August 2011
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Printaissance Issue #4 : The Fall of the American...
After a rather trying summer, with all of the headlines reporting instance after instance of our continuing fall from grace as a country and supposed world leader. My Angry Hippie side was on overdrive as my eyes poured over pages upon pages of horribly aggravating stories that indicated one thing in my mind…the fall was coming. Not like Fall, you know follows summer, precedes Winter. But...
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When poet Malcolm X. London spits that “the educated aren’t necessarily the educated,” he’s referring to the inequalities of the public school system. The18-year-old Lincoln Park High School senior argues that our “failing” schools are actually succeeding at what he says is their real purpose: Preparing young people for a future that mimics the...
“Health insurance companies reap millions from hard working Floridians. Isn’t it...”
– Progress Florida: Petition Health And Human Services: Protect Florida Patients, Not Profits (via bluntlyblue)
Chicago Police Shooting Spree? 43 Shot Already in... →
reinventionoftheprintingpress:
Explanations vary among law enforcement officials and community advocates on what may be behind the uptick in police violence.
“It’s pretty hard to explain or put your finger on, other than the fact that there’s a total lack of respect and fear by a number of offenders towards the police,” Fraternal Order of the Police spokesman Pat Camden argued. “Give...
“Whatever the terms of the eventual agreement, we know they will be remarkably...”
– From the debt debate to the coming hostage revolt - The Washington Post (via shorterexcerpts)
So glad that Obama is compromising the safety and well being of the most vulnerable in our society so that he can possibly save his re-election chances. Not to be soundbitey, but that is not Change that I...
The party of which people? →
janedoe225:
MANY PEOPLE are justifiably upset at the Obama administration’s compromises, retreats and outright sellouts, and blame the president for being too weak in the face of the Republicans’ corporate-funded, Fox News-scripted backlash against even the most modest liberal measures.
But the reality is that Obama’s policies are perfectly consistent with the Democrats’ long tradition of...
“My point is that feminists are not biological determinists. Feminists are the...”
– ‘Feminists are Sexist’ - Features - The F-Word (via periodp00ps)
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Does a Cross Belong at the 9/11 Memorial Site? - FoxNews.com http://t.co/TtG3Hgs via @fxnopinion
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Never a bad time...
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“Here’s where the insidious comes in: When all children see are stories in which...”
– Maryann Johnson, Winnie the Pooh: Slayer of Feminist Fantasies (via thesnarkwasaboojum)
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Latest Ask Science Dude Podcast - The E. coli Show →
In this episode, Sinead and the Angry Hippie take on E. coli…from a controlled and safe environ of course. From the various types of this useful and at times deadly bacteria, to what just what a bacteria is and how we classify them, this fun and at times icky discussion takes many an informative twist and turn. Also looking at everything you ever wanted to know about Shigo toxins but were afraid...
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Latest from the Angry Hippies' Podcast : Episode... →
In this new, extra long episode Rob dives into the feedback that has been piling up in the show’s absence to talk about trigger warnings, alternate perspectives on 9/11 and Bin Laden murder, American aggression, war on terror, war on drugs, Jesus Camp, brainwashing, religion and kids, programming, Christianity, moral standards, bible, no God mayhem and murder, Christianity not recipe for...
