December 2011
75 posts
Top 10 Lies About Social Security (In America) →
Since the season of top 10 lists is upon us, here’s the Social Security Scrooge version
“There are only two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe -...”
– Mark Twain
It’s a damn shame about one of those.
“Judicial sources tell NBC News the raid was part of an ongoing investigation...”
– Egyptian forces raid activists’ offices
Can we step back for a moment and reflect on how the entire military junta would not exist without foreign funding? This just beats irony.
(via charquaouia)
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
– Buddha (via lazyyogi)
Joyful Abandon: Mindfulness →
lazyyogi:
When people ask for advice about the spiritual path, or anything really, I almost always mention mindfulness. A better word for it that Eckhart Tolle uses is Presence.
When you are mindful, you are aware of your mind. You aren’t using your mind but you are watching your mind. If you watch…
“Nonviolence declares that the American Indians could have fought off Columbus,...”
– Peter Gelderloos, How Nonviolence Protects the State (via kamara)
Alpha and Omega: 11 Facts From 2011 →
timmyp10:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
I guess I figured out what my recent negativity towards hip-hop is about. As with other aspects of my life, I’m faced with this constant contradiction of what I believe and the way I portray it, i.e my bitter resentment of capitalist societies treatment of people and the fact that I’m typing this from a mac (would be seen as a clear contradiction).
I find myself embroiled in a battle...
“The nerve of you telling me I don’t deserve to stay here, when you gave us...”
– Joe Budden
Babbling.
Changing the world is impossible, that’s what everyone will tell you. And they are probably right, but that doesn’t mean you should never try and change the world, if you find the way we treat the helpless in society, the fact that many adults and children are illiterate, millions are starving, many are dying of curable diseases and all the while the rich within our society continue to...
what are your 2011 highlights?
Some things from 2011 to read
Favourite books I’ve read this year..
Justice - Michael Sandel
I shall not hate - Izzeldin Abduleish
Zeitoun - David Eggers
A week at the airport - Alain De Botton
Favourite articles/blog posts of 2011
http://pme200.blogspot.com/2011/07/prejudice.html?showComment=1311846717135#c741299508540599529
http://nathanieltapley.com/2011/08/10/an-open-letter-to-david-camerons-parents/
...
I'm sorry for the role I played in Fallujah →
Good read
Alpha and Omega: Gandhi’s Fundamentals for... →
timmyp10:
1. Change
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” “As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.” 2. Control “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” 3….
A few weeks ago, @lifeiseazye asked me why I believed people should care about helping people in other countries. I gave an answer, but it made me think. It made me think that really others don’t need to care about the rest of the world, it’s easy to make an argument of why they should care about people in their society, making one for why they should care about the Congolese woman who...
Some people never see life as more than the four walls they live in, their concentrated friend groups, their once a year holidays and life long job. Their opinions never desire to influence and their thoughts are never long, they may see wrong but they block it all out, because staying on their path is easier than to acknowledge the mad world they live in. But sometimes I can’t help but...
The world brings nothing but misery
to fools who expect much more
they tilt their heads to the sky
asking for explanations
from an invisible force
I pity the fools
who fail to understand
they are not part of some master plan
I sit here As the world spins contemplating a life with wings.
“I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot...”
– Audre Lorde
“I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not...”
– Richard Dawkins (via timmyp10)
Something that sums up my thoughts every time I debate with folk in Nigeria.
“If every trace of every single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed...”
– Penn Jillette (via timmyp10)
