March 2012
sharquaouia:
I don’t know why I’m sharing this, but I want to share my anger with others
Did anyone catch a glimpse of Friedman’s recent load of shit at the NY Times?
It starts off like this:
In medieval times, areas known to be dangerous or uncharted were often labeled on maps with the warning: “Beware, here be dragons.” That is surely how mapmakers would be labeling the...
February 2012
[North Korea and USA reached the agreement over... →
akio:
This deal is the first major international act of the new North Korean leader. But how much the agreement bears his personal stamp is unclear.
The air in Seoul was thick with rumours at the end of last year, about a deal which offered concessions on North Korea’s nuclear programme in return for American food aid.
That was just before the former leader, Kim Jong-il, died - and contacts...
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College strategy:
Sleep v. Eat
Pick one.
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Close friends/best friends
funktron:
Am I the only one who doesn’t have a best friend or any close friends? I feel like all of my friends back home are just acquaintances that I know a little bit more than average about but would not really affect me in any way if I never heard from them again. Maybe because I have gone for the most part for two years and never come home(nobody ever wants to do anything anyway).
I feel...
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Privatization, but not really.
Its interesting to see how privatization plays out in developing countries. It often ends up being something along the lines of a government sector owning an industry to generate additional revenue. What’s better is that countries with these policies have been on a rapid economic decline for at least thirty years now.
Its not particular surprising to me that people who have studied the...
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North Korea allows weapons inspectors and puts a... →
good-gollymissmolly:
The United States announced a major diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea Wednesday.
Under an agreement reached in direct talks in Beijing last week, North Korea has agreed to allow the return of nuclear inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, and has agreed to implement a moratorium on long-range missile tests, nuclear tests, and nuclear activities at...
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akio:
roxygen:
akio replied to your post: For those of you that drink:
I mentioned “White People” today once - for that incompetent director of Fukushima documentary. Some white people are still given big margin for errors and low-grade dubious performance. Despite white incompetence, we haven’t died out. So, yeah.
Akio, you have a world view that I will never trivialize with a...
For those of you that drink:
akio:
roxygen:
Let me forward you the blogs I follow.
Every time someone mentions “white people” in a post today, take a shot.
I am not liable in the guaranteed instance of your death.
But - some white people being really really - spoiled. Allowed to - have easier access to privileged levels, committing/making errors but not severely checked etc. Those are truth. In workplace, in...
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akio replied to your post: For those of you that drink:
I mentioned “White People” today once - for that incompetent director of Fukushima documentary. Some white people are still given big margin for errors and low-grade dubious performance. Despite white incompetence, we haven’t died out. So, yeah.
Akio, you have a world view that I will never trivialize with a hypothetical drinking game.
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For those of you that drink:
Let me forward you the blogs I follow.
Every time someone mentions “white people” in a post today, take a shot.
I am not liable in the guaranteed instance of your death.
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ashelf replied to your post: I wish the archive feature actually “archived.”
roxygen.tumblr.com/post…
Graciasssss.
excroosemoose:
TMI tuesday?
Screw consonance.
There should be an alliterative ask day.
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The thing that bothers me about Santorum has...
Its that people have made him politically relevant through staw polls, primaries et cetera.
Rick Santorum is an extremist. He is also an authoritarian-leaning individual who masquerades as a politician concerned about the scope of government [which is laughable].
I cannot believe that any American with any appreciation for the Constitution and the spirit of the law would support his agenda....
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Gordon Warren Epperly, Alaska Man, Says Obama Is...
I can’t believe this is real: A new lawsuit filed by an Alaska man aims to remove President Barack Obama from the state’s ballot, arguing that Obama is not a “natural born citizen” because he is African-American.
The complaint, filed last week by Juneau resident Gordon Warren Epperly, reads:
As stated above, for an Individual to be a candidate for the office of president...
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Great.
So my spring break will consist of me leaving from the DC area and going down to Pinehurst, NC with my friend and meeting my father there, then driving back up to Pittsburgh, PA the next day so that I can spend less than a week at home.
I think I will be spending about 20 hours on the road in less than 48.
Genius.
I’m tempted to take a raincheck on going home. However, that...
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majazi replied to your post: I wish the archive feature actually “archived.”
search your tags?
It doesn’t work on mine. :/ Only a select amount come up and I’m pretty anal about adding appropriate tags for reference unless I’m screwing around.
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anarchei replied to your post: I wish the archive feature actually “archived.”
The archive feature, along with search and post ordering, needs to be redone. They are next to useless.
Absolutely. Its a shame because there are many times where I would love to revisit an old post or offer a link in reference and I cannot. Its a complete waste. It should be a basic and functional...
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I wish the archive feature actually "archived."
I wanted to dig up an old post I made on Woodstock being a cultural appropriation nightmare along with the phenomenon of hippies in Morocco and this ingenious feature can only pull up 8 posts I have ever reblogged [and not posted] in regards to Morocco.
Eight.
lawl.
“Detachment from worldly desires is not that you should own nothing, but that...”
– Imam Ali (a.s)
Anonymous asked: Yes, you do follow me! :)
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sevdaverdana replied to your photo: Uh, sir, could you use any more gold?
I think his face needs some.
Its about the only base that isn’t covered here, yes. :)
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seinedoll replied to your post: This is incredibly pedantic, but here’s some food for thought: in your reply to matryoshka, you said, “I don’t agree with Paul on everything - i.e. not voting on certain issues.” The abbreviation “i.e.” stands for id est, which is Latin for “that is.” Thus, what you said was “I don’t agree with Paul on everything - that is not voting on certain issues.” You...
Anonymous asked: This is incredibly pedantic, but here's some food for thought: in your reply to matryoshka, you said, "I don’t agree with Paul on everything - i.e. not voting on certain issues." The abbreviation "i.e." stands for id est, which is Latin for "that is." Thus, what you said was "I don’t agree with Paul on everything - that is not voting on certain...
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To me insanity looks like:
An apartment of a 1970s American divorcee living in New England. There are wilting spider plants, about five un-emptied glass ashtrays, yellow shag carpet, misshapen and poorly glazed pottery and a still life of fruit that has been in the works for five years. There is probably lots of macrame as well.
The whole place smells like stale tobacco and the formerly white, vertical blinds have...
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matryoshhka:
I think we both agree that much Arab-American support for Ron Paul is premised on an inaccurate understanding of his platform and a myopic focus on his policy with regards to Israel. But just a few additional comments I would make:
I think his not voting on decisive matters—particularly ones that he perceives to have very real moral dimensions—is irresponsible. It is not an...
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seinedoll replied to your post: I don’t know if this is just my family…
It’s funny that in Morocco you tend to be more noticeable if wear black.
Haha this is true.
