January 2012
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Everyone at this place is wack except for Lena sharing her new years resolutions:
1) get a job 2) don’t get deported. Here here to real life
December 2011
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I’m gonna stop blowing off my friends when they want to do stuff. Sometimes it’s not that bad.
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Mubarak trial resumes Wednesday amid increased... →
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Giving Yemen a Chance →
kinda hurts that that the possibility of ali abdullah saleh getting a visa got tons more coverage than the fact that people marched over 170 miles for 4 days in rejection of the GCC’s illegitimate and wholly unrepresentative initiative. the 2nd longest march since ghandi’s salt march in 1930
this oped is so silly.
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Strikes spread across Yemen as government... →
The strikes are following a pattern. Workers lock the gates to an institution, and then they storm the offices of their supervisors, demanding their replacement with bosses who are not tainted with corruption allegations. So far the scenario has played out in 18 state agencies.
“This is the real revolution, the institutions revolution,” said Mohammed Gabaal, an 40-year-old accountant who is on...
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“We’re continuing to consider President Saleh’s request to enter the country for...”
– from the US Department of State briefing on “Saleh Request to Enter U.S.” (x)
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i really like this mr mthafuckin eXquire song “mau mau”
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i just finished watching ‘heathers’ for the first time. what a weird movie.
i’m gonna try to venture outside tomorrow (today- when I wake up midafternoon).
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Egyptian judge frees anti-junta blogger | The... →
theamericanbear:
One of Egypt’s most prominent revolutionaries has been released from jail after almost two months during which he missed the birth of his first child.
An Egyptian investigative judge ordered that Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been at the forefront of anti-regime struggles for a decade and was a political prisoner during the Mubarak era, be freed pending investigation into...
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Yemen's historic "Life" march @ 264km is the...
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“Trust me, this has got nothing to do with gangs. Or drugs. Or rap music. Or...”
– Attack the Block (via saturdayinmadrid)
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Look out USA! A dictator's heading your way. →
newsflick:
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said he will go to the US and give way to a successor, hours after his forces killed nine people demanding he be tried for killings over nearly a year of protests aimed at his ouster.
“I will go to the United States. Not for treatment, because I’m fine, but to get away from attention, cameras, and allow the unity government to prepare properly...
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Ali Abdullah Saleh's will they won't they... →
Now he’s not gonna come and will continue to terrorize Yemen from within.
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The 10 Most Annoying Pop Christmas Songs of All... →
10. Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Though I’m sure I sound like a real grinch, I actually love Christmas music, and this single by the goddess Carey is one of my favorites (though I prefer this bass remix featuring Jermaine Dupri and Lil Bow Wow). Yet in the spirit of seasonal generosity, it’s on the list because I know it’s intensely reviled by many, in part because of its...
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“The opposition in Yemen is as dirty as President Saleh’s party, and their turn...”
– Hakim Almasmari, “Yemen Revolution Only Ten Percent Complete” (x)
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Swiss museum suspends Elysée Prize to protest... →
hahah, Lacoste is also saying they suspended it. I hope they get a shit-storm of bad PR.
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