May22013
indypendenthistory: “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” — Frederick Douglass

indypendenthistory:

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” — Frederick Douglass

frederick douglas quote honesty self 

9PM

cinemagreats:

Akira (1988) - Directed by Katsuhiro Ohtomo

akira anime ohtomo 

9PM
lookingformendiola: My mother had always told her kids: if you’re about to do something, and you want to know if it’s a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see. From Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

lookingformendiola:

My mother had always told her kids: if you’re about to do something, and you want to know if it’s a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

From Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

philippines pinoy elections enrile flynn lookingformendiola 

April282013
fotojournalismus: Bazaar of Kifri, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2003. From iraq [Credit : Francesco Zizola]

fotojournalismus:

Bazaar of Kifri, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2003.

From iraq

[Credit : Francesco Zizola]

photography black and white kurdistan iraq francesco zizola 

April272013

America'€™s Troubled Drone Policy: Let the Debate Finally Begin

Under both the Bush and Obama Administrations, a slippery slope of self-justifications has become too commonplace. Republican and Democratic in-house lawyers have issued Executive Branch orders in convenient but questionable and euphemistic legalese. Enhanced interrogation techniques. Extraordinary rendition. Enemy combatants. Black sites. Imminent. And so on. Words to confuse the conscience.

- John Kael Weston

drone war USA obama bush covert