November 2011
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October 2011
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“You’re blowing it with Fox News. The axis today is not liberal and conservative,...”
– STEVE JOBS, to News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, as quoted by biographer Walter Isaacson.
If Steve Jobs can’t convince Rupert of that, then no one can.
(via Mediabistro)
That’s a very interesting perspective on the dichotomy. Most of the stuff we argue against here is not that Conservatives are...
“On the day he unveiled the Macintosh, a reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs...”
– Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (via maxistentialist)
“Maybe you should go ask Osama Bin Laden if he thought he was prepared.”
– David Axelrod, on Morning Joe, pushing back against the charge Barack Obama was ill prepared to be president. (via liberalsarecool)
Jessica Valenti: Mitt Romney to woman with a... →
jessicavalenti:
I’ve noticed that some blogs and publications have taken notice of a particular section from this New York Times piece on Mitt Romney and abortion:
Mormons oppose abortion, except in extreme cases like rape, incest or where the life of the woman is in danger — and require that church elders…
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Paying Attention: TEA PARTIERS vs. 99%ers →
arewepayingattention:
How to compare and contrast America’s two “populist” movements — the Tea Party movement vs. the Occupy Wall Street/We are the 99%ers movement…
- Both are angry at Wall Street bailouts, American plutocracy, and our whorish two-party system.
- One blames the poor, immigrants,…
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“It is not the job of the protesters to draft legislation. That’s the job of the...”
– Lo and behold, after weeks of terrible Occupy Wall Street coverage, The NY Times publishes a strong, clear, and well-reasoned editorial expressing wholehearted support for the movement. (via wespeakfortheearth)
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