December 2010
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“…the secret to so-called free trade agreements is that they are also, and often primarily, agreements that liberalize international investment. The truth is that trade liberalization has a minimal affect on jobs. Proponents emphasize jobs added in exporting industries but neglect to mention jobs lost in importing industries. While trade liberalization inevitably creates disruption in...
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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”..threat of ‘currency wars’ and a plunge into the protectionist abyss is quite exaggerated. For more than a decade we have been repeatedly warned of a protectionist nightmare, threatening to grind the world economy to a halt, if the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization did not make progress. But the negotiations to liberalize trade and commerce went nowhere while world...
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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“We found that for many people identity is faceted across areas of their lives,...”
–  Faceted Identity, Faceted Lives: Social and Technical Issues in Being Yourself Online  (via gracemcdunnough)
Dec 18th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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coeus: 4si4: coeus: “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.” — Justice Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court, in American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382,442 I wonder how many of the people reblogging these words are aware that they were written...
Dec 13th
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coeus: “It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.” — Justice Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court, in American Communications Association v. Douds, 339 U.S. 382,442 I wonder how many of the people reblogging these words are aware that they were written in defense of...
Dec 9th
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Why is there no simple term for the lubrication...
attackshipsonfire: I usually just say “cum”, but that can refer to semen too. I think we should all invent a slang term (or a scientific term, as far as I can tell “vaginal lubrication” is it) that refers JUST to this body fluid, and to no other. “Slippy-Sloppy” is not an option. and…GO! This is an excellent observation. It’s hard to believe that very basic anglo sexism is not the...
Dec 8th
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