December 2011
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BREAKING: White House will NOT veto National... →
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White House issues statement saying it will not veto defense bill - @AP
December 14, 2011
Disturbing news, as this is the bill which would allow for indefinite detention. More details here.
Yep, the Obama administration was only going to veto in the first place because
In their current form, some of these provisions disrupt the Executive branch’s ability to enforce the law...
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An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers... →
We are the front-line workers who haul container rigs full of imported and exported goods to and from the docks and warehouses every day.
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We are inspired that a non-violent democratic movement that insists on basic economic fairness is capturing the hearts and minds of so many working people. Thank you “99 Percenters” for hearing our call for justice. We are humbled and overwhelmed by recent...
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Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday Season and a Groovy, Rocking and Rolling New Years full of delicious food, new music, and movies.
I will be away for the next month or so. I shall still check tumblr daily so if anyone wants to keep in touch either message me here or even better try the good ol email.
In the spirit of Christmas, which I would not have if it wasn’t for TSO. Here are my top...
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The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the power...
– Albert Einstein (via quixoticnarcotix)
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Listen to the squeaking of the old wooden floor To the tales of the book as the pages turn Can you hear the note slowly fading away? Or the dark in the corner and the secrets it shares? .. .. The silence tells stories words cannot arrange This voice tells me nothing it gets lost in thin air The wind carries old dreams far and away To a secluded corner, lost reflections in space .. .. The ghosts...
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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream...
– Edgar Allan Poe (via cannibalmaiden)
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Lo! ’t is a gala night
Within the lonesome latter years!
An angel throng,...
– The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe
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Que es mi barco mi tesoro,
que es mi dios la libertad,
mi ley, la fuerza y el...
– Excerpt from Cancion del Pirate (Song of the Pirate) by Spanish poet Jose de Espronceda
It does not have the same ring in English as in Spanish, but at least people can understand it better.
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Longing for discovery to be wild and forever run free
– internet
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