May 2012
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The Educated Field Negro: The wealthy aren't the... →
anticapitalist:
An article by Paul Buchheit illustrates what the rich REALLY do with their money:
Marketwatch estimates that over 90% of the assets owned by millionaires are held in a combination of low-risk investments (bonds and cash), the stock market, and real estate. According to…
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…Send people who will speak the truth in love. I pray especially that...
– Stormie Omartian, The Power of a Praying Woman
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about my granny.: a bit of background. →
aboutmygranny:
this blog, as the uncreative, unimaginative title suggests, is where i will come to tell random stories, write random prose, and post random pictures of my grandmother. she’s pretty much all i can write about these days without having an aneurysm in the process, and i’ve been wanting to tell…
Such a great idea! More of our stories need to be preserved this way - using new...
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…In real life, every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes...
– Arie Pencovici
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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as...
– Maya Angelou
Stumping for Energy - CNBC →
What's Up Using a Word Like "Amazing" in Your...
theyuniversity:
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SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE:... →
schomburgcenter:
The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo…
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The Heart loves service, humility, hard work, dedication, self-approval and...
– Mastin Kipp #TDL
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Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. The NAACP’s support...
– NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, as
…the NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts “to codify discrimination or hatred into the law.”
more.
(via thesmithian)
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I’m the type of person who moves quietly. You can’t tell everybody...
– Mentor, Big Sister, and Friend
(A kindred spirit indeed!)
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Why So Many Ph.D.s Are On Food Stamps →
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