June 2012
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So I take it the "pin" function is for smartasses...
Ruining the feed, wish it hadn’t been invented.
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“It no longer occurs to me to query the use of four-letter words, even when they...”
– Mary Norris on profanity in The New Yorker: http://nyr.kr/OArE2z (via newyorker)
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“The individual mandate survives as a tax.”
– SCOTUSblog, on the Health Care decision. More as we get it. EDIT: SCOTUSblog’s Amy Howe says “The Medicaid provision is limited but not invalidated.” EDIT 2: The decision was 6-3, with John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy joining in favor. (via shortformblog)
Watchlivefromthenypl:
Slavoj Zizek on today’s limitless possibilities—barring the possibility for universal health care. As the Supreme Court rules on health care today, watch this video, and tell us how you feel about America and its priorities.
“I would say, ‘Tell me about what happens at the end of the world,’ and she would...”
– ‘Beasts’ Finds Its Heart In A 6-Year-Old Heroine (via npr)
““Hindsight is always 20-20, but last time I checked almost every president since...”
– Politico spoke to Democrat lawmakers who fought to pass the Affordable Care Act — and who were voted out as a result. The consensus? No regrets.
That’s because they did the right thing. (via inothernews)
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“A lot of Americans have been bracing for bad news from the Supreme Court this...”
– Sam Ross-Brown, Utne.com. How Much Does the Mandate Matter Anyway?
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“This week the full U.S. Senate passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill. The...”
– Land Stewardship Project (more here).
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“Coverage of the upcoming Rio+20 Earth Summit has tended either to express...”
– Raj Patel on the Earth Summit, Rio+20.
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Why More Students Are Passionate About Agriculture →
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: Beat the... →
nypl:
In collaboration with the City’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM), all New York Public Library locations are listed as emergency Cooling Centers in heat emergencies. All locations are listed on the City’s online Cooling Center database as well as provided to residents through 311.
This is also true outside of New York City, kids. Just another reason that libraries rule.
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What If Tomorrow the Treaties Were Honored? By: ... →
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10 Things You Should Know About the Rio+20 Earth... →
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“If we wanted an education system really based on the needs of business, then we...”
– Sam Ross-Brown, ‘The College Identity Crisis,” Utne.com
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The Hippies →
tetw:
by Hunter S. Thompson
The best year to be a hippie was 1965, but then there was not much to write about, because not much was happening in public and most of what was happening in private was illegal. The real year of the hippie was 1966, despite the lack of publicity, which in 1967 gave way to a nationwide avalanche - in Look, Life, Time, Newsweek, the Atlantic, the New York Times, the...
