Why I Changed My Mind | The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/why-i-changed-my-mind

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“To see a country already dotted with perfectly usable stadiums spend approximately $6 billion on new facilities is to notice a squandering of resources that is unconscionable.”

Colossal World Cup Foul | The Progressive
http://progressive.org/zirinmay10.html

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Cottonland In this feature-length documentary, photographer Nance
Ackerman describes the havoc prescription painkiller OxyContin,
wreaked in the already weakened Cape Breton town of Glace Bay. The
film guides us through a culture of economic and social depression
where we encounter a number of men and women at different stages of
dependency. Demystifying the world of the addict while showing us the
complex social nexus that led to such despair, Cottonland emphasizes
the importance of a collective approach to tackling addiction.
http://www.nfb.ca/film/cottonland

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They Get to Me: an article by Jessica Love | The American Scholar
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/they-get-to-me/

the sort of undergraduates who like to stay on top of things, who won’t try to fit all seven research hours in on the last possible day, who aren’t likely to rearrange the keyboard to spell [F][U][C][K] [ ] [T][H][I][S] or to accidentally “lock” themselves in the testing rooms by pulling at the doors instead of pushing

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The magic cure - The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/09/the_magic_cure/?page=full

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Animal Magnetism
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Sarah Silverman on her TED talk: “The bit was tied into the theme of the conference, which was ‘What the World Needs Now.’ So I say I’d like to adopt a retarded baby because I don’t have this urge to have a little version of myself to get right this time.’ She stops to explain her feelings about the word retard. ‘I don’t like it. I think it’s a negative bummer word. Retarded, however, technically means [mentally challenged].’ She continues: ‘So I say I’m adopting a retarded baby and I’ll be worried about who will take care of my child when I’m gone. So, solution! I’m going to adopt one with a terminal illness. Now, you’re probably thinking, what kind of person looks to adopt a terminally ill retarded child? An amazing person! I don’t see those 9/11 firefighters adopting retarded children with terminal illnesses. I’m just saying. Of course, there’s going to be the uncomfortable, inevitable question in the adoption process: Are you sure there are absolutely no cures on the horizon?’”

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“I came to do everything I was bid, I drowned my scruples in my
washbowl, clutched my soap manfully, and assuming a businesslike air,
made a dab at the first dirty specimen I saw, bent on performing my
task vi et armis if necessary. I chanced to light on a withered old
Irishman wounded in the head, which caused that portion of his frame
to be tastefully laid out like a garden, the bandages being the walks,
his hair the shrubbery.”

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“A religion still hidden, like the yeast in the measures of meal, in
the secular disguise of environmentalism. The foundational metaphysics
already have been incorporated into rituls of devout observance. The
worshipful recyclings of eggshells; the eating of free-range chickens
and organic heirloom tomatoes signifies the partaking in a feast of
communion. Like the Councils of Nicaea and Trent, international
conferences addressed to the problem of climate change seek to clarify
the existence of the Holy Ghost. The miracle is the rabbit, not the
pulling of the rabbit out of a hat.”

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