July 2011
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June 2011
22 posts
Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse... →
Distance and time
I like to think a lot of things that aren’t true, but this one is my current favorite.
—— I like to think that I have damaged you in a way that is imperceptible, and yet irreparable for that very reason.
I like to think that I have rendered you incomplete, that I have stolen a vestigial part of you that will forever escape notice from everyone except the thief himself. I like...
“Anti-corruption, accountability and governance constitute the basic building...”
– Poverty Matters (blog on The Guardian), Mark Tran: The uncomfortable reality of development [June 29, 2011]
And we all know that corruption, poor accountability, and poor governance are each mutually exclusive with democracy.
(via silverbowl)
“You ain’t my bitch, nigga! Buy your own damn fries!”
– Barack Obama
According to one report, there were 280,000... →
There are many causes for the increased restiveness. In general, modernizing societies are almost always unstable, especially after periods of sustained prosperity. As Alexis de Tocqueville noted, the French Revolution followed an unprecedented economic advance and discontent was most evident in those parts of France that had seen the most improvement. Unfortunately for China’s Communist...
Our Band Could Be Your Life
In elementary school:
“Things will be better in middle school. I’m gonna join the basketball team and have tons of friends and everything’s gonna be awesome.”
In middle school:
“Things will be better in high school. I’m gonna join the debate team and have tons of friends and everything’s gonna be awesome.”
In high school:
“Things will be...
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via fledglingsoul)
