Ni Ni as Yu Mo, from the film The Flowers of War.
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
– A. J. P. Taylor
If I wanted America to fail …
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful
Thank the gods for pharmaceuticals. They can fix anything.
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The World’s Scariest Drug
Scopolamine, also known as “The Devil’s Breath.” A substance so intense that it renders a person incapable of exercising free will.
“I’ve never...
“I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let people fool themselves. They didn’t bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn’t argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn’t.”
Who Approves the Drones?
Which is the scariest? Targeted assassinations, the fact that Congress can no longer prevent them, or the fact that Congress doesn’t seem to care about the loss of oversight? In this episode from VideoNation, author and Nation writer Jeremy Scahill explains the steps taken by the Bush administration and extended by the Obama administration in order to circumvent Congress and carry out targeted killings.
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“When you’re talking about the rights of an individual, and people say “I think”, I say to myself, who cares what you think?”
– Robin Quivers
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“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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