January 2011
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I wish I was in Egypt right now. Seeing all these photographs, watching the news, the whole idea of a revolution makes my heart skip a beat. I mean, think about it, how fed up does someone have to be with the government to actually hold their infant in front of a bunch of armed soldiers? It’s perplexing. It’s a profound statement. These people are so infuriated with the way their lives have been...
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AMAZING
Egyptian uprising and unrest. People disobey “curfew”.
Stand Up. Speak Up.
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Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has...
– Bill Maher (via leftish)
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Anonymous asked: How does one love more than one person at a time? Destiny does not always provide neat, simple solutions....
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I wish you did not have one, but rather two tongues,
one bulging out of your...
– Suhaib Ibn Najeeb
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"Sometimes it hurts instead..."
His palm settled on my soaked cheeks
Wiping tears of pain and aggression
He grasps my heart with his lingering eyes
He’s come baring all the answers
And with a simple kiss the world is transformed
I find myself lost somewhere in his imagination
And it somehow feels like home
He pulls at the ends of my hair, tighter
His teeth branding the trenches of my soiled skin
His sweat...
Revolution in Tunisia →
uzairm:
… 21st century style. The darling of western governments deposed. Running away because his grip on power is gone. Air traffic controllers giving live updates on a fleeing president’s whereabouts, modern day exiles returning home triumphant, police officers and protesters hugging and crying together. Arabic-speaking elderly women shouting at the top of their voices: OUT OUT OUT! YALLA,...
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and...
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via quotewhore)
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His touch seems stained
Tainted with illusions of forever
He trails the skin of my body with a clench
Holding on as if he expects me to run away
He knows me all too well…
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Federal judge dead, congresswoman among 12 wounded...
(CNN) — A federal judge was killed and a congresswoman gravely wounded Saturday in a shooting outside of a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store, according to police and government officials.
In all, six people died and 12 were wounded in the shooting, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, according to Rick Kastigar, bureau chief for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
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How did we become strangers amidst all this familiarity?
– @Sweets21 (me)
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*Arizona would claim the right to determine citizenship of those born here under...
– Proposed legislation would let each state define citizenship - East Valley Tribune - Arizona Local News: Immigration
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