decides to reform

The Dandy Warhols- We Used to Be Friends This song has been...

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:59:42 -0500

The Dandy Warhols- We Used to Be Friends

This song has been stuck in my head for DAYS and DAYS.

(Music Video) (via oizephyr14)

How much is $700bn?

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:52:00 -0500

The arguments for a bailout to avoid systemic collapse are of course genuine and persuasive, but so are the arguments for aid and against standing by and allowing a child to die every 3 seconds, or a woman to die in childbirth every minute. To put the proposed Wall Street bailout into perspective. $700bn:

· Would clear the accumulated debt of the 49 poorest countries in the world ($375bn) twice over

· Is almost 5 times the annual amount of extra aid needed to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals on poverty, health, education etc ($150bn a year)

· Is about 7 years of current global aid levels ($104bn in 2007)

· Is enough to eradicate all world poverty for over two years (UNDP calculates it would take $300bn to get the entire world population over the $1 a day poverty line).

On the other hand it’s

· only a quarter of the cost of the Iraq war ($3 trillion on Joseph Stiglitz’ calculation )

· a half of annual global military spending ($1339 bn)

Priorities, priorities

"Last month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to..."

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:34:00 -0500

“

Last month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women’s rights and women’s health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it’s a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable.

Laws that have been on the books for some 30 years already allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception.

”

- Blocking Care for Women - Hillary Rodham Clinton

California Academy of Sciences beautiful

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:52:12 -0500

California Academy of Sciences

beautiful

I can see Russia from my house!

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:21:00 -0500

I can see Russia from my house!

"Though admittedly far-fetched, one sexy idea is that the LHC may find extra dimensions of..."

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0500

“Though admittedly far-fetched, one sexy idea is that the LHC may find extra dimensions of space/time.”

- National Geographic - Large Hadron Collider to Have “Practical” Spin-Offs?

Sexy? Really?

"If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our..."

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:20:36 -0500

“If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies. ~ Elmer Rice”

- Already Pretty: Cheeseburger Justification Quote (via bitsbobbins)

Photo

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:09:35 -0500

"What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is..."

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:08:12 -0500

“What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.”

- Willa Cather

MUPPETS! Stars & Stripes FOREVER! (via patrioticeagle)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:42:41 -0500

MUPPETS!

Stars & Stripes FOREVER!

(via patrioticeagle)

Family planning groups object to abortion plan

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:12 -0500

Family planning groups object to abortion plan: Birth control pills equals abortion? People are absurd.

send.a.message

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:24:04 -0500

send.a.message

"This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts..."

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:12:09 -0500

“This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt, I think. Then you have the pants under the skirt and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants underneath the skirt. And you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape. So I think this is the best costume for today.”

- Little Edie

Grey Gardens

These are fun and belong in my house.

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:48:08 -0500

These are fun and belong in my house.

sam weber

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:21:00 -0500

sam weber

Meteorites Brought DNA "Ancestors" to Earth, Study Says

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:02:56 -0500

Meteorites Brought DNA "Ancestors" to Earth, Study Says: We are flying space monkeys!

shoes

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:13:00 -0500

shoes

The Kills - The Good Ones my fun time summer band for now

Sat, 31 May 2008 12:36:04 -0500

The Kills - The Good Ones

my fun time summer band for now

wanting the bird

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:16:00 -0500

wanting the bird

Best tea towel ever from etsy seller showpony.

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:04:00 -0500

Best tea towel ever from etsy seller showpony.