Especially...”
– shiyiya on faith and respect
September 2010
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“I’m New Here” is a reverent and intimate record, almost more field...”
– New York Is Killing Me : The unlikely survival of Gil Scott-Heron : Alec Wilkinson for The New Yorker
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“A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against...”
– Tea & Crackers | Rolling Stone
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“This planet, one of six whizzing around the little cool star, has a mass three...”
– Just-right planet that can support life detected | Reuters
gliese 581 is a tricky system. it’s a red dwarf star, only one third the mass of our own sun. five of the six planets discovered so far are so close in that their orbital years range from three to 67 earth days. most of them are...
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“I was collecting rudeness stories and it was interesting to me what people...”
– The Vulture Transcript: David Sedaris on His New Book, Bestiary, Hippo Anus Research, and His Collection of Rudeness Tales — NYMag.com
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“Well, in a way you and David Rakoff, and Sarah Vowell to some extent, you get...”
– The Vulture Transcript: David Sedaris on His New Book, Bestiary, Hippo Anus Research, and His Collection of Rudeness Tales — NYMag.com
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“After seeing LET ME IN a second time, I’m more sure than ever that Chloe...”
– lytrules
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zuky:
Speaking of Anglos Valiantly Aiding Tragic Awe-inspiring Races, Hollywood mega-director and Good White Liberal James Cameron toured the Alberta oilsands today, before a scheduled meeting with First Nations and Metis leaders:
“I’m still taking in. I’m still in sponge mode, you know, sort of finding out how all this works and getting my arms around it,” Cameron replied when asked for his...
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hawaii five-0000000000000000000
ncis hawaii is a good formula to crib from, because that makes this a team show, meaning daniel dae kim and grace park get more screen time than if the show focused more heavily on the white leads. alex o’loughlin (henceforth captain moonlight) is still The Boss, but dae kim is equal to scott caan, and in-continuity grace park is an actual rookie.
she was taken hostage again, but got to...
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Study: Most Americans want wealth distribution... →
notemily:
92 percent prefer Swedish model to US model when given a choice
Americans generally underestimate the degree of income inequality in the United States, and if given a choice, would distribute wealth in a similar way to the social democracies of Scandinavia, a new study finds.
For decades, polls have shown that a plurality of Americans — around 40 percent — consider themselves...
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James Pitkin at Willamette Week: Saving Ryan →
Santana’s story is not about a 20-year-old cured of addiction. It’s too early for that chapter. Just two weeks ago he suffered at least his third relapse, cashing in an inheritance check for enough smack to keep him high for a day.
What separates Santana’s story from conventional wisdom is this—it isn’t shelter workers, drug counselors or psychotherapists who have labored the hardest to...
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“Long story short: I don’t give a shit what white people think about my culture....”
– zuky
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Activists Leaving Life-Saving Water for Immigrants... →
People are dying because they don’t have enough water during the long journey across the border, and some are responding by purposely destroying the water they could use to keep on living.
Again, the lesson is that if you come into the U.S. without papers, you deserve to die.
No matter who you are. The people risking death out in the desert aren’t walking miles and miles and miles to get to...