animalstalkinginallcaps:

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 75% OF THE COUNTRY DOESN’T EVEN REALIZE THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE ISN’T PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT’S A MOSTLY-PRIVATE FRANKENSTEIN ORGANIZATION UNDER SWAY OF NEW YORK BANKERS THAT REGULATES THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM VIA THE AUTHORITY OF PROFITEERS, AND HIRED THE HEAD OF ENRON’S LOBBYING DIVISION TO HELP KEEP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES FROM POKING THEIR NOSE IN TOO DEEP, BUT WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT, DO WE? WE TRY TO GET MARIJUANA LEGALIZED. GREAT. LEGALIZE IT. I COULD GIVE TWO SHITS. LET THE GAYS GET MARRIED TOO. ONE’S A VICTIMLESS CRIME AND THE OTHER’S A BLATANT CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION THAT SEEMS TO FREQUENTLY BLUR THE LINES BETWEEN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, BUT WHILE YOU’RE PICKETING FOR THESE THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHO’S USING THE COUNTRY’S MONEY TO LINE THEIR POCKETS WHILE COMPLETELY DISREGARDING THE POLICIES FOR WHICH THEY WERE CREATED, NAMELY REDUCING OR ELIMINATING UNEMPLOYMENT, MAINTAINING THE STABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND CONTAINING SYSTEMIC RISKS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS (GOOD JOB, DICKHEADS!) AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING AMERICA’S POSITION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. PERFECT THING TO LEAVE TO A BUNCH OF WALL STREET SCUMBAGS. FIXING OR ELIMINATING THE FED IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING IN HISTORY TEA PARTY MORONS AND LEFTIST INTELLECTUALS HAVE EVER AGREED ON, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTING POPULACE DOESN’T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT OR KNOW IT EXISTS.

SOMETIMES I REALLY WISH MY GRANDFATHER WASN’T ON THE DAMNED QUARTER. 

good:

Last year, global carbon emissions hit a record high, and the latest science tells us that we’re almost certainly locked into roughly 2 degrees Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming. It might not sound like much, but 2 degrees Celsius will redraw maps, change landscapes, and force cities to deploy aggressive adaptation measures.

A new book by Abrams Books, 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear, uses stunning photography to show us all exactly what’s at stake. Theproject started as an installation of large-scale photographs that were displayed in a Copenhagen plaza during COP15, the disappointing international climate meeting in 2009. (The exhibition is in Toronto right now, and will be moving around North America.)

Photo credit: Getty Images, Ltd. 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear, available from Abrams Books.

Slideshow: Ten Places to See Before They Disappear - Environment - GOOD

chelfyn:

Hubble Porn. Mmmmmmmm.

Very nice. :)