“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! “Father, the atheists?” Even the atheists. Everyone!…We must meet one another doing good. “But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!” But do good: we will meet one another there.”
— Pope Francis, proclaiming that even non-believers will be redeemed by Christ, as long as they “do good” (not all Christians subscribe to this theory). source (via shortformblog)
“Todo chileno desde que nace es mirado como un consumidor en potencia y no como un ciudadano con derechos.”
— “Every Chilean from birth is looked at as a potential consumer and not as a citizen with rights.” A comment on Lili Loofbourow’s article, “No to Profit: Fighting Privatization in Chile” (Boston Review, May/June 2013)
(Source: bostonreview)
The decision, which reset the proceedings to April 19, when a judge’s ruling sent the trial into disarray, is a dramatic legal victory for Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, 86.
Super cute. Thanks, dudes.
New Phase/Face
We looked at GW and sat on the concrete slab. We talked about how you’d be happy being a fireman. And I said, I would be too if I wasn’t scared of burning.
(Source: notesondesign, via losingweightinthecity)
“I think the president owes black people more than this. In the 2012 election, the black community voted at a higher rate than any other ethnic community in the country. Their vote went almost entirely to Barack Obama. They did this despite a concerted effort to keep them from voting, and they deserve more than a sermon. Perhaps they cannot practically receive targeted policy. But surely they have earned something more than targeted scorn.”
— Ta-nahisi Coates: “How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America” (via bostonreview)
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Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World Monuments!
Anyone who’s traveled to popular touristic sites knows the feeling of being caught in the crossfire of countless camera lenses—the annoyed (and annoying) jockeying to capture the perfect shot…which in most cases looks exactly like everyone else’s. When we stumbled across Richard Silver’s photographs of iconic monuments, we were shocked—caught in the same tourist hustle, Silver manages to give us a new perspective on famous landmarks we didn’t think possible. Read more!
How to take the “monumental” out of the worlds monuments. Super cool.
-Jody, BL Show-
