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Corruption Perceptions Index 2009 via Transparency International

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The CPI is a “survey of surveys”, based on 13 different expert and business surveys.

The darker the blue, the higher the perceived level of public sector corruption.

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main site here

4 weeks ago 4 notes

Breaking News: (I) Sen. Joe Leiberman to join Republican filibuster unless Public Option is removed

thesmarttart:

brooklynmutt:

via MSNBC via Politico

Fuck you, Joe Lieberman. Seriously, just FUCK YOU.

Joe Lieberman needs to be fucking fired into the sun.

*tssss*

What a self aggrandizing, divisive asshole.

1 month ago 24 notes

frenchelon:

ohryankelley:

Left vs Right

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(via: rachelsbrain)

eh…it’s interesting and all but seems just the eensy weensiest simplistic. Why oh why must we always try to distill the most complex human systems into one word catchphrases or kicky flowcharts? Why can’t we accept that when you deal with theoretical systems it’s all fine and dandy to use logic and algorithms but as soon as you graft the inherently irrational human emotional universe on top of those neatly identifiable theoretical systems, your hypotheses based on rational logic is going to be blown to tiny little bits of shit?!

-sigh-

God…i wish I had more baking things here.

1 month ago 164 notes View Larger Image

Will California become America's first failed state?

Much has been made globally of the problems of Ireland and Iceland. Yet California dwarfs both. It is the eighth largest economy in the world, with a population of 37 million. If it was an independent country it would be in the G8. And if it were a company, it would likely be declared bankrupt. That prospect might surprise many, but it does not come as news to Tuua, as she glances nervously into the warming sky, hoping her parents will not have to wait in the car through the heat of the day just to see a doctor. “It is so depressing. They both worked hard all their lives in this state and this is where they have ended up. It should not have to be this way,” she says.

Great article via The Guardian UK. Click to read the whole thing

2 months ago 4 notes

Just when you thought health insurance companies couldn’t get any scummier, it appears that in nine states and the District of Columbia, insurance companies have categorized domestic violence as a “preexisting condition.

– New Depths of Inhumanity - The Pursuit of Harpyness (via robot-heart-politics) (via enjoli)

3 months ago 26 notes

moorewr:

hellaposer:

Fixed

I <3 hellaposer

i die. lol.

3 months ago 20 notes

andrewmuto:

9/11 tribute at the Pentagon. No umbrella.

3 months ago 147 notes View Larger Image

inothernews:

GONE TOO SOON Spc. Jeffrey Hodge mourned four soldiers from his unit — Capt. John Hallett, Capt. Cory Jenkins, Sgt. First Class Ronald Sawyer and Spc. Dennis Williams — after their memorial service at Fort Lewis, Wash., Wednesday. An improvised explosive device killed the men in Afghanistan on Aug. 25. (Photo: Janet Jensen/The News Tribune via the AP / Wall St. Journal)

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frenchelon:

livesophia:

I wrote a long screed about the health care debate, and then I made the graphic above.

I like the graphic better.

(via topherchris)

ALBERTA. You’ll move to ALBERTA.

fuck you frenchelon! Oh, gosh, sorry.

Woah. I guess some of my Canadian regional bias remains intact even in spite of all this time removed. Apologies for that outburs…outb….FUCK YOU EAST COAST, MONEY TRANSFERRING, REFERENDUM THREATENING DICKWEED.

Woops. Crap. There i go again. I truly didn’t mean that. My apologies. Very sorry.

3 months ago 91 notes

redpajamas:

rosasparks:brooklynmutt:peterwknox:

The Secret to Connecticut’s Success

BAHA! Connecticutians know how to party.

3 months ago 55 notes

Breaking News: (I) Sen. Joe Leiberman to join Republican filibuster unless Public Option is removed

Will California become America's first failed state?

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