March 2012
February 2012
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Human Rights v. Corporations
this article is about Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum. I cannot stress how important this case is to human rights matters around the world.
here’s the link: click here
It’s a short article, here’s a little excerpt, read it. it’s worth it.
A decision affirming that Shell should go unpunished in the Niger Delta case would leave us with a Supreme Court that seems of...
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let me be one of i'm sure many who...
bitch about the new tumblr icons.
wtf? i feel like tumblr has been purchased by little tikes.
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why am i up? oh yeah, that’s why.
i will regain control of my life.
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“Fuck you squares, the circle got smaller
The castle got bigger, the walls got...”
– jay z
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when librarians think you're lame...
librarian: oh my, you have the whole library to yourself, no one else is here!
me: haha, yeah
librarian: people aren't usually here on a saturday night
me: yeah, I have a lot of work to do
librarian lady: oh. that's not fun
me: yeah...
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why Israel won't attack:
Anyone who follows Middle Eastern affairs knows Israel probably won’t attack Iran, and here’s why from a completely unreliable source; me.
No country wants to be attacked, but Israel really doesn’t want to be attacked. What does that mean? It means Iran is more willing lose some of its citizens than Israel is.
Where am I getting this from? History I suppose. from 1980 to...
LRW
DONE.
“In Arabic, the word “bayt” translates literally as house, but its connotations...”
– An excerpt from Anthony Shadid’s House of Stone, his forthcoming memoir excerpted on the New York Times. Beautiful, beautiful writing. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
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“you get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you”
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i miss 90’s rock so much. what happened to the rock scene? uggh.
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arwa damon,
please marry me. i’m sorry Hala Gorani, but Arwa Damon’s coverage on Syria makes me want her more.
(i have a thing for female news anchors)
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maf-cka
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Bruning v. Carroll Cmty. Sch. Dist.
this might be the funniest case i’ve ever read.
(btw these are 6th and 7th graders)
“Rachael Dixon, Courtney Everett, and Heather Bruning “racked” Chris Barthman in the groin and would call him names in response to names he called them. Chris Barthman testified that everyone in his class gave one another “titty twisters.” Jerry Letze testified in...
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GIANTS!
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“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and...”
– Pablo Neruda
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wake up in the middle of the night thinking...
“i love LexisNexis Advance, but I should really use WestLaw considering most firms use that.” then i go back to sleep.
“keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel”
– the doors
Ever wanted to see The Starry Night in really... →
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do i continue working on my LRW paper, or do I read for con law?
