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Just a normal, lovely day in the park.
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“…One of my heroes was a Catholic nun who spread her blood on a missile silo in Colorado and got incarcerated. And she did an action in Tennessee and got incarcerated. She — her name was Jackie Hudson. She recently died. And a lot of it was because of the mistreatment in the prison system in Tennessee. She used to say, ‘Whatever you do, take one more step out of your comfort zone.’
And that is what I do. I take a step out of my comfort zone.”
~ Dorli Rainey, 84-year-old political activist, on Current TV’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” November 16, 2011
Dorli Rainey is badass. She is committed to making her world a better place. And she was pepper-sprayed by the Seattle PD as an observer of the Occupy Seattle protests.
When I am an old woman, forget wearing purple. I want to wear my ideals on my sleeves and pepper spray on my face, if it means that I can be as committed as she is.
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Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Source: New York Magazine
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LOL FOREVERTHIS. PERSON.
ALL OF THE AWARDS.
HOLY SHIT BRILL.
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