Coalition of Immokalee Workers wins a big damn victory in the Fair Food Program campaign: Wal-Mart signs on for the penny-per-pound piece rate increase. This is a big win for Florida farmworkers.

This Just In: Generalisimo William Kristol is still the Wrongest Man in America.

Of course they did. o/~ Oh I cheered when Obama was chosen; My faith in the system restored He told us a new day was dawning; He wouldn’t jail cancer patients to fight the drug war! And I know these last years haven’t been perfect But just think what he could do with four more! Oh love me, love me, love me I’m a liberal. o/~ #WithApologiesToPhilOchs

“Ramos’ attorney, John Barnett, told reporters: ‘These peace officers were doing their jobs…they did what they were trained to do.’” What does that tell you about their jobs? What does that tell you about what they were trained to do? Abolish the police.

Good. This is the second best thing about legalizing marijuana.

Limited-edition silver collectibles. Actually issued shortly after the assassination of Caesar. http://coins.about.com/od/famousrarecoinprofiles/p/eidmarprofile.htm

“[Mark] Wilsey said his family called the police to help with his schizophrenic son Keith Vidal . . .” So the police tasered Vidal and then murdered him. #DontCallTheCops

I did not realize that “Glen or Glenda?” and “Duck Amuck” came out in the same year.

just noticed that it would literally be less expensive to buy a brand-new tablet computer for an e-book reader *and* an e-book edition of next semester’s German textbook, than it would be to buy the printed textbook. #TextbookPublishingIsARacket