June 2011
27 posts
Ga’s farm-labor crisis playing out as planned |... →
After enacting House Bill 87, a law designed to drive illegal immigrants out of Georgia, state officials appear shocked to discover that HB 87 is, well, driving a lot of illegal immigrants out of Georgia.
It might be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other...
Corrupt Politics: McCain Now Denies Ever Saying... →
corruptpolitics:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has faced non-stop criticism since he falsely claimed undocumented immigrants started the destructive wildfires in northern Arizona. McCain’s responses in the last 24 hours have been all over the map — first he dug in, then he expressed confusion that people…
Whoa
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as...”
– Benjamin Franklin (via yousetyourlimits, caraobrien, runfromtheherd) (via vruz) (via silas216)
An open letter to half of my socks:
anarchyandscotch:
COME BACK PLEASE COME BACK OH GOD WHERE DID YOU ALL GO HOW DO YOU KEEP DISAPPEARING THIS IS SOME KIND OF BLACK MAGIC SHIT
Yours,
Rich
Treme gives me hope
frageelay:
I’m writing fiction involving a large number of characters and every time I think it’s too big, it’s too much to tackle, and the good old “who do you think you are?” starts setting in, I watch this show and realize that it’s possible. I’m no David Simon, but he proves that it can be done, revealing the grace in tiny moments with humor and honesty, and that you can let characters...
“However long the night, the dawn will break.”
– African Proverb (via dubhlina)
