January 26, 2012
urthbruce: This story is pretty fucked up. occupyallstreets: Marine gets no jail time in killing of 24 Iraqi civilians Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich will not serve a jail sentence following his guilty plea in the killing of 24 Iraqis in 2005, a military judge said Tuesday. The announcement by Lt. Col. David Jones came after Wuterich took responsibility during his sentencing hearing at Camp Pendleton for the killings in the Euphrates River town of Haditha and expressed remorse to the victims’ families. Jones said he had planned to recommend 90 days in the brig — the maximum as requested by the prosecution — but that the plea bargain approved by Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser had called for no jail time. Wuterich, 31, was the last of eight Marines charged in the Haditha killings to have his case resolved. Six had the charges against them dropped, and one Marine was acquitted. As the squad leader, Wuterich ordered his Marines “to shoot first, ask questions later” as they stormed two houses on Nov. 19, 2005, after a roadside bomb had killed one Marine and injured two others. Source

urthbruce:

This story is pretty fucked up.

occupyallstreets:

Marine gets no jail time in killing of 24 Iraqi civilians

Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich will not serve a jail sentence following his guilty plea in the killing of 24 Iraqis in 2005, a military judge said Tuesday.

The announcement by Lt. Col. David Jones came after Wuterich took responsibility during his sentencing hearing at Camp Pendleton for the killings in the Euphrates River town of Haditha and expressed remorse to the victims’ families.

Jones said he had planned to recommend 90 days in the brig — the maximum as requested by the prosecution — but that the plea bargain approved by Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser had called for no jail time.

Wuterich, 31, was the last of eight Marines charged in the Haditha killings to have his case resolved. Six had the charges against them dropped, and one Marine was acquitted.

As the squad leader, Wuterich ordered his Marines “to shoot first, ask questions later” as they stormed two houses on Nov. 19, 2005, after a roadside bomb had killed one Marine and injured two others.

Source

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January 26, 2012
leftish: JON STEWART:  It might be nice if Romney thought his TAX RATE was WRONG!

leftish:

JON STEWART:  It might be nice if Romney thought his TAX RATE was WRONG!

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January 26, 2012

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January 26, 2012

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January 26, 2012

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January 26, 2012
"Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations. Philosophy does not result in ‘philosophical propositions’, but rather in the clarification of propositions.
Without philosophy thoughts are, as it were, cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries."

— Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus(4.112)

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January 26, 2012

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January 25, 2012
asylum: Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed "nice guys" are misogynists

carpe-librum:

angels-and-angles:

As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…

“When you are expected to support a girl you really like while she searches for a smarter, richer, and more handsome boyfriend. There is little you can do without feeling like a dick. All in all, one of the meanest…

“Slut” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “yes”. “Friendzone” is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say “no”.

please support feminist philosophies with something stronger the urban dictionary and universally quantified claims about women or men. 

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January 25, 2012

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January 25, 2012

mohandasgandhi:

lovehustle:

note-a-bear:

[Gif 1: “The pundits have asked ‘Is this all some joke?’ I say if they are calling being allowed to form a Super PAC and collecting unlimited, untraceable amounts of money from individuals, unions and corporations and spend[sic] that money on political ads and for person[sic] enrichment and then surrender that Super PAC to one of my closest friends while I explore a run for office.

Gif 2: If that is a joke, then they are saying our entire campaign finance system is a joke]

When Colbert is on point he is always really on point.

BWAAHAHA

Say what you will about Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart but they’re doing a damn good job of educating those who wouldn’t otherwise know about our out of control campaign finance system.

We will not see comprehensive healthcare, financial, energy, education, etc. reform until we pass comprehensive campaign finance reform, overturn Citizens United, and potentially amend the Constitution to stipulate that corporations do not constitute as persons.

Well done, gentlemen. Keep bringing this issue to the masses.

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