August 2011
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Dorms across the country go gender neutral →
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Locked Up and Left Behind: Hurricane Irene and the... →
dontburnthewitchburntherich:
“We are not evacuating Rikers Island,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news conference this afternoon. Bloomberg annouced a host of extreme measures being taken by New York City in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, including a shutdown of the public transit system and the unprecedented mandatory evacuation of some 250,000 people from low-lying...
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Don’t look away from Kashmir’s mass graves and... →
wavesfadingwords:
Once known for its extraordinary beauty, the valley of Kashmir now hosts the biggest, bloodiest and also the most obscure military occupation in the world. With more than 80,000 people dead in an anti-India insurgency backed by Pakistan, the killings fields of Kashmir dwarf those of Palestine and Tibet.
In addition to the everyday regime of arbitrary arrests, curfews,...
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PETA is making a porn site →
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sparksummit:
“We live in a 24 hour news cycle world and we learn the racy things we do are sometimes the most effective way that we can reach particular individuals,” said PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt.
Instead of focusing on anti-fur, the porn site will raise awareness of veganism, said...
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(TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE) COSMOPOLITAN: A New Kind... →
phoetiquette:
FUCK YOU COSMO.
First of all, this kind of assault is NOT a new thing being caused by changing gender roles and sexually liberated women. HOW did you guys come to that arbitrary conclusion? This has ALWAYS happened, but it used to be (and still is) looked at as typical and OK.
And “Grey Rape”?? This should NOT even be a term. This is rape. Anytime someone DOES NOT WANT IT it is...
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OBAMA APPOINTS MONSANTO'S VICE PRESIDENT AS SENIOR... →
anti-propaganda:
Folks, it just keeps getting more insane. Michael Taylor was just appointed senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. This is the same man that was in charge of FDA policy when GMO’s were allowed into the US food supply without undergoing a single test to determine their safety. He “had been Monsanto’s attorney before becoming policy chief at the FDA [and then] he...
