Obama Blocks Arctic And Atlantic Drilling. Will It Stick?

As much as I’d like to see it stick, I’m hoping…and firmly believe, that no President should be allowed to have such power. These are things that should be decided by votes. The President is not a king and cannot just proclaim things. Even things that are actually for our own good.

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At least 1,000 government laptops and flash drives reported missing since 2015

There’s the government for ya…taking care of your data…as it’s floating around on those laptops. It’s ALL your data really. I mean, the government works FOR us right? I wonder who sold their work laptops knowing they’d probably never get caught. Did they wipe the drive first?

Oh wait…this is the UK Government. Nevermind then, Americans.

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Native Amazon Tribes Say They Are Willing To Risk Their Lives To Stop Oil Pipeline On Their Land

Seems that oil pipelines are fucking with native populations all over the western hemi.
The other thing I can’t help notice is that our government, once the bastion of free speech, now deals with protests in the exact same way as third world banana republics: With militarized police in riot gear. That’s right. We’ve officially lowered our American Democracy to “their level”…where military strength is deemed necessary to prevent the voice of freedom from getting “too loud”.
God save the American Republic. May all the gods and goddesses have pity on us, we foolish mortals be. Do we learn nothing; anything at all from fucking history?

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With a bucket and a dream, this artist creates truly one-of-a-kind sandcastles.

Forget the bucket and a dream…this guy has the patience of a fucking saint to build these amazing works of silica…All to be washed away the next high tide.
Wow. But impermanence is just not a motivator for me…if I’m going to take the time to create something, I’d like to think it would last. What if Van Gogh had set fire to every painting immediately after he finished it? What if Dali used his paintings to line the litter box before the paint fully had even fully dried?
Seems like a fucking waste…But hey…that’s just me.

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