December 2011
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James Franco Unable To Understand Why Ryan Gosling...
girl-detective:
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—Hollywood star and ridiculously accomplished renaissance man, James Franco, expressed confusion this Wednesday as to why his famous peer, actor Ryan Gosling, was the subject of an increasingly absurd internet meme that relies on images of Gosling paired with academically inclined pick-up lines.
“It just doesn’t make sense,” said the befuddled...
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Shell spills 13,000 gallons while drilling near... →
cultureofresistance:
Shell International spilled 13,000 gallons of oil and drilling fluids into the Gulf on Sunday while drilling an exploratory well near the site of last year’s Deepwater Horizon accident, according to a federal report on the spill.
The area where the well was being drilled is about 20 miles from the site of the BP oil spill. Shell is working in water more than 7,000 feet...
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A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM GARY OLDMAN TO HIS FANS ON TUMBLR.
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“I’m very concerned about this very divisive rhetoric the president is using when...”
– Representative Allen West (FL-R)
GOP 2012: Equality and Fairness are Anti-American
-Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
I…don’t understand. It’s like we’re speaking a completely different language. Nothing about this makes sense to me.
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It's TomHardyParty.com's birthday today!
notmyhairitisapalm:
Oh, you guys. My fronds are tingling with love and pride. We’ve had 206,316 Unique Visitors and 1,428,763 Pageviews since December 8th, 2010.
Let’s see: We have 126 Tommy interviews (and counting), and at this moment our gallery has 16,177 files in 245 albums and 48 categories and has been viewed 643,718 times. In just one year!! Sorry for all of the numbers but we are so...
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fragmentsshoredagainstmyruin:
How Knitting Behind Bars Transformed Maryland Convicts
In late 2009, Lynn Zwerling stood in front of 600 male prisoners at the Pre-Release Unit in Jessup, Maryland. “Who wants to knit?” she asked the burly crowd. They looked at her like she was crazy.
Yet almost two years later, Zwerling and her associates have taught more than 100 prisoners to knit, while...
Anonymous asked: whats your HTML theme thing? :)
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“Mad Max” is humankind in that very elemental arena, almost back to...”
– George Miller, speaking to Rebecca Keegan at the LA Times
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LGBTQ Nation: World AIDS Day: Remembering 30... →
Thirty years ago, on June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as “homosexuals” — two had died.
This was the first official mention of a disease that had no name, no known means of transmission, no treatment and no cure.
In...
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Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
rudewords:
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically held diamond prices at levels far...