Prepping the bird. My first turkey. Gulp.
Swoon (I think) sighting in Ft. Greene.
Somebody That I Used to Know - I’m obssessed with this song and video by Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
“The police in New York don’t realize that it doesn’t matter to not have journalists on the scene,” Damman says, “because everybody is a reporter. What happens last night shows that they don’t get that.”
“Most of the content comes from the people on the ground, from the 99%.”
Source: soupsoup
‘99 Portraits’ Series Creates Occupy Wall Street’s Lasting Legacy. Photographer Steven Greaves wheat-pasted 99 portraits of the 99 percent all over New York City.
Source: good
Visualizing the 99%
The Guardian put together this compelling animated short explaining wealth distribution in the United States. It’s a must watch and something I’m going to share with everyone I know.
Click through to see the data behind the animation.
(via futurejournalismproject)
Source: futurejournalismproject
Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution
Things That Are Not In the U.S Constitution
- The Air Force
- Congressional Districts
- The Electoral College
- Executive Order
- Executive Privilege
- Freedom of Expression
- (Absolute) Freedom of Speech and Press
- “From each according to his ability…”
- God
- Immigration
- Impeachment means removal from office
- Innocent until proven guilty
- It’s a free country
- Judicial Review
- Jury of Peers
- “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
- Marriage
- Martial Law
- No taxation without representation
- Number of Justices in the Supreme Court
- “Of the people, by the people, for the people”
- Paper Money
- Political Parties
- Primary Elections
- Qualifications for Judges
- The right to privacy
- The right to travel
- The right to vote
- The separation of church and state
- The Separation of Powers Clause
- Slavery
- “We hold these truths to be self-evident”
- Other topics
These links go to longer explanations at the original source.
Further Reading:
- The Magna Carta (1215)
- The Mayflower Compact (1620)
- The Albany Plan (1754)
- Declaration of Rights (1765)
- The Boston Port Act (1774)
- The Administration of Justice Act (1774)
- The Massacusetts Government Act (1774)
- The Quartering Act (1774)
- The Quebec Act (1774)
- Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774)
- Articles of Association (1774)
- Benjamin Franklin’s Articles of Confederation (1775)
- Common Sense (1776)
- Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
- Richard Henry Lee’s Independence Resolution (1776)
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Articles of Confederation (1778)
- The Treaty of Paris (1783)
- Report of the Annapolis Conference (1786)
- The Virginia Plan (1787)
- Charles Pinckney’s Plan (1787)
- The New Jersey Plan (1787)
- The British Plan (1787)
- August 6 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
- September 12 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
- Speech of Benjamin Franklin (1787)
- The United States Constitution (1787)
- The Letter of Transmittal (1787)
- Washington’s Letter to Congress (1787)
- Wilson’s 4th of July Address (1788)
- Madison Introduces the Bill of Rights (1789)
- Twelve Articles of Amendment (1789)
- Treaty Between the United States and Tripoli (1797)
- Jefferson’s Wall of Separation Letter (1802)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
- The Report of the Hartford Convention (1815)
- Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
- Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
- Confederate Constitution (1861)
- Gettysburg Address (1863)
- Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
- The Pledge of Allegiance (1892)
- The American’s Creed (1917)
- The I Have a Dream Speech (1963)
- The Miranda Warning (1966)
- The Lemon Test (1971)
- Barack Obama’s Keynote Speech (2004)
- Virginia Joint Resolution 728 (2007)
The ratification documents of each of the original 13 states (plus Vermont) are also reproduced here:
- Delaware, December 7, 1787
- Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787
- New Jersey, December 18, 1787
- Georgia, January 2, 1788
- Connecticut, January 9, 1788
- Massachusetts, February 6, 1788
- Maryland, April 28, 1788
- South Carolina, May 23, 1788
- New Hampshire, June 21, 1788
- Virginia, June 26, 1788
- New York, July 26, 1788
- North Carolina, November 21, 1789
- Rhode Island, May 29, 1790
- Vermont, January 10, 1791
- Collated list
A list of current versions of each state’s constitution is available:
The following significant historical documents, not hosted on this site, may be of interest:
- The Federalist Papers
- Madison’s Notes on the Convention
- The Papers of George Washington
- The Papers of James Madison
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
- Other Significant Documents of the 18th century
The following resources are also available for research into historical American documents:
- The Avalon Project
- Library of Congress’s American Memory
- Our Documents - 100 great American documents
- NARA
- Matthew Weiler’s U.S. Historical Documents Archive
- University of Groningen (Netherlands)
(via motherjones)
Source: prolongedeyecontact
Down in the Valley | The Head & The Heart
both end in trouble and start with a grin
we’ll do it over and over and over again
these are the places you will find me hiding
these are the places i will always go
Source: chels
