January 2012
December 2011
In the US, 3.5 million are homeless while 18.5... →
leftcollection:
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
“In the last few days, the U.S. government census figures have revealed that 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty or are struggling to live on low incomes. And we know that the financial hardships faced by our neighbors, colleagues, and others in our communities will be all the more acutely felt over the holiday season.
Along with poverty and low...
#Commodity Prices — December 30th 2011 →
fertilizermarkets:
Latest commodity prices (ICE, NYMEX, CME) as of 21:56 GMT:
Oil (Brent) — $107.76 Gold — $1,577.50 Silver — $28.67 Palladium — $658.50 Platinum — $1,398.00 Copper — $343.15 Aluminum — $104.90 Cocoa — $2,106.00 Sugar — $23.26 Corn — $643.00 Soybean — $1,201.50
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and...”
– Ryan Gosling, in a letter protesting the NC-17 rating of ‘Blue Valentine’. The rating was based on one consensual sex scene, in which he performs cunnilingus on Michelle Williams. (via agarfields)
I love this man. I really do.
(via feministhistorian)
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via misswallflower)
“Employee rights are said to be valid when employers pressure employees into...”
– Ron Paul, Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200-Plus Years (1987), pg. 16
Are you getting sexually harassed at work? That’s your problem. Quit.
Is Ron Paul done yet?
(via mohandasgandhi)
I like that part where he says coercion is evil and shit and then turns around and says this...
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it...”
– Thomas Jefferson
Rather than waste money trying to ban abortion,...
femmewave:
Adopt a child.
Fund contraception.
Support free healthcare.
Donate to charities that work to eradicate childhood diseases.
Donate to Amnesty International, so they can get innocent people off Death Row.
Donate your time to working with the hungry / homeless.
Knit blankets for *wanted* preemie babies.
Support people who miscarry. They might actually need it.
Fight domestic...
