December 2011
59 posts
Voters: Capricious Morons →
“They were hard-pressed to recall details of the candidates’ plans to reduce taxes, create jobs and shrink the government.”
In fairness to the morons, the candidates haven’t given them a lot to go on!
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maybe I'm not in the
“in circle,” but for all the coverage I’ve seen on the most drag-your-name-through-the-mud gossip/culture/cult sites over the Mxrxe Cxllxwxy dust-up, I can’t believe how much deference has been shown to “Adrien Brody.” There’s all this “those who know who he is know,” and I’m like, don’t you make it a habit of tearing people apart...
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The Van Cortlandt House Museum Kind Of →
whiskeyrobot:
angelahamsbury replied to your post: Is there a name for that little scene where extras…
A “cold open” is what the sequence before a tv show’s credits roll is called
Right. But is there a specific term for the crime drama body discovery?
A: puddin’ pop
Molly? →
titivil:
muchlessmuchmore:
aatombomb:
Another Molly, sleeping her way to the bottom of the pile.
Of the dozen moments when I should have been rushing to hit “Close Tab,” I think “On Thought Catalog and her personal blog, Ms. Calloway published similar accounts of sexual encounters with Internet acquaintances” was my favorite.
Fer feck’s sake.
“I feel sad about the idea of events...
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.... what now? →
“One of the things that happens when you talk to other music critics a lot is...”
– Ian Mathers (One Week One Band)
I have a problem with this argument, if anyone cares to read it:
This argument is elitist, arrogant, and self-important. For one, the whole “didn’t we deal with this years ago?” argument presupposes that critics, as a group, get to decide things...
“José Angel Santana, a 58-year-old former professor at NYU’s Tisch school,...”
– “Did James Franco Get an NYU Prof Fired?” (via marathonpacks)
I was a little dismayed by own cynicism back when there was that media firestorm about how many advanced degrees Franco was “working” on, and isn’t he just the most ambitious smartest cutest guy evar? I was sure that...
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“And here was another thing many in the middle class were discovering: the...”
– The Making of the American 99% And the Collapse of the Middle Class (via azspot)
More evidence of our exceptionalism.
Bradley Manning deserves a medal →
Despite pledging to usher in “the most transparent administration in history”, President Obama has been obsessed with prosecuting whistleblowers; his justice department has prosecuted more of them for “espionage” than all prior administrations combined.
The oppressive treatment of Manning is designed to create a climate of fear, to send a signal to those who in the future discover serious...
“A cold lucid indifference reigned in his soul. At his first violent sin he had...”
– James Joyce; from A portrait of the artist as a young man (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
Auto-reJoyced.
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just caught myself
erikonymous:
wondering if the letter B is odd or even.
Ok, so, everyone responding “even, duh,” that’s what I would’ve thought too, so why is it used for the recto page in this book (along with D, F, H, etc.)!?!?! (That’s when I realized it was a stupid question to begin with.)
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just caught myself
wondering if the letter B is odd or even.
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Doesn't a "Society of Friends" sound great? →
It pretty much is.
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This Talking Is Only Bravado: If I was a poor... →
If I was a poor black kid I would first and most importantly work to make sure I got the best grades possible. I would make it my #1 priority to be able to read sufficiently. I wouldn’t care if I was a student at the worst public middle school in the worst inner city. Even the worst have their…
Man, I can’t wait until they run the counterpoint on this one.
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“Anyway, the companies who pulled their ads include Lowe’s, Bank of America, the...”
– These are the companies who have pulled their advertising from TLC’s All American Muslim, for the great offense of showing Muslims in a positive light. Enjoy! (via fatmanatee)
Conservatives Want to Go Back to the Golden Age of... →
lastbutnotleast:
azspot:
Let’s consider, say, the year 1880. Here was a society in which people were free to keep everything they earned, because there was no income tax. They were also free to decide what to do with their own money—spend it, save it, invest it, donate it, or whatever. People were generally free to engage in occupations and professions without a license or permit. There were...
“When I ask my students at the beginning of my Men and Masculinity course about...”
– (via hugoschwyzer)(via apiphile)
_______ is a prison.
“The secretive conference committee may still be able to overcome Obama’s veto...”
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This is how it all works: Treason is already against the law. The government then passes a law so flagrantly unconstitutional and antithetical to America’s founding principles (one of which being that even our worst criminals shall receive a fair trial with due process), that concerned citizens...
“Remember Dajaz1.com? It was one of the sites seized over the Thanksgiving...”
– “Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details.” (via marathonpacks)
It’s everywhere I look today.
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“With us Occupy LA protestors, however, they set bail at $5,000 and booked us...”
– Guess what happens to Citibank’s CEO? Can you guess?
“The secretive conference committee may still be able to overcome Obama’s veto...”
– This is how it all works: Treason is already against the law. The government then passes a law so flagrantly unconstitutional and antithetical to America’s founding principles (one of which being that even our worst criminals shall receive a fair trial with due process), that concerned...
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My brother [via email]: funny comics on some website? lots of penis jokes if i recall. do you have any idea what i'm talking about?
Me: http://www.threewordphrase.com/ ?
My brother: bingo!
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Historic Richmond Town! →
The unstoppable Meghan accompanied me on an outing to … STATEN ISLAND?!
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“I miss a lot of it. I still work closely with the Church. I still have family in...”
– Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, on the Mormon Church. (via nprfreshair)
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“A cheeseburger cannot exist outside of a highly developed, post-agrarian...”
– Waldo Jaquith. Anybody feel like a Burgher?
gifparty:
I love Sasha.