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  • Standing up for our eroding civil liberties

    12/21/2011 11:51:52 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 22 replies · 1+ views
    Pravda.ru ^ | December 21, 2011 | Amy Alkon
    This country's Founding Fathers were a bunch of obnoxious jerks -- and I mean that in the most reverent way. These were men who were fiercely opposed to blind obedience to authority, and who laid their lives on the line to flip it the bird. Oh, how disappointingly -- and dangerously -- far we've fallen. Our Constitutional rights are increasingly being eroded -- at TSA checkpoints, at police stops where citizens are arrested for videotaping, and elsewhere -- and so many Americans are just sitting there blinking like livestock. At the airport this past March, I wasn't one of those...
  • The Truth About Beauty

    12/12/2010 6:19:47 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 49 replies
    Psychology Today ^ | November 1, 2010 | Amy Alkon
    It would be so nice if inner beauty triumphed over outer appearance. But men are designed to care about packaging. It's time to accept the not-so-pretty facts about looks. There are certain practical realities of existence that most of us accept. If you want to catch a bear, you don't load the trap with a copy of Catch-22—not unless you rub it with a considerable quantity of raw hamburger. If you want to snag a fish, you can't just slap the water with your hand and yell, "Jump on my hook, already!" Yet, if you're a woman who wants to...