January 2012
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December 2011
5 posts
1 tag
November 2011
5 posts
“The 13 year old version of myself living inside my head has way more power than...”
– Zooey Deschanel (via choosingchaos)
When filling out your Christmas cards this year,...
delbertshoopman:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue
NW Washington, DC 20307-5001.
Pass this on and please send out a card- it takes $2 & 5minutes of your precious free time… Together we can raise the spirits of our wounded soldiers this holiday season!
October 2011
4 posts
Ned Hepburn: CLEVER THINKING: Help pass Warren... →
nedhepburn:
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” Warren told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8…
September 2011
1 post
5 tags
August 2011
2 posts
A timeline of events →
1980: Ronald Reagan runs for president, promising a balanced budget
1981 - 1989: With support from congressional Republicans, Reagan runs enormous deficits, adds $2 trillion to the debt.
1993: Bill Clinton passes economic plan that lowers deficit, gets zero votes from congressional Republicans.
1998: U.S. deficit disappears for the first time in three decades. Debt clock is unplugged.
2000:...
Soup: Bought some US stocks →
robdelaney:
I just bought some shares in an index fund that tracks the Wilshire 5000, which means I just bought shares in the 5000 largest American companies. I did this because I wish to take substantive action against Standard & Poor’s downgrade of US credit. Standard & Poor’s, and to a…
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
N.C. Man Allegedly Robs Bank for $1 to Get Health... →
zainyk:
A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report.
He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. “… I say, ‘I’ll be sitting right over...
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
21 posts
first home: moroccan inspired home decor →
Anonymous asked: i love your blog! im moving soon and i want to decorate my new room with some sort of a indian/morroccan/arabian nights feel to it, without it looking too “themed” if you know what i mean. are there any pictures, links, or suggestions you have that could help inspire me? don’t…
To infinity and beyond.
Calvin: If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
Hobbes: How so?
Calvin: Well, when you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
“You think 435 fairly well to-do, mostly white men, should make that decision?”
– Anthony Weiner advocating that the decision for what women should be able to do with their bodies should be a decision made between a woman and her doctor, not determined by a committee of congressmen. Video here. (via soupsoup)
Your adventure is just beginning.
dailypeptalk:
Pep Talk: Who knows what’s in the cards for you? You can still be anything you want to be… except maybe a pony. Pony aside, you can still do anything imaginable. Your future knows no bounds and, right now, you’re marching into a new adventure.
Today remind yourself: My adventure is just beginning.
This is perfect! I should write this on my wall as inspiration so I can be...
March 2011
30 posts
“I can guarantee you, or most of you, I guarantee that I have more debt than all...”
– Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) fretting about making ends meet on his $174,000 a year salary
(TPM)
Seriously, fuck you.
(via brosephstalin)
But teachers with their $35,000 yearly salary are rich right?
(via janedoe225)
You know what we call folks with 6 kids living off government money round these...
