September 2011
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The Nobodies (Los Nadies)
by Eduardo Galeano, and seems translated by Aimee Rozen
Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that one magical day good luck will suddenly rain down on them- will rain down in buckets.
But good luck doesn’t even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard the nobodies summon it, even if their left hand is tickling, or if they begin the new day with...
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The clearest example is the repeated use of the word “tolerate.” Students would...
– “Sociology of Deviancy” - Liazos (via yesalltheposts)
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The creative minds at AeroVironment are currently test-flying a hummingbird. And that’s not some code name for a little remote-control airplane that can hover and fly backwards. The Nano Hummingbird is a winged vehicle with no tail and flapping wings that it uses as its only method of propulsion. And they have even dressed it up to look like the real bird.
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North Korea is neither a workers paradise (although that is the stated goal!),...
– http://www.last.fm/group/DPRK+Music+-+The+North+Korean+Channel
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