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i have made mistakes, i continue to make them the promises...

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i have made mistakes, i continue to make them
the promises i’ve made, i continue to break them
and all the doubts i’ve faced, i continue to face them
but nothing is a waste if you learn from it

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rmetalbroad: thedailywhat: Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:10:00 -0700

rmetalbroad:

thedailywhat:

Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a retard in a tweet during Monday night’s presidential debate, Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this open letter:

Dear Ann Coulter,

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia

[specialolympicsblog]

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Nice!!

sisterwolf: Irezumi 1937 via

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:24:48 -0700

sisterwolf:

Irezumi 1937

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:43:37 -0700

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LEAVE YOUR CELLPHONE AT HOME

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:18:46 -0700

LEAVE YOUR CELLPHONE AT HOME:

criminalwisdom:

n+1 interviews Jacob Appelbaum, the driving force behind Tor and Wikileaks:
Appelbaum: Cell phones are tracking devices that make phone calls. It’s sad, but it’s true. Which means software solutions don’t always matter. You can have a secure set of tools on your phone, but it doesn’t change the fact that your phone tracks everywhere you go. And the police can potentially push updates onto your phone that backdoor it and allow it to be turned into a microphone remotely, and do other stuff like that. The police can identify everybody at a protest by bringing in a device called an IMSI catcher. It’s a fake cell phone tower that can be built for 1500 bucks. And once nearby, everybody’s cell phones will automatically jump onto the tower, and if the phone’s unique identifier is exposed, all the police have to do is go to the phone company and ask for their information.
Resnick: So phones are tracking devices. They can also be used for surreptitious recording. Would taking the battery out disable this capability?
Appelbaum: Maybe. But iPhones, for instance, don’t have a removable battery; they power off via the power button. So if I wrote a backdoor for the iPhone, it would play an animation that looked just like a black screen. And then when you pressed the button to turn it back on it would pretend to boot. Just play two videos.
Resnick: And how easy is it to create something like to that?
Appelbaum: There are weaponized toolkits sold by companies like FinFisher that enable breaking into BlackBerries, Android phones, iPhones, Symbian devices and other platforms. And with a single click, say, the police can own a person, and take over her phone.

A must read.

"We have art in order not to die of the truth.": My dog is a behemoth. He is an American (U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!) Bulldog...

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:43:40 -0700

"We have art in order not to die of the truth.": My dog is a behemoth. He is an American (U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!) Bulldog...:

livewellovemuch:

iamapatientboy:

My dog is a behemoth. He is an American (U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!) Bulldog and weighs as much as a 12 year-old boy. It is wired in his DNA to be ferocious and imposing and a rock of strength. I love him, but he is possibly the worst security guard ever.
A conversation:

(After 15 minutes of watching…

This is hilarious. (x

Made me burst out in laughter.

"You tell me why someone’s bottle is worth eighty dollars and mine’s worth two dollars. Do you get..."

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:36:50 -0700

“You tell me why someone’s bottle is worth eighty dollars and mine’s worth two dollars. Do you get forty times the pleasure from it?”

- Fred Franzia from the Franzia family of boxed wine fame.

(Fred no longer works for Franzia which is owned by Coke. He instead works for Bronco Wine which is even larger and still focuses on cheap, cheap wine like $2 Chucks and all of Trader Joe’s wines.)

thedailywhat: Olympic Commentary of the Day: An Irish...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:44:12 -0700

thedailywhat:

Olympic Commentary of the Day: An Irish commentator takes on Olympic sailing (and its spectators) and the result is uproarious.

This guy is more than worth three minutes of your full attention.

(Not Safe For Work — hilarious expletives.)

[biotv]

Olympic Commentary of the Day: An Irish commentator takes on Olympic sailing (and its spectators) and the result is uproarious.
This guy is more than worth three minutes of your full attention.
(Not Safe For Work — hilarious expletives.)
[biotv]

brotherofosiris: New Order - Blue Monday

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:34:23 -0700

brotherofosiris:

New Order - Blue Monday

thedailywhat: Mr. Bean At The Olympics of the Day: Rowan...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:10:24 -0700

thedailywhat:

Mr. Bean At The Olympics of the Day: Rowan Atkinson helps London open the Olympic Games with the theme from Chariots of Fire.

Definitely one of the highlights of the ceremony.

[bleedingcool]

Kim Jong-un's Wedding Vows

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:35:37 -0700

Kim Jong-un's Wedding Vows:

newyorker:

PYONGYANG (The Borowitz Report)—The press department of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has released the official transcript of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s wedding vows to his new bride, Comrade Ri Sol-ju: http://nyr.kr/MWMioW

poptech: New York starts turning payphones into free Wi-fi...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:41:07 -0700

poptech:

New York starts turning payphones into free Wi-fi hotspots

The hotspots are initially coming to ten payphones in three of the boroughs and will be open to the public to access for free. You can see a list of sites here. Users just agree to the terms, visit the city’s tourism website and then they’re up and running. Currently, there are no ads on the service, but there could be in the future.

The effort is part of the city’s larger goal of providing more digital inclusion for residents. And it’s also aimed at helping figure out the future of the city’s payphones, which are a source of complaints from many residents because they attract crime or are just plain ugly.

The payphones have been outfitted with “military grade” antennas, that provide service up to 300 feet away. The $2,000 installation is being provided for free by Van Wagner Communications, which owns many of the city’s payphones. The plan is to eventually spread the Wi-Fi hotspots to more of the city’s 13,000 payphones with the maintenance and ongoing costs paid by the payphone companies.

Brew York, New York: Happy Hour: Thirsty Tuesday

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:00:42 -0700

Brew York, New York: Happy Hour: Thirsty Tuesday:

brewyork:

It’s Tuesday, July 3rd. Here’s our list of recommended beer-related events in and around New York after work tonight:

It’s Captain Lawrence Night at Bar Great Harry (280 Smith St., at Sackett St., Carroll Gardens). The beers will be on all day, but from 6-10pm, get discounts on brews like…

unconsumption: Giant fish-shaped sculptures made from discarded...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:22:32 -0700

unconsumption:

Giant fish-shaped sculptures made from discarded plastic bottles — on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

See additional photos from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) here.

(via Colossal)

Yeah!

newyorker: Abortion has been a flashpoint of American politics...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:36:45 -0700

newyorker:

Abortion has been a flashpoint of American politics for so long that it can be wearying to think about it. There is always a temptation to think that it will, somehow, fade away as an issue. But it doesn’t and it hasn’t. And, in 2012, abortion remains—more than ever, in fact—the biggest and clearest difference between Republicans and Democrats.

The G.O.P.’s Abortion Problem: http://nyr.kr/N3Rcjf