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laughingsquid:

Photos Showing Progress of World Trade Center Construction

Greatest state in the Union.

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Memetic Experiment In Grammar Correction

laughingsquid:

Reunion Tour by Jublin

(Source: jublin)

laughingsquid:

Reinventing the Nightstand

might need to make one of these.

laughingsquid:

New York Public Library Buys Timothy Leary’s Papers

laughingsquid:

Section 2 of The High Line Opens to the Public on June 8

laughingsquid:

The Raptor Is Upon Us

Close examination of the CBO’s projections cannot support anything resembling hysteria. The two things that have everyone terrified, Social Security and Medicare, actually look quite unthreatening.

In 2010, Social Security spending was 4.8% of GDP. In 2021, the CBO projects it will be 5.3%, an increase of 0.5 point. In 2010, Medicare spending (less premiums paid by beneficiaries) was 3.1% of GDP. In 2021, the CBO projects it will be 3.6%, also an increase of 0.5 point.

In other words, the budgetary monsters that are supposed to be the ruin of the American way of life will increase their share of the national economy by about 1%. That’s a bit less than what the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing us, and less than half the cost of the Bush tax cuts.

This is not a long-term fiscal emergency; it’s what you’d expect after an economic crisis. But budget hawks — and they’re not all Republicans — are trying to pass off current levels of red ink as the new normal, even though it isn’t. They’ve had it out for Social Security and Medicare — programs that work very well, cost little to run and are immensely popular — ever since they were created.

(Source: azspot)

So, next time you are sending an email or tweet, it might be a good idea to consider that the people receiving it could misunderstand what you are trying to express, largely because they can’t see your face or your body language. What seems like clear sarcasm to you, for instance, could be taken seriously by them.

Your job or friendship, or even public reputation, could depend on it.

(Source: azspot)

motherjones:

We’re just waiting for the right moment to bring this back.

iloveoldmagazines:

Mother Jones

1977 Vol. 2 No. 5

ahahahaha

motherjones:

A community unites to offer its respect for fallen Marine Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers.

(Via @chrisalbon)

pretty powerful stuff.