May 2011
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...”
– Douglas Adams (via britishcomedy)
May 22nd
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May 21st
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“The Socialist movement has not time to be a league of dialectic materialists; it...”
– George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier (via middleclasscommunist) Re-posting this because I like this quote.
May 21st
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“From this ignorance a superstitious fear of the mob results quite naturally. The...”
– George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
May 21st
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“The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and...”
– George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
May 21st
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“A beggar, looked at realistically, is simply a businessman, getting his living,...”
– George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
May 21st
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May 21st
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“In practice nobody cares whether work is useful or useless, productive or...”
– George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
May 21st
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“We have a vague feeling that it must be ‘honest’ work, because it is...”
– George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
May 21st
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Finally getting 'round to posting some of my...
May 21st
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May 21st
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Sometimes when I can't work out a word for...
I think I expect people to understand what I mean. But no matter how much I wish it “torpedoes” will never be a good replacement for “praise”. Yes, this just happened. Yes, this is (partly) why I don’t talk to people in situations where I can’t spend ages thinking of what to say. (Which, incidentally, is why, if you ever ask me something and after days or...
May 18th
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Left of Field: Just be revolutionary. →
amodernmanifesto: In everything you do. Hate oppression and injustice with every breath you take. Fight poverty and environmental genocide with every bite of food, and when you go to work in the morning. Think for yourself and use logic and reason, when you are watching television or on the internet. Don’t be a sheep. Don’t follow the crowd. Live outside of your comfort zone. March for...
May 17th
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Obama a “Socialist”? I Wish!  →
amodernmanifesto: rebeccam: highsee:fleetfootedfox:thesheeportheshepherd:feistyfeminist:carsonsuggs: I got an e-mail from a group called 21st Century Democrats, bemoaning the fact that a recent poll shows that 55% of likely voters said that the word “socialist” describes Obama and his policies. The 21st Century Democrats said, “You and I know [that] is not the case.” I only wish it...
May 17th
What?
I’m fairly sure one of my followers just sent me an ask describing everything they think to be wrong with communism. Maybe I’m misinterpreting this, but why on earth are they following me?
May 16th
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May 16th
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I'm tired of the "if we ban guns, it will only...
Because it’s not like restricting the sale of arms will make them any harder to get hold of or anything. /sarcasm
May 16th
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May 15th
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A Little Note About the Politics Tag on Tumblr
depressingfacts: According to tumblr, anything not related to or regarding the US, can never be called/classified as politics. Only the US has politics while the other countries have…discussions. 
May 15th
“For nine years I wrote and I said that Osama bin Laden was not hiding in a cave....”
– Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama Bin Laden - Michael Moore. (via depressingfacts)
May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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May 12th
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der-weltschmerz asked: I appreciate your views on a lot of things, but your views on the Iraq War are extremely slanted and disingenuous. I'm certainly no proponent of the War, and never have been, but your views are based on simplistic, biased ideas and data purposely presented in a deceiving way.
May 4th
May 3rd
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For 10 years, Osama bin Laden filled a gap left by... →
From the outset, the reporting of the Islamist terror threat was distorted to reflect this dominant simplified narrative. […] All three – the neoconservatives, the “terror journalists”, and Bin Laden himself – effectively worked together to create a dramatically simple story of looming apocalypse. It wasn’t in any way a conspiracy. Each of them had stumbled in their...
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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The Scottish Election's Coming Up
I doubt many of the people reading this will be in Scotland, so I’ll try and keep it short. You are not voting Conservative, and we are not having a Tory government. Firstly, because we’re Scotland. We don’t do that. Secondly, because the Tory platform is, according to Wikipedia: A council tax freeze during the period 2012-2013. Re-introduce prescription charges at 2009...
May 3rd
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Everyone mistakes me for my brother on the phone....
I’m not complaining though…
May 3rd
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"Adult Autism Study Casts Doubt on Incidence Rise"... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith: The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among British adults in a population-based survey was about 1%, researchers said closely matching rates seen recently among British and U.S. children, but contradicting suggestions that the incidence has risen dramatically over time. Suck it, Jenny McCarthy. [See also: “‘Autism epidemic’ challenged by UK...
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 1st
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Cook County Jail to Separate Inmates By Gender... →
TRIGGER WARNING: Transphobia, Rape magneticsoul: middleclasscommunist: TRIGGER WARNING: Transphobia, Rape magneticsoul: jessicavalenti: “Last month, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart implemented a comprehensive policy to separate inmates at Cook County Jail by gender identity, rather than birth sex. It’s believed the policy is the first of its kind in the country.” Male Rapist: “I I-dentity...
May 1st
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