cognitivedissonance:

If you’re thinking of voting Republican because you’re pissed at Obama, remember the words of Stephen Colbert in the voting booth.

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9:36 pm  •  10 January 2012  •  16,455 notes  •  #quote #politics 

“They came from Syria, Iraq, Algeria, and elsewhere, and most fought with the Islamic fundamentalist Muj groups, particularly that headed by Abdul Resaul Sayyaf. We examined ways to increase their participation, perhaps in the form of some sort of ‘international brigade,’ but nothing came of it. Years later, these fundamentalist fighters trained by the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan would begin to show up around the world, from the Middle East to New York City, still fighting their Holy War only now including the United States among their enemies. Our mission was to push the Soviets out of Afghanistan. We expected a post-Soviet Afghanistan to be ugly, but never considered that it would become a haven for terrorists operating worldwide.”

— Robert Gates (1996)

12:45 pm  •  21 July 2011  •  2 notes  •  #politics #pakistan #quote 

eldestandonly:

I had the fortune to catch Massive Attack perform at the Gibson Ampitheater in Los Angeles last night. I’ve seen them once before, at Coachella 2006, but last night was an entirely different…

8:18 pm  •  8 November 2010  •  2 notes  •  #stage design #music #live show #politics #information 

sebastian errazuriz: american kills

‘american kills’ by chilean-born new york based artist sebastian errazuriz is a public 
installation showcasing the suicide rates of US soldiers. after searching on official 
war sites on the internet, he accidentally found out that 2 times more american soldiers 
had died in 2009 by committing suicide than those killed during that same year in the 
war in iraq; an alarming comparison that errazuriz had personally never read or 
heard about before…

Design Boom

4:03 pm  •  7 October 2010  •  #politics #street art