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obsesiva-compulsiva: The Killers - Here With Me

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:27:01 -0400

The Killers - Here With Me

fuckyeahinterracialromancenovels: posttragicmulatto: adultmom: ...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:22 -0400

posttragicmulatto:

adultmom:

Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover) — Solange

no way

Love this!

go on youtube and you can hear her perform with them live.

The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth | The Nation

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:02:54 -0400

The First Couple’s Post-Racial Bootstraps Myth | The Nation:

Michelle and Barack Obama’s troubling advice to black graduates includes some seriously worn-out stereotypes.

mywishesmysolitude: “America get out of Muslim lands.” Well...

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:58:59 -0400

mywishesmysolitude:

“America get out of Muslim lands.”

Well I’ll be damned. I’ve found the solution to terrorism.

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Fri, 24 May 2013 20:51:05 -0400

"You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:24 -0400

“You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and misunderstood.”

- Junot Diaz (via holzers)

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Fri, 24 May 2013 18:54:58 -0400

"You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job market with triple..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:23:42 -0400

“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job market with triple the unemployment isn’t interested in purchasing the assets of the generation who just blew an enormous housing bubble and kept it from popping through quantitative easing and out-and-out federal support? Curious.”

- When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)

terrencecosby: Oraine by Ryan Mikail

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:24 -0400

terrencecosby:

Oraine by Ryan Mikail

streetetiquette: Travis Gumbs Throwback 2010 or 2011 I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:15 -0400

streetetiquette:

Travis Gumbs

Throwback 2010 or 2011 I forget.

ryanceno:

Street Etiquette // The Oxford & The Chino

Sacha M’baye Tommy Hilfiger Surf Shack In-store Launch

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:07 -0400

Sacha M’baye

Tommy Hilfiger Surf Shack In-store Launch

vidaypoesiaa: solarsaturation: ronpaulproblems: “Old Economy...

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:37:20 -0400

vidaypoesiaa:

solarsaturation:

ronpaulproblems:

“Old Economy Steve”

mad as hell

that fucker

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Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:16 -0400

bombshellnad: OSCAR DE LA RENTA | BRIDAL 2013

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:14:27 -0400

bombshellnad:

OSCAR DE LA RENTA | BRIDAL 2013

fudgedeelight: cleophatrajones: theuppitynegras: I literally...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:08:08 -0400

fudgedeelight:

cleophatrajones:

theuppitynegras:

I literally had to get up. leave the room, bury my face and i towel and scream

Crying hysterical tears

lolololololololol

kateordie: DONATE HERE! You know I don’t usually do these types...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:36:43 -0400

kateordie:

DONATE HERE!

You know I don’t usually do these types of things, but this is important to me! Kirk’s kicking cancer in the face and swimming 14km from NB to PEI this summer and raising money for sick kids. That’s pretty friggin’ cool.

You can donate anonymously, as much or as little as you like.

Thanks in advance, internet. Do some good!

Undue Targeting: Civil Rights Groups Slam Republican Amendment To Bipartisan Immigration Bill That Subjects Muslims To Stricter Targeting Than Other Immigrants

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:40 -0400

Undue Targeting: Civil Rights Groups Slam Republican Amendment To Bipartisan Immigration Bill That Subjects Muslims To Stricter Targeting Than Other Immigrants:

thepoliticalfreakshow:

Civil rights leaders slammed an amendment added to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill that would subject immigrants from Muslim countries for extra scrutiny. The measure, introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and added to the bill with the support of at least two Democrats, would require additional review for undocumented immigrants applying for legal […]

Civil rights leaders slammed an amendment added to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill that would subject immigrants from Muslim countries for extra scrutiny.

The measure, introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and added to the bill with the support of at least two Democrats, would require additional review for undocumented immigrants applying for legal status who are from “a region or country known to pose a threat, or that contains groups or organizations that pose a threat, to the national security of the United States.” Under the underlining bill, all undocumented immigrations are required to undergo three separate background checks before obtaining legal status. In defending his amendment during the Senate Judiciary Committee mark-up on Monday, Graham argued for an additional screening from regions of the world “where terrorists operate.”

“I mean, it’s pretty clear what I’m trying to do,” Graham said. “I’m trying to make sure that in addition to looking at your criminal background, when you adjust status, that if there are certain parts of the world or countries — like Yemen — that you’re adjusting from, I want to know a little more about you, given the world we live in.”

Under the provisions of the amendment, the Secretary of Homeland Security would have the broad authority to target any “alien or alien dependent spouse or child” from any region or country that they deem, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to house threats to the United States for additional scrutiny before becoming citizens. “I’m not dictating that [the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State] have to pick any region or country over the other,” Graham said, attempting to deflect criticisms that the amendment focuses specifically on the Middle East.

But a coalition of civil rights groups disagreed with Graham’s approach, arguing that the measure was similar to the now-defunct National Security Entry-Exit System (NSEERS), a largely ineffective program set up under the the Bush administration in the aftermath of 9/11. As part of the program, immigrants from twenty-four Muslim majority countries were forced to register into the system, which tracked their entry and exit from the country. The coalition — including the American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP, Arab American Institute, and National Council of La Raza — signed onto a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to condemn the amendment as being the NSEERS reborn:

Graham amendment #3 seems to do little more than revive the failed approach taken by the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), in which nonimmigrants from countries designated as national security concerns were subject to special screening. NSEERS was widely discredited, as it resulted in unjust racial and ethnic profiling of individuals from mainly Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities. While NSEERS resulted in the detention and deportation of thousands of people, it cost $10 million annually and failed to result in any successful counter-terrorism prosecutions. The Department’s Inspector General reported that the program was inefficient and burdensome. There is no reason to believe that the approach in Graham amendment #3 would be any more successful in rooting out national security threats.

The Obama administration shuttered most of the NSEER’s functions in 2011, leaving the program indefinitely suspended. Graham’s amendment is less explicit than the NSEERS was, but would still place into law the ability for the government to racially profile potential citizens. During debate, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) suggested that a better system should be based on intelligence and law enforcement concerns rather than nation of origin, a suggestion Graham denied was necessary.

Graham’s amendment passed by voice vote and was inserted into the overarching bill with support from Sens. Al Franken (D-MN) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who announced they would back the measure. The overarching bill itself was voted out of committee last night, propelling it to the Senate floor where an effort to remove Graham’s language is likely to take shape.

loveyourrebellion: BOOM

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:09:10 -0400

loveyourrebellion:

BOOM

"How do Fortune 500 companies pay zero in taxes while college loans go up to 6 percent?…This game is..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:07:29 -0400

““How do Fortune 500 companies pay zero in taxes while college loans go up to 6 percent?…This game is rigged.””

- Elizabeth Warren. (via zacheser)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:14 -0400