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wait, corporations are corrupting science?

Check out this utterly depressing report on how corporations systematically are trying to maximize profit with at the expense of the public’s health.  Shocking?  No.  So now you’re angry.  What do you do? 

Well, we over at Whisperlights-central suggest investigating these companies and industries and not buying products from them.  And directing your IRAs, MMAs, and retirement accounts (if you have them) to stop investing in companies that are immoral or support things you don’t.  And writing to your congressperson or senator to explain that you love science and hate corruption.

Agreed.

(via failedinspain)

yancygibbons:

Found when I searched for “Batman” in my C drive

Yup.

new jam from upcoming Underground Cities’ opus “Arcosanti”

Go see this… Tobie opens for Michelle Blades’ CD Release show!

slowocean:

m’about ta loiter ‘round town. thanks to jennifer campbell & aron towner for these!!

new jam by whisperlights’ side project, There Is Danger!

i… but then there’s… yeah. amazing.

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roartheband:

Video for “I Can’t Handle Change” by ROAR

Filmed by Andrew Almendarez

 solid!

Whisperlights - "Great Escape" featured on sweet blog

ummmmm… if you follow our tumblr, chances are you’ve already heard this song… but listen to the playlist anyway, there are a lot of great bands on it, too!

Woman given 3-year prison term for food stamp application lie.

wilwheaton:

A Rankin County mother will serve more time in federal prison for lying on her food stamp application than a group of people recently sentenced in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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[Judge] Wingate bypassed sentencing McLemore under federal guidelines that suggested she receive two to eight months in prison and would have made her eligible for probation. He instead sentenced her under a federal statute that carries a maximum five years in prison.

She received $4367 in benefits. She paid the money back, but she’s still going to fucking prison.

Yeah, she’s a liar and clearly has a drug problem, but three years in prison? For a 47 year-old non-violent offender? What the fuck is wrong with this country?

The rich and powerful get away with murder, while someone’s 47 year-old mom — who is so poor she needs food stamps — gets three years in prison for lying on an application. For food stamps. That she needs because she’s so poor.

This is happening in the richest country on the planet, by the way.

A message from an animal control officer

AZ Kaos: Tucson's Grill and Red Room Close Tomorrow

ijwphoto:

azkaos:

Tucson’s 24-hour diner and adjacent music venue, the Grill and Red Room respectively, will be shutting its doors for the final time this Tuesday night (at midnight).

The joint-business has long been the epicenter of the city’s hipster weirdness and will be sorely missed. The…

Nooooooo!

Caught on Camera: Ten Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters

I like this post a lot, mostly because it talks about how difficult the police’s job is.  Which is why most members of the police receive great pensions, great benefits and good pay.  They are compensated well for the difficult work that they do.  This is also why the small percentage of police that engage in brutality and other inhuman activities should be held accountable for their actions.

Boehner's former aids write Memo to show how and why OWS needs to be undermined

Not really shocking, nice to see who really matters though to these people.