Just Dan's Thoughts

Just my thoughts, that's all! Oh, I'm pretty addicted to Breaking Bad. I don't apologize for spoilers.

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People are interesting.

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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole (1982)

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Skipped my college class today to watch USA vs Canada!

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House of Cards is amazing! I watched it for the first time tonight.

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It'd be cool if Arne Duncan was as good at his real job as he is at basektball.

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fuckkk I can't go to sleep and I have a headache

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(via Fluffy Bunny and Happy Mouse in ‘Support the Drones’ | The Nation)

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Change.org is the most lazy, bullshit type of activism someone can do. Obviously, there is nothing inherently wrong with going on change.org, finding a worthy cause, and then adding your signature to a petition. It's lazy. It isn't the activism that is needed today.

Is a change.org petition going to get rid of Russia's anti-gay propaganda law? No. Better yet, is a change.org petition going to change the "no promo homo" laws in 9 states in the United States? Probably not.

Activism at it's core requires dedication and passion, not lazily adding your name to a petition that seems important to you.

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Can we talk more about the Esurance Save 30 marketing strategy? It was brilliant. Probably the best ad for marketing an actual product.

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Hillary Vs. the 99%

I hope more people start to realize that Hillary Clinton is more of the same. She's not this progressive woman candidate that people make her out to be; she'll cozy up to the banks and things will remain status quo. Just another corporate president:

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They still might not be electable, since both progressives and Republicans want to see change. And for the majority of Americans suffering under economic apartheid, so what if Hillary won? There’s just not enough there to get you out to vote on a rainy day. Hillary Clinton is a former director of Wal-Mart, for god’s sake. And she was a director at precisely the time when they were gobbling up small American towns and doubling down on sourcing their goods to the worst sweatshops on earth.

Time magazine’s David Von Drehle, in writing last week’s cover story, cites an anonymous but allegedly existent “veteran Democratic strategist” saying, “I think if another woman ran against Hillary, she would bring down the wrath of women around the country.” Really?

Von Drehle goes on to claim that his Deep Throat was “echoing a widespread view inside the party that Clinton earned another shot at history when she surrendered gracefully to Barack Obama.” But in reality there was nothing graceful about the 2008 presidential race. The “first woman” vs. “first black” president tropes took center stage in the media’s horse race election coverage, obscuring the politics of both Clinton and Obama, when in essence both represented remarkably status quo milestones in history. Why can’t the first woman president be a true economic populist? How about a Third Wave feminist with appeal to poor and working-class women? How about a woman who doesn’t earn $200,000 a pop to speak at Goldman Sachs meetings?

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Benson acting as a sergeant is really weird.

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Macklemore's text to Kendrick Lamar after the Grammys

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"You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and sucks that I robbed you. I was gonna say that during the speech. Then the music started playing during my speech and I froze. Anyway, you know what it is. Congrats on this year and your music. Appreciate you as an artist and as a friend. Much love…"

All in all I have a ton of respect for Macklemore. He’s a truly great guy that gets a lot of unnecessary negative attention.

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So now everyone has an issue at the same time besides Fin?

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That tree has to be foreshadowing.

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Damnit Rollins! Again...

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Damnit Rollins.

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No Cragen in the SVU intro :(