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Remember back when Barack Obama got U.S. soldiers out of Iraq? Boy howdy, that was a time.

Power makes you stupid. #ToHellWithProhibition OK everyone, quiz time, identify the logical fallacy: “There is ample experience that a drug user harms not only himself, but also many others. . . And I’m not just talking about heroin. Over the past decade, as marijuana use has grown, the number of car accident victims testing positive for the drug has tripled, according to a recent study. . .” — Former Narc-in-Chief John P Walters

The most basic and most important reasons for immigration freedom are moral, not economic. #AbolishBorders #EndInternationalApartheid

C.S. Lewis, “The Last Battle.” Well, geez, that was kind of weird. Also got a bit racist along the way there? But, man, ***SPOILER ALERT***

http://ift.tt/1p4J4VP This would have been much better in every way than the actual speaker at my commencement.

Portuguese translation question: say I said of someone, “fumava como quem não pensa.” As I understand it, literally this means something like “he was smoking like one who does not think / is not thinking.” Q.: would I read this as describing the mental state of the smoker (that he seems like he’s not thinking about something or about anything in particular?) Or is it an idiomatic phrase to indicate he’s smoking a lot or in a peculiar way (e.g. “He was smoking like you wouldn’t believe.”) Or does it mean something else?

I am already against the next war on Iraq.

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No. It was far worse than that.

The U.S. Border Patrol does it with class; They’ll taunt helpless children while kicking their ass. #NotOneMore #StopDeportations #AbolishTheBorderPatrol #AbolishBorders