February 2012
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I have a court appearance tomorrow morning (ask me about the ridiculous charges) and all I want to do is get drunk and not think about it. The entire situation is so unbelievably absurd. I’m in a bad mood. It might get better within the hour depending on a few variables.
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My first post for the Neucordelia (a version is... →
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“Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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fire in your throat: Just went to my first occupy... →
fireinyourthroat:
Just went to my first occupy meeting in a while, and it was pretty emotional in a lot of ways, both positive and negative.
The topic at hand was whether to pursue renewing our contract with the city for the site that we are occupying. With so many people financiallytemporallyemotionally invested…
I know I haven’t been to Occupy Tallahassee many times (I spent the...
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“The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.” —Carl Jung
This is what worries me about the most downtrodden people in our society.
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Howes v. Fields, ruling clarifies use of Miranda...
From the New York Times:
In a busy day at the Supreme Court, the justices on Tuesday issued a decision limiting the circumstances in which prisoners must be told of their rights before they are questioned…
Inmate Randall L. Fields confessed to a sex crime while being questioned by officers. He was not read Miranda rights, but he was not being held in custody as he was told that he had...
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How to make moss graffiti! →
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We all know the presidential election is total...
Possible reasons why:
We enjoy ridiculous, bullshit circus shows that make fun of people (donkeys and elephants are cool too). I mean the presidential race is hilarious. Simple comedy, buzz words, dirty jokes, funny photos… Photos of candidates eating corn dogs? SO HILARIOUS! We’ve really proven ourselves to be proles in the stinkard pit.
It’s easy to care about something...
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Okay, I admit it: Monday and Tuesday were rock solid all-around great days. “Special bonding time” with a new friend, a very productive Community Building working group meeting, Josh bought me dinner at Tijuana Flats, we had (as always) a great conversation walking around Downtown Orlando, and finally, Bella and I went on a much needed midnight walk around the neighborhood.
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Rules for Neucordelia, a blog about politics and...
Honestly, the only two guidelines are:
No ranting
Fuck capitalism
And God help me if anyone rants about how cool Capitalism is…
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Political compass, Obama authoritarianism, and Ron...
PoliticalCompass.org released this chart and an accompanying assessment describing the 2012 Presidential Election prospects. I love and agree with everything they said about Santorum, Romney, Gingrich, and Obama:
The Democratic incumbent has surrounded himself with conservative advisors and key figures — many from previous administrations, and an unprecedented number from the Trilateral...
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I typed up a really long post about my trip to the capitol building in Tallahassee yesterday and it wasn’t saved because my laptop shut down because the battery died. Fuck.
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The Mortgage Justice Group provided buses up the east and west coasts of Florida to pick up people to go to the capitol to advocate our representatives and senators to not pass the Florida Fair Foreclosure Act...
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From Aljazeera's Syria live blog...
6 hours 50 minutes ago:
Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s representative at the UN General Assembly, told the body after the vote that his country voted against the resolution because it did not incorporate amendments that it had proposed that would make it more “balanced”. Russia has said that the resolution, a version of which it vetoed at the Security Council, is too one-sided,...
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Judge: Daytona Beach's public sleeping law... →
Now that Daytona Beach’s public sleeping law has been found to be unconstitutional, I feel like this is a great time to bring this news in front of the Orlando City Council. I have until February 27th to put a speech and visuals together and the possibility of getting more than two minutes allotted to me to speak on the subject (i.e. getting on the agenda; which will probably be difficult...
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heroantihero:
Just because you like Ron Paul doesn’t mean you understand economics. As a matter of fact, it probably means you don’t understand economics.
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“Reading and sauntering and lounging and dozing, which I call thinking, is my...”
– David Hume
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Five songs for Monday
“The Lion’s Roar” - First Aid Kit
“Trash” - Lana Del Rey
“Helpless” - Arcade Fire & Neil Young
“Origins” - Tennis
“Hello My Old Heart” - The Oh Hello’s
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I just fell into a conversation with my brother where I had to explain why money does not need to exist and why people can work without making money because basic needs are met and resources are shared.
“But how do people pay for these resources?”
“They don’t because money doesn’t exist.”
“So, how do people buy them?”
“They don’t. ...
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President Obama's 2013 Budget Request at Southern...
jobs rhetoric
budget rhetoric
“we have to make tough choices”
recovery rhetoric
“everyone needs to pay their fair share”
end subsidies to oil companies (good luck)
end reliance on foreign oil (by drilling in our own country, see “Gasland”)
higher education institutions needs to keep tuition down or they won’t receive public funding…wait a...