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“And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.”
— Anne Frank
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  • 33 years in prison for running a fake vaccination program in an attempt to find Osama bin Laden using DNA
  • $3,500 fine for his actions, which led to the U.S. finding and killing the al-Qaeda leader a year ago source

» And no, the U.S. isn’t happy: Previously, Secretary of State…

fotojournalismus:

Anti-government protesters run to take cover as riot police (rear) run towards them during a march asking for the release of detainees, in the main souq (traditional market) in Manama, Bahrain May 22, 2012.
[Credit : Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]
guardian:

A woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote, May 23, 2012. Egypt commenced two days of presidential voting after 16 months of interim rule by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. This election is the first free presidential race since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.Photograph: SUHAIB SALEM/Reuters

Jack Shenker writes in from Cairo:

Two misapprehensions underpin much of the discussion about the revolution. The first is that the metric of revolutionary success lies solely in the formal arena of institutional politics, and the development of democratic mechanisms within it. The second is that Tahrir, along with the ludicrously titled “Facebook youth” who populated the square in January and February last year, is the only alternative space in which pressure on the formal arena is thrashed out.

my dad just told me not to stay up too late.

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auuuy:

Can we all collectively report ‘justgirlythings’ for their stupid ass posts?

reblogging for critical commentary

evanfleischer:

sharquaouia:

What’s happening in Lebanon? I’m seeing some scary tweets :/

Here’s what I’ve found so far. Have I missed anything?

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JASON DERULO - BREATHING

(Source: chanini)

i hate parties for me

good thing there’s guacamole 

nordlig:

flypeterfly

bird poop galore