April 2012
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“Somehow, firing people with jobs became the Republican strategy for job...”
– John Atcheson (via azspot)
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More Rainfall Needed to Avoid Dry Summer
This seems strange when the Shawsheen river looks full and like it has yet to crest, but there you have it.I’m thinking of the Lorax today. Subject: More Rainfall Needed to Avoid Dry Summer Date: April 24, 2012 6:00:00 AM EDT Fire Chief Michael Mansfield said the recent rainfall has certainly made fire conditions safer but several more inches are needed before this rainfall dries up in order...
listening to Santana. "I Don't Want to Know" →
“I don’t want to know ‘bout evil, I only want to know ‘bout love.”
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Flood Watch Issued for Andover
Subject: Flood Watch Issued for Andover Date: April 23, 2012 5:40:00 AM EDT The fire chief, among many others, has been been saying we need more rain, and it looks like we’re getting just that.The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for much of New England including Andover. As much as three inches of new rainfall may accumulate from the preciptation on Sunday night to...
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The Anatomy of Joy with Dr. Brené Brown on...
The Anatomy of Joy Live from the Women & Happiness Conference at Omega NYC, Dr. Brené Brown will deliver her 90-minute keynote address on “The Anatomy of Joy,” featuring an introduction by Elizabeth Lesser. By exploring the relationship between joy and gratitude, Dr. Brown will guide you through the process of navigating your feelings of...
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“It was really an effort to build databases of where Muslims live, eat, work,...”
– There are no words to capture the hubris and flagrant disregard for the Constitution, and decency that this represents. But we’ll try…
On Wednesday’s Fresh Air, AP reporter Matt Apuzzo joins Terry Gross for a conversation about his Pulitzer Prize-winning series, which revealed that the...
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“Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes...”
– Of course nonviolence succeeded in India because the British were so civilized, right?
Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes | The Raw Story
Read the rest at the link. It’s really worth it.
(via redlightpolitics)
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Liberals Are Cool: Romney: The Pattern Of Lies... →
Er, uh, Mitt… you kinda dropped a digit there.
Mitt Romney told CNBC that there’s precedent for presidential candidates releasing just two years of tax returns. Said Romney: “Well, we’ve had people run for president before, and they’ve released two years. John Kerry released two years of taxes… I’ve released one already, put the…
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I was haunted by this old chestnut on the radio...
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What We Do
Just like the old days. I’m an alum (‘84) of MC, and was active on such issues back then. I was there when Cornerstone was named (1980). It’s so cool to see the traditions carried on.
mcjustpeace:
Just Peace is a social action group here at Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY working towards peace and justice in our world. We are passionate about a wide array of issues...
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“And the nectar of life never left my...
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“Governor Romney calls the President out of touch. Hey, how many of y’all have a...”
– VP Biden in New Hampshire today (via barackobama)
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Occupational hazards.
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I’m liking this song today “because of...
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staff:
Listen to this! We just teamed up...
listening to " →
A friend just returned from Italy & prompted recollection of this song. “Oh wow man if I knew then what I know now” http://bit.ly/mspompei
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Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To... →
leftish:
VIA OurFuture.org
Here are eight of the biggest myths that are out there:
1) President Obama tripled the deficit. Reality: Bush’s last budget had a $1.416 trillion deficit. Obama’s first budgetreduced that to $1.29 trillion.
2) President Obama raised taxes, which hurt the economy. Reality: Obama cut taxes. 40% of the “stimulus” was wasted on tax cuts which only create debt, which is...
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Robert Reich: The Fable of the Century →
The Robert Reich post of the year. (Ok, the year is still young, but it’s a good one.)
robertreich:
Imagine a country in which the very richest people get all the economic gains. They eventually accumulate so much of the nation’s total income and wealth that the middle class no longer has the purchasing power to keep the economy going full speed. Most of the middle class’s wages keep...
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Harvard graduate Mitt Romney slams Obama for... →
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Robert Reich: The Choice in 2012: Social Darwinism... →
robertreich:
The returns aren’t all in yet on today’s Republican primaries but President Obama didn’t wait. He kicked off his 2012 campaign against Mitt Romney with a hard-hitting speech centered on the House Republicans’ budget plan – which Romney has enthusiastically endorsed.
That plan, by the way, is the…
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“There are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully,...”
– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windmere’s Fan (via itsfromabook)
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“WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote
The droghte of Marche hath perced to...”
– 1. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Lines 1-200. Geoffrey Chaucer. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics 