February 2011
44 posts
priscillaaaaaa :)
Tanyaaaaa :)
95% of people on my Tumblr won't read this, but as we speak, Libyan people are being massacred, because they're rebelling against an unfair government. The elderly, women, children, everyone in Libya is in danger tonight. It's genocide. Reblog this to raise awareness and support the revolution.
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right →
npr.org
“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
in a hammock: Sa Poetry →
asteorra.tumblr.com
Sa poetry, you let things take shape,
Para bang nagpapatulo ng isperma sa tubig.
You start siyempre with memories,
‘Yung medyo malagkit, kahit mais
Na mais: love lost, dead dreams,
Rotten silences, and all
Manner of mourning basta’t murder.
Papatak ‘yan sa papel, ano. Parang pait,
…
“[The Native Americans] didn’t have any rights to the land and there was no reason for anyone to grant them rights which they had not conceived and were not using…. What was it they were fighting for, if they opposed white men on this continent? For their wish to continue a primitive existence, their ‘right’ to keep part of the earth untouched, unused and not even as property, just keep everybody out so that you will live practically like an animal, or maybe a few caves above it. Any white person who brought the element of civilization had the right to take over this continent.”
—
Ayn Rand (via cuntymint)
and people ask me why i fucking hate ayn rand. not only is she a worthless writer (no, seriously, i get what you’re saying—you don’t need to write a 500pg pile of crap about ego-trips) but her politics are FUCKED up.
(via indomada)
…where is this from? Theres absolutely no part of this that’s not offensive and even though I’m not a Rand fan I’m hoping this can’t possibly be true. Its just too fucking hateful for someone so much of the country idolizes.
(via supersoygrrrl)
Oh it’s real. It’s from her lecture “Philosophy, Who Needs It” given at West Point in 1974, published in Ayn Rand answers: the best of her Q & A.
(via thetart)
STFU, Ayn Rand.
(via stfuconservatives)
Leftish: Lawrence O’Donnell: Are you a Christian, Congressman? →
leftish.tumblr.com
Rep Steve King (R-IA): Yes, sir.)
Lawrence O’Donnell: Should I take you “at your word”, or should I maybe suspect you are a Muslim? Do you have a “Christian ID” you can show me, and prove to me you’re a Christian?
Rep Steve King (R-IA): No one has a Christian ID.
Lawrence O’Donnell: How…
“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek & find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it”
—Rumi
(via quote-book)
Give Peace A Chance.: What's Happening in Egypt Explained (UPDATES) — By Nick Baumann →
promotingpeace.tumblr.com
UPDATE 124, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 3:43 p.m. EST/10:43 p.m. Cairo (Siddhartha Mahanta): What you’re looking at: Pro-Mubarak demonstrators facing off against anti-government protestors in Tahrir Square:
UPDATE 125, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 4:02 p.m. EST/11:02 p.m. Cairo (Siddhartha Mahanta):…
Play
“Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Liberation Square. Politicians and party leaders, Imams and priests, judges and lawyers, former military officers and veterans, labor and farmers, professionals and the unemployed, taxi drivers and garbage collectors, young and old, women and men, families with their children, as well as prominent actors, artists, poets, movie directors, journalists, and authors have declared their support and participation in this massive march. Egypt had never seen such unanimity in its modern history.”
—Esam Al-Amin, The Making of Egypt’s Revolution
