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The Greatest Songs Ever Recorded
Episode 5 [Mother’s Day Edition]
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The Greatest Songs Ever Recorded
(Holiday Edition)
Episode 2
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Genetics & Politics: John Derbyshire Absolutely Loses It; Writes Batshit Crazy Racist Article With "Sources"
I’m still reeling from this jaw-dropping screed, and having trouble believing that this isn’t satire. Forgive my candor, but this is some of the most racist bullshit I’ve ever seen in my life. And to think that this is a list of things that he tells his children….
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Part Two:
This is Joe Horn’s 911 call:
http://youtu.be/LLtKCC7z0yc
I hadn’t heard of this case until it was mentioned on MSNBC’s “Up w/ Chris Hayes” (which is a great program, by the way) this weekend. They were discussing “Stand Your Ground” laws in relation to the Trayvon Martin shooting. The state of Texas has a law similar to Florida’s, and apparently, many other states that also allow the concealed carrying of firearms. Joe Horn made that 911 call on November 14, 2007 to report a burglary at his neighbor’s house. His neighbor was not at home. When the two men who had broken into the home emerged with a bag (filled with jewelery and cash), Joe Horn ignored the repeated pleas of the 911 dispatcher, grabbed his shotgun, and went outside to confront them. He shot them both in the back, killing them. Some people call Joe Horn a hero. He is not a hero. He is not the champion of justice that he imagined himself to be while talking to the dispatcher. He is a killer. He walked out of his home with a lethal weapon intending to kill two men who were not threatening his life or his property (as if property would even be worth someone’s life). He shot them as they tried to run away.
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I don’t know anything about “The Hunger Games.” I haven’t seen the movie; I’ve never read the books. In fact, I didn’t know any of those existed until a week ago. I have made no emotional investment in its story; I have formed no fictional bond with its characters. However I, like anyone else, have read words on a page and found delight in the images they form when a story takes residence in the mind. I have even sometimes placed myself into a story–or someone I know. A novel consumed comes alive in the reader in ways that cannot be foretold by a text inert in its tome. So I understand the disconnect that can result when a book is adapted for film and the casting choices come to fruition on the screen.
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‘Since 1980, average tuition for a 4-year college education has increased an astounding 827%. Since 1999, average student loan debt has increased by a shameful 511%’. In 2012, total outstanding student loan debt is expected to exceed $1 Trillion. There has to be a better way .. source
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Robert Reich: If You Took the Greed Out of Wall Street, All You'd Have Left Is Pavement: Why Greg Smith's Critique is Way Too Narrow
Greg Smith, a Goldman Sachs vice president, resigned his post Wednesday with a stinging public rebuke of the firm on the oped page of the New York Times — accusing it of no longer putting its clients before its own pecuniary goals.
But if Mr. Smith believes his experience at Goldman is…
