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Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops →

tiredpterois: cognitivedissonance: This is not The Onion. In New London, Conn., you apparently can be too smart to be a cop: A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not...

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“Making sustainability a trend has minimized its relevance and stymied its...”

– Allison Arieff I like what Allison says. Read the rest: A Conversation With Allison Arieff, Writer and Editor on Sustainability — The Atlantic (via unconsumption) Thank you, Allison, for pointing out the not-so-subtle flaw of green-meets-capitalism!

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“What was a policeman than a civilian with a gun and a badge? Once policeman...”

– Commander Sir Samuel Vimes laments the trend of the police referring to non-police as “civilians” in Terry Pratchett’s Snuff

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Oct 8th

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Watch

buchino: The Second Bill of Rights I want to post this over and over and over again. So, you know, if you’re awesome and you know it please reblog (clap clap). In 1944, FDR proposed a second bill of rights. As opposed to the political rights previously guaranteed (which had proven inadequate), this economic bill of rights would guarantee: Employment, with a living wage, Freedom from...

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