Month: December 2011

If someone told me to write a book on morality, it would have a hundred pages and ninety-nine of them would be blank. On the last page I would write, “I recognize only one duty and that is to love.” And as far as everything else is concerned, I say no.

Albert Camus  (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

Howard’s dedicated activism continued, literally without a break, until the very end, even in his last years, when he was suffering from severe infirmity and personal loss, though one would hardly know it when meeting him or watching him speaking tirelessly to captivated audiences all over the country. Whenever there was a struggle for peace and justice, Howard was there, on the front lines, unflagging in his enthusiasm, and inspiring in his integrity, engagement, eloquence and insight, light touch of humor in the face of adversity, dedication to non-violence, and sheer decency. It is hard even to imagine how many young people’s lives were touched, and how deeply, by his achievements, both in his work and his life.

Noam Chomsky, Remembering Howard Zinn

I would like to be that badass when I am old/ever…

(via rooftopsedge)

Government has a flaw that General Electric doesn’t have. The government is potentially democratic. There’s a way of influencing the government and participating in it. I’m not joking, just think about it. When you’re saying that the government is doing this and that and the other thing to us, yes, the government is reflecting the interests of the people in it, but they could be representing us – there is no way for private tyrannies to be representing us. So yes, they would like you to hate the government. There is a lot wrong with the government, there is a lot to be hated about it, there is a lot to be changed about it. But the main thing about it is you can participate in it. And there are ways of changing what it does, and therefore, for at least people who believe in democracy, gives us advantages that other systems of powers don’t have. It is potentially our system of power, and the private corporations aren’t.

Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)

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Straw-necked Ibis by rogersmithpix on Flickr.

What a gorgeous birdie!

Those feathers!

Oh wow! Looks like holographic owo;

😮 I did not know these existed! Wow.

Come to Western Australia (or Australia), we have all these things and more. Although, I should say this guy is in breeding plumage, and he’s only gonna look that pretty / holographic for about a month and a half.

Thoth