The conservative movement is exceptionally good at propaganda-sloganeering, message discipline, unending repetition, and coordinated attack. But for anyone who likes to consider herself an intellectual, propaganda is inherently uncomfortable. A movement which is increasingly defined by propaganda and unmoored from reality will eventually drive the intellectuals out. And when they leave, the fresh air seems to taste pretty good.
The states fighting for freedom and against Citizen's United v. FEC
The states who filed the brief in support of Montana are New York, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
his despite the fact that they’re remarkably humanoid; when we finally remove the helmet from one alien’s spacesuit, he turns out to look alarmingly like James Carville.
We’re drawn to the “great man” theory of history. When Reagan died in 2004, it was said that he’d won the Cold War. And it’s not just presidents. When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, it was said that he’d won the Cold War. There was apparently a period during 2004 and 2005 in which, if you died, it was assumed that you won the Cold War.
—The Atlantic
(Source: The Atlantic)
[PLEASE REBLOG!] Bloomberg to cut homeless LGBT youth services by $7 million, eliminate 160 youth beds
I am currently homeless in NYC and my bed is provided for by the Ali Forney Center. If Mayor Bloomberg’s budget goes through, there is a good chance that I will end up back on the street or into a shelter where I’m likely to face constant harassment and probably violence. (That is not a hypothetical, I know a lot of people who have been attacked in city shelters.)
If you have a problem with a billionaire like Michael Bloomberg forcing LGBT youth like me out of safe shelters and onto the street, you can let him know here.
If you want to donate to or volunteer at AFC and help homeless LGBT youth, you can do so here.
Don’t let New York City’s billionaire mayor get a way with this. I will provide details on the planned protests of Bloomberg’s budget by AFC as I get then.
(via occupy-my-blog)
At the office I find a crane. (Taken with instagram)
The line at Starbucks in Dupont Circle (Taken with instagram)
When the history books are written about Goldman Sachs, they may reflect that the current chief executive officer, Lloyd C. Blankfein, and the president, Gary D. Cohn, lost hold of the firm’s culture on their watch. I truly believe that this decline in the firm’s moral fiber represents the single most serious threat to its long-run survival.
This has been making the rounds (h/t @rnerd). What’s your reason?
