November 2011
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July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
2 posts
Who needs a unifying theme anyway?: It's the sex,... →
indefensible:
(I reserve the right to use this space to refine my thoughts and see if I can better express my ideas. So I’ve said some of this before.)
Whenever a sexual scandal pops up in politics these days, it’s common to hear people justifying their interest in the scandal by saying that ‘it’s not the…
May 2011
14 posts
lickypickysticky:
Back in 1942 then Deputy Prime Minister, Clement Attlee was using the urinal in the House of Commons one day when Winston Churchill took up a position at the opposite end.
“Feeling standoffish today, are we, Winston?” Attlee asked.
“That’s right,” Churchill said. “Every time you see something big, you want to nationalize it.”
Watchnickholmes:
How have I not seen this? (thanks Welzbacher)
Watchthedailywhat:
This Is Funny, You Should Watch It of the Day: Will Ferrell reprises his role as former president George W. Bush to inform America that yet another most wanted terrorist has been brought to justice.
[fod.]
April 2011
13 posts
Jon’s Tumblr Thing-y: In Which It Just Gets Better... →
zuhl:
I got to the storage unit to pick up the costume (also seen here) and the ancient and talkative fellow who rents the unit next to us was there. (I’d heard about him from the guy who owns the storage unit place, apparently our neighbor is retired, doesn’t have a garage at his house and…
March 2011
6 posts
Robert Reich: The Principles of the People's Party →
robertreich:
The following was sent to me by someone in Madison, Wisconsin, who found it in the Capitol building last week. It was obviously written in a hurry, and it carries the label “first draft.”
It’s emerging from the heartland – from Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa — and it is…
February 2011
5 posts
A mini rant.
rosieloveswords:
Stop being judgy assholes.
About religion.
And income.
About education.
And art.
About who people are.
Being judgy only makes those walls we all put up that much thicker and higher.
The walls are why we are in this mess in the first place.
So, just fucking stop it.
well put
uncertaintimes:
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
January 2011
7 posts
Egypt is burning and most westerners have no idea... →
rosieloveswords:
androphilia:
By Parvez Sharma
January 28, 2011
Cairo is burning. So is Egypt. Twitter is exploding. Everyone seems to have an opinion—many who do have never even been to Egypt but feel a strong sense of solidarity with the most remarkable revolution in a generation, perhaps. A revolution which importantly is not really caused by Twitter or by Facebook—as much as the self...
“At least two recent studies show that more guns equals more carnage to...”
– Timonthy Egan, “Myth of the Hero Gunslinger,” New York Times (via iteeth)
Morrow Planet: soupsoup: “Imagine it’s 1995:... →
soupsoup:
“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have cellphones, pagers are the norm; dial-up modems screech and scream to connect you an internet without Google, Facebook, or YouTube; Dolly has not yet been cloned; the first Playstation is the cutting edge in…
The Way We Talk About Gun Control Now
langer:
Looks a lot like the way we talk about healthcare, tax cuts, and bailouts:
Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official.