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There is nothing new under the sun. From Charles Dickens's Hard Times, 1854: Surely there never was such fragile china-ware…
From the title, I was expecting a comic about how bankruptcy laws favor the rich, getting them into a special…
I think a lot of Trump voters - not all, but a bunch - are convinced that Democrats want to…
The odd thing, given that Trump voters often appear to be pure ego, is that I can't imagine what they…
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Author Archives: unusualmusic
Food sovereignty Part 1: Land Grabs Rich vs Poor
This is just the week for me to be pissed off at the world, apparently.
The Great Land Grab PDF
Farm Land Grab One of the best resources, but is having bandwidth troubles.
GRAIN statement at the joint GRAIN-La Via Campesina media briefing
For over a year a half now, we have been watching carefully how investors are trying […]
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The “myth of thanksgiving” linkspam
Thanksgiving is on us.
Wednesday Addams
So, I thought a post would be cool.
(Earlier video was replaced due to well-argued objection)
delux_vivens linked me to Deconstructing the Myth of Thanksgiving
Myth #1: “The First Thanksgiving” occurred in 1621.
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Fact: No one knows when the “first” thanksgiving occurred. People have been giving thanks for as long as people have existed. […]
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Conservation Refugees and other perils facing indigenous people and their environments…from environmentalists as well as the usual suspects.
Internets? I am so fucking angry right now. Why? I saw this two days ago: Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs. and I’m thinking what the everloving fuck????? Then I am meandering about on Daily Kos and I see a book review for Conservation Refugees: […]
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Linkspam Hollywood FAIL edition
Is there ever a time when Hollywood is not FAILing? First up, What these people need is a honky syndrome goes off planet in:
James Cameron’s Avatar
Lawd ha’ mercy internets. Lord ha mercy. Because Hollywood sure as hell won’t. You know, a lot of those bullshit tropes that show up in movies like this […]
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Linkspam on the Weekend: Posts rattling around in my head edition.
Does teen literature exaggerate the mean girl phenomena too much?
Neesha Meminger: “This is a question I’ve often pondered myself. I think my main concern with the “mean girls” phenomenon is that they focus on inter-personal dynamics without also looking at the larger, social,
economic, and political constructs within which we all function. In the case […]
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American Women Athletes Part Five: At the Movies
EDIT: So I deleted this cause I was having trouble cutting the post, saw nojojojo and decided to leave it deleted, but it got crossposted anyway. Whoops.
Have a midweek linkspam. (Alas a blog? This post is video heavy)
I went to see Whip It a few weeks ago. It was absolutely wonderful! The Roller Derby scenes […]
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American Women Athletes Part Five: At the movies
Have a midweek linkspam. (Alas a blog? This post is video heavy)
I went to see Whip It a few weeks ago. It was absolutely wonderful! The Roller Derby scenes in particular left me cheering and full of adrenaline, and the fact that the movie made the love story a secondary plot and focused on her […]
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Dont dress up like what you think is a Jamaican this Halloween
Or an Indian, Chinese, Native America, Mexican …
There’s another post on my fl list that says it eloquently but its locked. However, I found another blog that breaks down the sentiments quite nicely. My identity is NOT a costume for you to wear! (The Native American via Ancient Eygpt costume is in a class by […]
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Taser Nation
Lets talk Tasers
Taser advice: Don’t aim at target’s chest You don’t say?
44 Tasing related Death in the United States since the beginning of this year
Here’s a list of blogs that are keeping up with the latest incidents involving police being assholes with tasers. Click on, scroll down, and if you are aware of any that […]
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Feature Blog: FWD/Forward (feminists with disabilities for a way forward)
There was a blowup in the feminist blogosphere recently on the lack of intersectional recognition and dealing with disability. I’ve have not been following it as well as I should have, but one of the posts I read mentioned FWD/Forward In it’s About section, the contributors explain their mission:
FWD/Forward is a group blog […]
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...raise taxes on all red states to pay for free healthcare for undocumented immigrants. I don't know, that last one…