Noam Chomsky holding Gnome Chomsky.
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Devastated by poverty, severe drought, political instability and violence, Somalia has captured the world’s attention in mid-2011. Amid one of the worst humanitarian disasters to hit Africa in decades, aid organizations have struggled to bring essential supplies and personnel to the area due to armed militias overrunning the country. Here: A mother holds her severely malnourished infant son at a hospital on Aug. 14.
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Dadaab, Kenya: A malnourished child sits in a hospital ward at the Dagahaley refugee camp Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty
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I’m sick of rap songs telling me what to do… “Bend over! Slap your ass, girl! Drop it like it’s hot!” Yeah, I’m gonna write a song back and be like, “Boooooy, brush your teeth! Yeah boy. Bump that jacket off your back. I’m fucking cold as shit.”
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“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.”
— Carl Sagan
“Environmentalists have discovered that, unlike corporations, trees do not have legal standing in the courts.”
— Charles Derber, Corporation Nation
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