February 2012
158 posts
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
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“Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche (via heartmindspirit)
“The Establishment has a dialectic that they reinforce constantly through the...”
– Chris Knowles (via heartmindspirit)
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“There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.”
– F.H. Bradley (Philosopher), born January 30, 1846 (via bearingwater)
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“In the end, nothing else differentiates me from the people among whom I pass my...”
– Jean Amery- At The Mind’s Limits: Contemplations By A Survivor On Auschwitz And Its Realities. (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
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The Secret Side of Aquarius
bearingwater:
Inside anyone who has strong Aquarian influences is a person who is extremely uncertain of their true identity. The Aquarius ego is the most precarious in the zodiac because it is the sign of nonconformity. Intellectual genius, practical eccentricity, and mental oddity are all linked with Aquarius. The Aquarius personality has a powerful intellect. Putting this brainpower to good,...
“When prehistoric fossils were first discovered in rocks, 18th century scientists...”
– Colin Wilson (via magnificentruin)
“No.”
– Actress Julianne Moore, when asked if she gained a newfound respect for Sarah Palin after delving deeper into Palin’s life to portray her in the upcoming film “Game Change.” (via mamaatheist)
fuckyeahexistentialism:
“…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers...
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“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of...”
– Carl Jung (via neuewave)
lessthanawake:
“Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most. Of everything. They make you feel so alive that you’d follow them straight into hell, just to keep getting your fix.”
-Karen Marie Moning
“I love comic sans”
– Noam Chomsky (via incorrectnoamchomskyquotes)
LOLWUT
etorphine:
discuss semantics with another person and become aware of the vast ocean that lies between the two of you. how can you ever truly connect over such an enormous distance? navigate or die alone. you have to be willing to weather storms. risk sinking, or go nowhere at all. nothing can mean anything unless you trust yourself. knowledge is nothing more than mere interpretation.
“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the...”
– Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (via amor-omnibus)
“I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place. Accident has cast...”
– W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence (via heartmindspirit)
“Before human beings possessed fire or tools or language, the moon had been their...”
– ~ Haruki Murakami (1Q84)
“I don’t want a future, I want a present. To me this appears of greater value.”
– Robert Walser, The Tanners, trans. Susan Bernofsky (via proustitute)
“Walter Lippmann … described what he called “the manufacture of consent” as “a...”
– In Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, 1992 It’s a movie
MOVIE!
I am going to spend the break good!
(via fyeahnoamchomsky)
“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
– Francis Bacon (via absurdlakefront)
“Public programs that provide funds for rich people are not called ‘welfare’, but...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
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“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that...”
– noam chomsky. (via pretentioushipstercats)
Though it isn’t relevant, I’d like to point out that I, and some others, are aware of how destructive we are.
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“Misogyny is a systematic and institutionalized form of bigotry and oppression...”
– My response to a man asking “can’t we all just be friends?” and “isn’t misandry just as bad as misogyny?” (via sixtyforty)
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Canadian Government is 'muzzling its scientists'. →
lessthanawake:
“Prof Thomas Pedersen, a senior scientist at the University of Victoria, said he believed there was a political motive in some cases.
‘The Prime Minister (Stephen Harper) is keen to keep control of the message, I think to ensure that the government won’t be embarrassed by scientific findings of its scientists that run counter to sound environmental stewardship,’ he said.
‘I...
“I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side Of Paradise (via violent-buddhist)