December 2011
48 posts
Butterball turkey farm raided after abuse claims →
The raid Thursday came after the nonprofit Mercy For Animals provided law enforcement with secretly recorded video footage that showed live turkeys being kicked, thrown, dragged by the neck and wings, and hit with some sort of stick or bar.
The video was collected during several weeks in November and December by an activist who got a job at the company’s turkey semen collection facility in...
Tumble DC 25: You know that's what they're scared... →
abaldwin360:
So, I just shared that article about how Louis CK made a million dollars in twelve days with DRM-free downloads.
Then, earlier this month, Universal had a video Megaupload owned taken off of youtube, then claimed that they couldn’t be sued for it.
I wonder how much of the…
And honestly, what good are most of these middlemen that maintain high cost and unfriendly DRM on a...
Saying ex-christians never really were true... →
friendlyatheist:
Excellent analogy…
cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug.
“At the end of the day, we are a family and that’s important. The catch is that...”
– CANDACE GINGRICH-JONES, the half-sister of Newt Gingrich and who is gay, on why she will “work really, really hard to make sure President Obama is re-elected” in 2012.
She made the remarks during last night’s Rachel Maddow Show.
(via the New York Daily News)
Cops Losing their Jobs for Criticizing the Drug... →
jonathan-cunningham:
“I was terminated not because my service was inadequate, but because I hold certain opinions that are shared by millions of my fellow Americans,” [former border patrol agent Bryan] Gonzalez is quoted as saying in an ACLU press release. “I am no less patriotic or dedicated to excellence in my work because I respectfully disagree with some of our current border enforcement...
“The Senate blocked President Obama’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial...”
– The New York Times, “Senate Republicans Block Obama’s Choice for Consumer Protection Panel.”
Of course they did. (via inothernews)
Too poor to pay taxes? Burn, useless prole. →
jonathan-cunningham:
A local family watches their home burn to the ground and just a few feet behind them, firefighters watch, too.
It’s happened multiple times before in one local community: firefighters refuse to respond because the homeowner didn’t pay a fire subscription fee.
The last time this happened, the city of South Fulton, Tennessee, received a lot of heat nationwide for this...
“The United States will begin using American foreign aid to promote gay rights...”
– The New York Times, “U.S. to Use Foreign Aid to Promote Gay Rights Abroad.”
In-fucking-credible first step. (via inothernews)
National Defense Authorization Act passed by the... →
soupsoup:
“If the president thinks you are a terrorist, let him present charges and evidence to a judge,” Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle said in a statement Friday. “He has no authority to lock you up without any judicial review, just because he and Congress believe he should have unlimited power. That is the kind of power held by tyrants in totalitarian regimes. It has no place in the...
“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules...”
– Banksy (via graphicalundertones)
wilwheaton:
“Therefore, after a lot of semi-coherent rambling, I am announcing that I’m suspending my campaign… ladies.”
“But it won’t be funny when the [housing] bubble bursts and people start going...”
– Bill Maher, 2005 - NPR (via brooklynmutt)
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“Most of the biggest Occupy Wall Street camps are gone. But their slogan still...”
– The New York Times, “Camps Are Cleared, But ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon.”
And further down in Brian Stelter’s story: “A Tumblr blog that was set up to compete with ‘We Are the 99 Percent,’ called ‘We Are the 53%,’ (referring to the estimated percentage of Americans who pay federal...