April 2010
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“In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind”
– Louis Pasteur
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Methods and the Misleading Y Axis →
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“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.”
– John Kenneth Galbraith (via enquotations) (via howlhowl) (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
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Racism - The Consensus Delusion →
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“You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can...”
– Terry Pratchett
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“The issue is not whether people are ‘good enough’ for a particular type of...”
– Paul Goodman (via honeyhands)
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“Nevertheless, at any particular moment, the territorial organization of state...”
– David Harvey, The Limits to Capital, p 405 (via newleft)
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European tax model offers more services than... →
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“I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking,...”
– Billions and Billions, Carl Sagan (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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Baby's First Cubicle. →
Start ‘em young.
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“The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...”
– anon. (via reqbat) (via directactioniswitchcraft) (via iisabelle) (via jordanwednesday) (via shakepaper) (via skirtonfire)
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“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and...”
– Howard Zinn
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“… [I am] utterly entranced, at times, with the mere fact that there are other...”
– Joyce Carol Oates | via hermaeness (via quote-book) (via msadventures)
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Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
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“My father got sick when I was 22… and I was poor. And my father had an ulcer,...”
– CHRIS ROCK, responding to host Bill Maher asking if he ever went to the emergency room as his primary healthcare provider, on Real Time (via inothernews) (via apsies) (via amandaw) (via rakalak) (via isabelthespy) (via skirtonfire)
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was...”
– Beloved, Toni Morrison (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our...”
– Howard Zinn (via msadventures)
Love love LOVE Howard Zinn.
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HOW TO WRITE GOOD →
anarchoship:
alphabetasoup:
My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules:
Avoid alliteration. Always.
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)
Employ the vernacular.
Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.
It is wrong to ever split an...
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“To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
– Benjamin Disraeli (via anarchoship)
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“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is...”
– Noam Chomsky
. :: anarchoship :: .
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“One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as...”
– Saul Alinsky
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Politics and the English Language - George Orwell →
This should be the first reading assignment for all undergraduates in the Social Sciences/Humanities.
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“I have no particular love for the idealized “worker” as he appears in the...”
– George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia (via fuckyeahradicalquotes) (via fyeahsocialism)
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“Why, if there is anything in supply and demand, life is the cheapest thing in...”
– The Sea Wolf, Jack London (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
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“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one...”
– Clare Boothe Luce (Submitted by loveliftedme) (via quote-book) (via furchesl) (via breyman) (via librarious) (via genderconfusion)
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“There was nothing natural about laissez-faire; free markets could never have...”
– Karl Polanyi (via azspot) (via newleft) 