February 2012
52 posts
Heaven is a place on earth with you
UC Davis Undergraduate Research Conference
I submitted an abstract for the conference today. Hopefully it gets approved and I can present
My paper argues that despite a few limitations and failures, in the years since its creation (July 1, 2002), the International Criminal Court has become a successful tool in implementing international justice, bringing charges against numerous individuals guilty of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity,...
Watchduchesscloverly:
First of Max’s scenes in On My Way
Young the Giant
Young the Giant has done more for me then just about any other band. I’ve spent the last three years trying to be like them, trying dress like them, and being inspired by them.
When I’m feeling down about Finish Ticket’s prospects, I just think of Young the Giant, and how through a combination of great music and hard work (they’ve been touring straight for almost two...
This is not native!: Check out my new blog! →
bbanzaiz:
this-is-not-native:
I’ve wanted to make something like this for a while now. Think of it as the angry lovechild of This is Not Grunge and My Culture is Not a Trend. My goal is to call out and educate as many people as possible who use the #native american tag (among others) to post shit like this:
Because…
Bless this blog.
Fuck this
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Things fall apart
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via caraobrien)
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“They are going to kill us all and if you don’t help us, they’ll kill...”
– “Danny”- A Syrian dissident in the city of Homs, which has been subject to an indiscriminate shelling by the Syrian Army for the past several days. 30 years ago, in the Syrian city of Hama, a very similar massacre occurred, with anywhere between 10,000-40,000 people dying. We could very...
“We have nothing left. Why not offer our lives?”
– Muhammad, an injured fighter with the Free Syrian Army.
Wadi Khaled: The Free Syrian Army Base in Lebanon via Al Akhbar
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The devils on ma back
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Reblog if you think mohandasgandhi should be an...
stfuconservatives:
unknowablewoman:
um YES
MG is the best. MG for editor of everything!
: Dinner and a Movie on a Post-Apocalyptic Earth... →
damienverrett:
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I can’t tell if I want to be punched in the mouth or kissed on the lips
Just some general observations:
The world is a seriously horrible place full of horrible, apathetic people.
I’m horrible and apathetic.
My problems are nothing compared to millions of others, and these millions are all people who I will never meet and who I probably will never be able to help.
It doesn’t matter if I care about these people, because I will continue to live a good...
The mountains are just a few miles east of here and I’m sure I could find a perfectly good cave to crawl into and die. That would probably be whats best right now
I'm drinking while writing about Genocide
huh
*Edit: Its some heavy shit
"I believe that, as long as there is plenty,...
jackandjackie:
~ RFK
Breaking the silence over Hama atrocities →
Khaled al-Khani was just seven when he lost his father in the city of Hama during what residents say was the worst massacre in Syria’s modern history.
Today, as the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad grips the country, men like Khaled are finally starting to discuss the grisly events of 1982, as protests slowly force open the veil of fear and secrecy which surrounded the killings.
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