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May 25

“‎”Paul Ryan points to the existence of poverty as proof that antipoverty programs aren’t working. It’s like saying clean air and clean water laws aren’t working because there’s still pollution… so we should get rid of them?” —This Week in Poverty blogger Greg Kaufmann (via thenationmagazine)

(via thenationmagazine)

eatsalaska:

Going for greens at Chugach Farm, Chickaloon, AK.

“[E]xtreme left economic views are not popular among the rich. Here are some graphs. Ideological foaming about “trustfunders” aside, if campaigns are funded by rich “megadonors,” we’re going to see a push to conservative policies, especially on economic issues. The two parties are not symmetric. There’s no reason to think that for every Republican megadonor there is an equal and opposite rich funder on the Democrats’ side. Sure, there are some liberal richies, just not as many as on the other side.”

Today in things that are obvious but people pretend are not true. “Where Are All the Liberal Megadonors?”

Also: I meant to post this to my personal Tumblr but messed up. It’s still true, though. —Nick Baumann

(via motherjones)

May 19

motherjones:

braiker:

well played

flavorpill:

Yes.

“I really wanted to like this sign, but…”

todaysdocument:

In 1932, home economists championed this thrifty couple’s use of home canning to provide fruits and vegetables for the family throughout the year.

Negro Family Budget of Canned Fruits and Vegetables, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bryan Expert Canners in Their Community, 05/19/1928

Apr 1

eatsalaska:

An Alaska island experience with a view like this? We hope that Whale’s Eye Ecovillage on Shelter Island, AK, is still thriving. As of 2010 Karen and Rick Bierman were off the grid, in a road-free paradise, growing, gathering, catching food, and offering peaceful retreats to those in search of same.

 

thegreenurbanist:

Reading some Mother Jones; learning some things.

Picture links to article on their website.

(via motherjones)

todaysdocument:

Recruits with their mattresses tied to them to serve as life preservers. Photo taken at Newport Naval Training Station, Rhode Island, 04/1917

Mar 1

pauladeenridingthings:

Hey y’all. Last year, the two of us started photoshopping pictures of celebrity chef Paula Deen riding pretty much everything we could get our hands on. Babies in taco costumes, Jersey Shore cast members, 50 Cent. You name it, she rode it. We figured it was a dumb thing that a couple of our personal blog followers might enjoy. The next day, we logged onto our computers to find “Paula Deen Riding Things” trending worldwide on Twitter (Thank you Mr. Fallon), and featured on The Daily What, followed in the subsequent days by CNN/Time/way too many other sites to name. Obviously, we were shocked. Our dumb little joke had blown up into something hilarious and huge, and we’d created a meme.

A year has passed. Thankfully, we still have all of you wonderful people (all 50,000+ of you!!!) sticking around to see what she’s riding now. Thanks for the awesome year. Additionally, apologies for the lack of posts lately. We are still both busy students, we do have a limited amount of time. But we intend to bring you more Paula for as long as we can!

Thanks to Ms. Deen for being such a great sport, and all the sites that have featured us throughout the past year, including Tumblr for putting us in the spotlight.

Ride on.

Nick and Robbie.

(via ihatemyparents, trubicerubatubops)

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