February 2012
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Indian High Court Rules That the Decision to Abort... →
In a significant decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week ruled that the right to abort a pregnancy in a marriage rests with the wife and not husband.
“A woman is not a machine in which raw material is put and a finished product comes out. She should be mentally prepared to conceive, continue the same and give birth to a child. The unwanted pregnancy would naturally affect the...
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Attractive Undercover Cop Entraps Teen To "Sell"... →
Last year in three high schools in Florida, several undercover police officers posed as students. The undercover cops went to classes, became Facebook friends and flirted with the other students. One 18-year-old honor student named Justin fell in love with an attractive 25-year-old undercover cop after spending weeks sharing stories about their lives, texting and flirting with each other.
One day...
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“Roman’s Revenge,” which is arguably one of Nicki’s most confrontational and...”
– Is that what makes Nicki Minaj “The Flyest Feminist?” April Gregory says yes, and offers several other reasons
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Dolphins are 'people' say scientists →
Dolphins deserve to be treated as non-human “persons” whose rights to life and liberty should be respected, scientists meeting in Canada have been told.
A small group of experts in philosophy, conservation and dolphin behaviour were canvassing support for a “Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans”.
They believe dolphins - and their whale cousins - are sufficiently intelligent and self-aware...
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ESPN.com's "Contact Us" Gives Option To Hate...
[via Complex.com]
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“When someone tells me she has feminist concerns with sex work, knowing that sex...”
– To the would-be sex work abolitionist, or, ‘ain’t I a woman’? | rabble.ca
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Utah Bill Makes Videotaping a Factory Farm the... →
Utah is the latest state to consider new laws targeting undercover investigators who expose animal welfare abuses on factory farms. A new bill would make photographing animal abuse on par with assaulting a police officer. It has already passed committee.
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“I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign...”
– Eugene V. Debs
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“One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is...”
– George Carlin
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“In this Orwellian conceptual world, the question of whether the state has the...”
– Should Occupy Use Violence? I Dunno — Should the Cops?
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“Ayn Rand has a fantasy in Atlas Shrugged of striking ‘creative’ capitalists, a...”
– Slavoj Žižek, The Revolt of the Salaried Bourgeoisie
It really is horrifying
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that Kanye West got not only more flack, but a worse reputation for grabbing a microphone out of Taylor Swift’s hands and making a rude comment than Chris Brown did for beating his girlfriend until her face was unrecognizable.
i think we need to ask what role racism plays in this. the message is that it’s not okay to be rude to white women but violence against...
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What's your tax rate? Zuckerberg's is 7%. →
Before we start talking about the Facebook Windfall and all the nice new tax dollars the company will pour into the state treasury, let me take a moment to put this in perspective. Before Jerry Brown’s finance director goes to Mark Zuckerberg’s house to wash his windows and mow his lawn (which wouldn’t work anyway; according to its SEC filings, Facebook pays for a home security service for its...
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bryedeadned asked: wait are you a marxist or libertarian?
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