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Suppose a man placed in a situation to choose between several crimes: —he can obtain a sum of...

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:23:00 -0400

Suppose a man placed in a situation to choose between several crimes: —he can obtain a sum of money by theft, by murder, or by arson…he ought, therefore to be able to compare these punishments among themselves and measure their different degrees.

If the same punishment of death is denounced for these three crimes, there is nothing to compare: the individual is left free to choose the crime which appears most easy of execution, and least liable to be detected.

Jeremy Bentham

(But won’t a person assume that he won’t get caught under either scenario?)

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Thu, 24 May 2012 01:23:43 -0400

theatlantic: Yes, America, We Have Executed an Innocent Man At...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:37:08 -0400

theatlantic:

Yes, America, We Have Executed an Innocent Man

At 11 p.m Monday, the Columbia University Human Rights Review published and posted its Spring 2012 issue — devoted entirely to a single piece of work about the life and death of two troubled and troublesome South Texas men. In explaining to their readers why an entire issue would be devoted to just one story, the editors of the Review said straightly that the “gravity of the subject matter of the Article and the possible far-reaching policy ramifications of its publication necessitated this decision.” […]

The Review article is an astonishing blend of narrative journalism, legal research, and gumshoe detective work. And it ought to end all reasonable debate in this country about whether an innocent man or woman has yet been executed in America since the modern capital punishment regime was recognized by the Supreme Court in 1976. The article is also a clear and powerful retort to Justice Scalia in Kansas v. Marsh: Our capital cases don’t have nearly the procedural safeguards he wants to pretend they do.

Read more. [Image: Corpus Christi Police Department]

Citizenship, in the end, is too important to be left to professionals. It’s time for us all to...

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:44:42 -0400

Citizenship, in the end, is too important to be left to professionals. It’s time for us all to be trustees, of our libraries and every other part of public life. It’s time to democratize democracy again.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/democracy-is-for-amateurs-why-we-need-more-citizen-citizens/256818/

最近、お坊さんが食べるみたいに食べてるの。今晩はわかめのサラダ、鯖の煮付け、玄米、白菜のお漬物を食べたよ。おいしかったよ。別に長生きしたいという思いも無いんだけど、こういう風に食べてると、きっと長生きで...

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:35:00 -0400

最近、お坊さんが食べるみたいに食べてるの。
今晩はわかめのサラダ、鯖の煮付け、玄米、白菜のお漬物を食べたよ。
おいしかったよ。
別に長生きしたいという思いも無いんだけど、
こういう風に食べてると、きっと長生きでもしちゃうんだな、と思っちゃう。
お酒だってあまり飲まないし、タバコ吸わないし。
彼氏は私が食べるものには一切興味がない。
昼間は、玄米と豆腐を食べてる私の横に座ってるのは
自作ポークブリトーを幸せに食べてるのが彼氏。
私は彼に頼んだ、たまには野菜も食べてね、
だって私だけ長生きしちゃっても寂しいから。体を大切にしてね。
彼は気軽に言う、あと４０年さえ生き残れたら
地球の人が死なないように、風邪引かないように、
ずっと生きていけるお薬ができてるから、心配するな、って。
そうなのかな。

gotagirlcrush: Got a Girl Crush On: Young Hillary! A young...

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:55:13 -0400

gotagirlcrush:

Got a Girl Crush On: Young Hillary!

A young Hillary Clinton! Gorgeous!

あー眠い。４時ごろに珈琲入れたのに、それでも眠い。ずっと洋服の買い物をしたいと思ってるのだが買い物するエネルギーがなく、それより昼寝をしちゃってる毎日。今日は授業が終わってから友達とルールーズっていうカ...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:22:00 -0400

あー眠い。
４時ごろに珈琲入れたのに、それでも眠い。
ずっと洋服の買い物をしたいと思ってるのだが
買い物するエネルギーがなく、それより昼寝
をしちゃってる毎日。
今日は授業が終わってから友達とルールーズ
っていうカフェで昼御飯食べてきたのよ。
で、そこのキャロットジンジャースープが
美味しくてね、ほっと、癒されました。
ごちそうさま。

"It’s all tied up with the deliberately obtuse people who conflate “freedom of..."

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:40:16 -0400

“It’s all tied up with the deliberately obtuse people who conflate “freedom of speech” with “immunity from criticism.” You “can” say the n-word. Go ahead and say it if you want, Skrillex. And I will go ahead and give you the world’s most sidewaysiest eyeball forever. Because it hurts people. Why do you want to hurt people?”

- http://jezebel.com/5905291/a-complete-guide-to-hipster-racism

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:09:15 -0400

"I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey...."

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:47 -0400

“I will give you an example of how race affects my life. I live in a place called Alpine, New Jersey. Live in Alpine, New Jersey, right? My house costs millions of dollars. In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there’s me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let’s break it down, let’s break it down: me, I’m a decent comedian. I’m a’ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He’s a fucking dentist! He ain’t the best dentist in the world…he ain’t going to the dental hall of fame…he don’t get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He’s just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist. See, the black man gotta fly to get to somethin’ the white man can walk to.”

tiger billy’s cover of TV GIRL’S GIRLS LIKE ME me on...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:55:45 -0400

tiger billy’s cover of TV GIRL’S GIRLS LIKE ME
me on da vocals

ruebees: gentlethrills: etteette: Compiling some sticker...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:19:47 -0400

ruebees:

gentlethrills:

etteette:

Compiling some sticker sheets together, and there’s a lot more than these four pages in the works!

these are beautiful and wonderful!

michaelrue: popca: garconniere: rawr. who is the person on...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:52:12 -0400

michaelrue:

popca:

garconniere:

rawr.

who is the person on the bottom right? because damn.

"The Connecticut House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to repeal the state’s seldom-used..."

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:20:33 -0400

“The Connecticut House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to repeal the state’s seldom-used death penalty after more than nine hours of often gut-wrenching debate.”

- via. (via evanfleischer)

jacquelineofalltrades: How do I possibly like this more, it...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:35:15 -0400

jacquelineofalltrades:

How do I possibly like this more, it seems impossible.

i did it

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:57:32 -0400

i did it

"In a nation with the racial history of the United States I am baffled by the idea that non-racism..."

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:55:17 -0400

“In a nation with the racial history of the United States I am baffled by the idea that non-racism would be the presumption and that it is racial bias which must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.”

- Melissa Harris-Perry, The Epistemology of Race Talk (via mswyrr)

0h shit i just got truth all down my shirt

(via muckrakingiswomenswork)

“The Communist conspiratorial technique of infiltration poses a problem which sorely temps the...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:46:46 -0400

“The Communist conspiratorial technique of infiltration poses a problem which sorely temps the Government to resort to confinement of suspects on secret information secretly judged. I have not been one to discount the Communist evil. But my apprehensions about the security of our form of government are about equally aroused by those who refuse to recognize the dangers of Communism and those who will not see the danger in anything else.”

Justice Jackson’s dissent in Shaughnessy v. United States E Rel. Mezei (1953). Relevant today (Think Guantanamo Bay).

ready for law school prom

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:26:00 -0400

ready for law school prom

toomuchisneverenough: “Absolutely no information on killing...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:08:09 -0400

toomuchisneverenough:

“Absolutely no information on killing mocking birds.”

just died a lil