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Monday, 22 October 2012
quote [ "He works overnight at the post office, comes home, paints a little bit, takes a nap and then does it all over again. He survives on two to three hours of sleep. Eats a sandwich on his break at the post office. He gets a 30-minute break, and then he goes back to sorting mail." ]
Simply a remarkable story of a great and humble artist.
[art] [by sanepride@7:38pmGMT] [+10 Interesting] [20 comments] |
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
quote [ “We are the party that believes we can’t let the strong kick aside the weak,” Mr. McGovern wrote. “Our party believes that poor children should be as well educated as those from wealthy families. We believe that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes and that everyone should have access to health care.” ]
He was perhaps the last presidential contender to proudly call himself a 'Liberal', and one of our last honest, untainted politicians.
[politics] [by sanepride@3:13pmGMT] [+10 Informative] [26 comments] |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012
quote [ Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom "Webster" and famously punched a horse in the 1974 comedy "Blazing Saddles," died Wednesday. He was 77. ]
He was a hulking terror on the field and a natural comedian on the screen.
Mongo like candy. [by sanepride@3:48pmGMT] [+10 Informative] [13 comments] |
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012
quote [ the most remarkable part of Krause's back catalog of nature's orchestra is that that around 50% comes from now silent or extinct habitats. ]
Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause has spent a lifetime recording a rapidly vanishing world.
[sci&tech] [by sanepride@3:48amGMT] [+8 Original] [1 comment] |
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
quote [ It turns out that immigrants from Muslim-majority countries are among the least angry people in societies. Their satisfaction with not only the life around them in the West but with the institutions, that is the secular institutions of the state and the law and so on, is actually much higher in many cases than among non-Muslims ]
Actual research indicates that all of the assumptions of Islamophobes are false. Go figure. Yep, I stole erich's thumb, and pulled out a plum.
[politics] [by sanepride@9:39pmGMT] [+8 Informative] [131 comments] |
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Tuesday, 11 September 2012
quote [ Your vitriolic hatred and bigotry make me ashamed and disgusted to think that you are in any way responsible for shaping policy at any level. ]
...to MD delegate Emmett Burns, on his attempt to silence Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo's support of marriage equality.
Background in extended... [politics] [by sanepride@2:28amGMT] [+10 Good] [46 comments] |
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Sunday, 2 September 2012
quote [ “God is living in me and I am the incarnation of himself,” he said, according to sermon excerpts printed in Time magazine in 1976. “The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.” ]
[by sanepride@9:12pmGMT] [+10] [25 comments] |
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Thursday, 23 August 2012
quote [ I hump other dogs' faces ]
Experts claim that dogs are incapable of actually feeling guilt.
[humour] [by sanepride@4:23pmGMT] [+10 Funny] [115 comments] Post marked SFW, but some of these dogs have been very naughty. |
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Thursday, 16 August 2012
quote [ Mr Assange took refuge at the embassy in June to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning over assault and rape claims, which he denies. ]
There is some irony in his now depending on the kind of diplomatic machinations that Wikileaks famously exposed.
[politics] [by sanepride@4:31pmGMT] [+10 Good] [92 comments] |
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Monday, 6 August 2012
quote [ Because of their customary beards and turbans, Sikh men are often confused for Hindus or Muslims -- and have been the targets of hate crimes since the September 11, 2001, attacks ]
Seven dead, including the shooter.
[by sanepride@2:01amGMT] [+10 WTF] [79 comments] |
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