May 2012
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at work...
colleague A: It's somewhat inaccurate for people to call us "public defenders" don't you think?
colleague B: I guess... I consider myself a public prosecutor. I prosecute violators of the Constitution. *shrug*
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Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman responded with a... →
… He said the majority decision that the company has “every right to fire its compliance officer, simply for doing his job, flies in the face of what we have learned from the [Bernard] Madoff debacle, runs counter to the letter and spirit of this Court’s precedent, and facilitates the perpetration of frauds on the public.”
“In the wake of the devastation caused by...
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April 2012
1 post
“When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift from the Sea
March 2012
1 post
Knight News Challenge: The Ripple Effect →
newschallenge:
1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]
Create a digital-time-capsule and aggregate the images to show “the ripple effects” of change by minorities in the United States.
2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]
This is a unique initiative…
February 2012
1 post
Random Thoughts By Bassey...: I can’t stand the... →
basseyworld:
I can’t stand the guilt trip tumblr posts. I think they’re unfair and condescending. Just because you hit a button to reblog something doesn’t mean you care more than someone who chooses not to.
There’s a tumblr floating around with a baby, naked and covered with some sort of flesh eating…
January 2012
6 posts
Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed... →
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angels-and-angles:
Wow, accidentally deleted my original post. Reblogging so I can keep it in my archives.
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As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest...
Choosing to Eat Healthy Now Called a Disorder →
The person featured here on “orthorexia” sounds like… seriously unwell. I mean, a diet cauliflower & broccoli only is unhealthy. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1963297,00.html
unapologetically-black:
In its never-ending attempt to fabricate “mental disorders” out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease...
“Oh cool, you’re white? I’ve lived in a white people country. I’ve been there....”
– calloutqueen (via jalylah)
You didn't choose me. I chose you.
reborn-redeemed:
John 15:16
December 2011
8 posts
Refugees find [East] Oakland can be worse than... →
citymaus:
Al-Sharif, 40, is one of more than 50 Iraqi refugees who have been moved to East Oakland by the International Rescue Committee. The nonprofit’s officials say they won’t settle refugees in unsafe neighborhoods, but Al-Sharif and dozens of other Iraqis blame the organization for exposing them to an unfamiliar type of violence - one perpetrated by gangs rather than political...
Think Progress: 11 Facts From 2011 →
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
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New house unfuckery!
unfuckyourhabitat:
jellynotjam:
We’ve only been in the new house 3 days and we’re making great progress.
The kitchen as it was on Sunday:
The kitchen this evening:
The living room as it was this morning:
The living room this evening:
Now on to the rest of the house…
October 2011
1 post
listening to "John Legend - Each Day Gets Better" →
wrapped in love…
September 2011
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August 2011
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“The right to have assistance of counsel is too fundamental and absolute to allow...”
– Justice Murphy, delivering the opinion in Glasser v. US 315 U.S. 60
listening to "Black man feeling to party - Black... →
jam jam jam jam jam….
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for @frenchieglobal...
“any theories on y they are largely unsuccessful?”
I haven’t looked at specific stats, but it appears affirmative petitions to either adjust status to LPR (legal permanent resident a.k.a. “greencard holder”) or to naturalize are actually often successful. But this may be because the petitioner has hopefully done some research, figured out what they will need to...
May 2011
15 posts
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IMF chief held for alleged sexual attack →
Al Jazeera reports
“…The 32-year-old woman told authorities that she entered Strauss-Kahn’s room at the Sofitel near Manhattan’s Times Square at about 1pm local time (1600 GMT) on Saturday and he emerged from the bedroom naked, threw her down and tried to sexually assault her, Browne said.
She told authorities that he tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. She...
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White Man's Guilt - James Baldwin →
“I have often wondered, and it is not a pleasant wonder, just what white Americans talk about with one another. I wonder this because they do not, after all, seem to find very much to say to me, and I concluded long ago that they found the color of my skin inhibitory. This color seems to operate as a most disagreeable mirror, and a great deal of one’s energy is expended in reassuring...
NBC Cancels 'Outsourced' Too | Vulture →
starfishncoffeeinsunnydale:
YESSSSSSS!!!!!
I have NEVER been so happy about a show being cancelled. EVER in my life. Thank the Caprican Gods!
“See if we can get the domain name ‘foogle.com’, that way we get all the people...”
– [in other words… why don’t we capitalize on dumbasses? hahahaha]
(via clientsfromhell)
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#courtchat tender iron fist
Me: Hello sir. I got the note you left with my colleague.
Client: oh, hi Miss Lawyer! a note? what note? *nervous laughter*
Me: It says you wanted a "real fucking lawyer" instead of a "public pretender" and asked why I didn't get the case dismissed yet.
Client: oh, that. I'm so so sorry Miss Lawyer. I wasn't expecting that other lady to be there with me. I thought you quit on me!
Me: of course I didn't quit! Dismissal isn't something within my power, but we're fighting the case. It takes time.
Client: I know I know. It's taking forever though. so you gon be my lawyer forever?
Me: I hope not.
Client: I mean. you not gonna give me to another Legal Aid?
Me: nope. I'm on this case til it ends - whether by trial or plea.
Client: that's all I want.
Me: gotcha
“Now every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a...”
– Tina Fey
I am so on that hamster wheel. (via jalylah)
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"It has been said that social occasions are only... →
psybach:
Star Trek: The Original Series Episode “Space Seed” (7:14-7:32)
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“WHEN we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame...”
– The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries - NYTimes.com (via arieswym)
listening to "Flying Lotus - Beginners Falafel" →
beginner’s falafel [flying lotus]
April 2011
24 posts
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Constitutional Property v. Constitutional People -...
…Roberts, a protégé of president Ronald Reagan, and just as smooth, “brilliantly” argued in his decision that just because of Jim Crow and slavery, the Court, if not the nation, must be scrupulous in surveying (let alone instantiating) its post-Jim Crow future. The chief justice recognized “non-recognition” of Jim Crow as the principled path for the Court to trudge in...
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dream hampton + me: a conversation
britnidanielle:
a little while ago i had the pleasure of sitting down with one of my favorite writers, dream hampton to chat about a myriad of things from hip-hop, to black women and abortion, to surviving in a post-capitalist world. #heavy.
two interviews have been published by Clutch Magazine (here & here), but i’m sharing the complete, unedited, amazingly dope convo with you.
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