December 2011
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“Thelma Mitchell cleaned this governor’s office for his entire term. She has been...”
– Longtime state employee may be blocked from voting (via pantslessprogressive)
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Christmas Logic
Me: you ate mac and cheese??
R: with lobster in it
R: lobster cancels out the dairy
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Voting Law Changes in 2012 →
The Brennan Center for Justice published a great report back in October analyzing recent changes in state voting laws, like the voter ID law South Carolina tried to enact.
State governments across the country enacted an array of new laws making it harder to register or to vote. Some states require voters to show government-issued photo identification, often of a type that as many as one in ten...
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The Justice Department just laid the smack down on... →
shortformblog:
Voter ID laws tend to have a chilling effect on low-income and minority voters in particular. South Carolina has to go through the Justice Department for approval on laws related to voters because they’ve done a poor job in the past of protecting the rights of black voters.
In one of my classes back in college, we had a discussion after the 2008 elections on whether or not the...
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Top Ten DC Restaurant Openings of 2011 →
mylifetransit:
A couple of my favorites are on here.
The only restaurant on the list that I’ve been to is Shake Shack. Incredibly disappointed in myself. Pearl Dive and Graffiato are at the top of my to do list when I get back from the holidays.
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure...”
– William Gibson (via huggle)
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"In an email statement regarding the death of... →
motherjones:
Your “Yes, really” of the day.
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“…a shy skier who wore very expensive tennis shoes and enjoyed movies featuring...”
– former classmates of Kim Jong Eun, describing the son and successor of the recently deceased Kim Jong Il. [Read our memo to Trey Parker and Matt Stone re: Eun and his ready-for-primetimeness.] (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“This was primarily a U.S. event and we wanted to make sure the Western media was...”
– U.S. military spokesman Col. Barry Johnson, explaining why Iraqi media weren’t invited to the U.S.’s Iraq withdrawal ceremony. (via officialssay)
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“Just purchased remaining spots for #allamericanmuslim for next week. The show is...”
– Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons • Revealing (via Twitter) that he had purchased the spaces that Lowe’s had vacated when they backed down to pressure over their advertising on the TLC reality program “All-American Muslim.” According to his rep, he bought two spots, but hasn’t decided what to put in...
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Why Immigration is a Feminist Issue →
Thanks to pressure from women’s groups, federal immigration law actually includes exceptions for victims of violence, provided there’s “credible evidence,” typically a police report. But when laws like HB 87 deter women from calling authorities, there’s often no such record…
Even Georgia’s domestic violence shelters are reluctant to take immigrants for fear that they will lose funding or...
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The xx - “VCR (Four Tet Remix)”
Music...
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“Put simply, we’re supposed to know what we’re talking about. And when we don’t,...”
– AZspot: Gingrich is just a pseudo-historian