"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." - Victor Kiam Disgruntled progressive and Navy veteran, and Agnostic... more
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- What I would Change About the World: Solar panels on every rooftop
- Current Gig: Using this part to put in a saying: The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair, -H. L, Mencken
- Current Project: Keeping my $h!t together
- Influences/Heroes: Heroes? The pizza and food delivery people across this nation, changing peoples lives for the better daily. Oh yeah, and my Dad
- Organizations: AFSCME, Occupy Chicago
- Political Bent: Progressive, disgusted with both mainstream parties. They both stink.
- Favorite Bands: New Pornographers, the Decembrists, indie and 80's stuff galore.
- Favorite Directors: Ridley Scott, Josh Whedon
- Favorite Movies: Blade Runner, Idiocracy, Caddy Shack, Bowling for Columbine
- Favorite TV Shows: United States of Tara, Buffy, Angel, The Walking Dead, Trek TNG, Almost Human(UK version) Bones
- Celebrity Crush: Abby Martin
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- mrpuma2u voted up Texas ranks No. 1 in inappropriate student-teacher relationships 1 month ago
Texas ranks No. 1 in inappropriate student-teacher relationships
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- mrpuma2u voted up 18 Reasons Why Doctors and Lawyers Homeschool Their Children 1 month ago
I’m going public today with a secret I’ve kept for a year—my husband and I are homeschooling our children. I never dreamed we would become homeschoolers. I wanted my kids... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Upswing in White Supremacist violence? Supremacists suspected in murder of Texas DA, wife 1 month ago
And an assistant DA in the same county was recently murdered. The DA had made mention in an interview he thought white supremacists were involved. And a white supremacist is suspected of... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Two Tar Sands Oil Spills In U.S. This Week 1 month ago
One week after the Senate held a symbolic vote in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. saw two different oil spills involving Canadian tar sands crude oil By Rebecca Leber on Mar 31,... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Arkansas residents evacuate as Exxon-Mobil tar sands pipeline ruptures 1 month ago
Exxon-Mobil tar sands pipeline ruptures
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- mrpuma2u voted up Who’s Next? Italy’s Monte Paschi Admits To Billions In Deposit Outflows 1 month ago
It appears, given news from Italy today, that European depositors are increasingly coming to the realization that deposits in their local bank are not ‘safe’ places to put their spare... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up American billionaire Ellis Short prepares to hire avowed fascist to manage his football team? | Scholars and Rogues 1 month ago
So, to summarize: a hyper-secretive Red State billionaire is set to hire an avowed fascist (but not a racist one) to save his football club from a financially damaging relegation. Look, you... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Pat Boone Calls Obama a Marxist, Says He Was on White House 'Enemies List' (Video) 1 month ago
It's safe to assume that Pat Boone did not vote for President Barack Obama's re-election. The legendary pop/gospel singer and avowed conservative appeared on Fox Business News on... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Taliban Hurls Grenades Into Girls' School 1 month ago
As pupils gathered early on Saturday to receive exam results, grenades were hurled into the Baldia town school in Karachi, causing carnage. Principal Abdur Rasheed died on the spot. The... more
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- mrpuma2u voted up Facial Recognition and GPS tracking: TrapWire Company Conducting Even More Surveillance 1 month ago
An internationally-spread Orwellian surveillance system uncovered by RT has been linked to a software company that collects the GPS coordinates of cell phone users in over 100 major cities. The... more
