February 2012
31 posts
“War is the health of the State. Spreading the message of peace is an exercise of...”
– Evan Pierce (via thinksquad)
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical...”
– R. J. Wiedemann LtCol. USMC Ret. (via hackr)
Yep.
“Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable,...”
– The City of Westminster’s Metropolitan Police (via thinksquad)
Redistricting knows no bounds →
A neat piece (ungated, here) by Jason Kelly on the extent to which state legislators strategically use prison populations for partisan gain in redistricting at the state level. The ingenuity of state mapmakers knows no bounds.
The census data used to redraw legislative districts counts the country’s nearly 2 million prisoners in the location of their incarceration, rather than their previous...
“Nobody in history has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense...”
– Assata Shakur (via thegoddamazon)
Reblogging because I feel people need to see this shit again and again until they understand why I am the way I am.
(via thegoddamazon)
““You hate America, don’t you?” she said.
“That would be as silly as loving...”
– Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut (via chelseadazze)
Ta Ch'u: From "Sex at Dawn" →
altarflame:
If women were as libidinous as men, we’re told, society itself would collapse. Lord Acton was only repeating what everyone knew in 1875 when he declared, “The majority of women, happily for them and for society, are not very much troubled with sexual feelings of any kind.” And…
wow… Lord Acton was an asshat…
“This whole ‘Civil Rights’ memetic apparatus has our people stuck on stupid. It...”
– http://denmarkvesey.blogspot.com/ (via howtobeterrell)
January 2012
99 posts
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics, doesn’t mean...”
– Pericles (430 B.C.E.)
I am not going to shut up about this. If we don't... →
“Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to...”
– Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison operator in America, statement to stockholders, 2005.
In other words: ending the Drug War and eliminating federal mandatory minimum sentences is bad for business. Adam Gopnik notes that CCA “spends millions lobbying legislators.”...
There Are No Good Cops →
anarchyagogo:
There are no good cops anymore. They’re all bad. Even this former New Orleans cop says 70% of his department should be fired or indicted.
Don’t email me about your best friend from high school who you swear is a good cop. He’s not a good cop. Neither is the cop who lives down the street who has the fun July 4th party every year. Your cop uncle isn’t a good cop either. ...
NY TIMES: "Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, made... →
True Story.
Tumble into Peeka: The real reason MegaUpload was... →
abaldwin360:
In December of 2011, it was reported by Digital Music News that the creators of MegaUpload were rolling out plans for a new cloud based music service that had the potential to change the music industry.
Called Megabox, it would have created an alternative to record labels…