January 2011
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“This idea of Metallica or some rock n’ roll singer being rich,...”
– Francis Ford Coppola (via Gizmodo)
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: The Dark Side of Soy: Is our favorite health... →
listenthefuckup:
As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick’n patties. I pored over labels looking for words I couldn’t pronounce—occasionally one or…
Fucking assholes. Now what am I going to put in my damn cereal.
“Well, ETB, it’s pretty obvious: since it was also the Government’s...”
– Unruled: Explore, Dream, Discover: Since when was it the Government’s responsibility to provide high speed internet? (via soupsoup)
Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The... →
PARIS—At a press conference Tuesday, the World Heritage Committee officially recognized the Gap Between Rich and Poor as the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” describing the global wealth divide as the “most colossal and enduring of mankind’s creations.”
“Of all the epic structures the human race has devised, none is more staggering or imposing than the Gap Between Rich and Poor,” committee chairman...
At least Bush never had a US soldier tortured →
jonathan-cunningham:
Not only did Quantico officials this weekend contrive reasons to deny Manning his only real reprieve from isolation — periodic Saturday visits from his friend David House — but they also last week made his conditions even harsher by placing him on suicide watch even though three separate brig psychiatrists said it was unwarranted. That decision resulted in this:
The...
News & Knowledge: Dow Jones touches 12,000 again,... →
shortformblog:
12k the level the Dow Jones Industrial touched today – for the first time since June 2008
24% the amount the stock market has gone up in the last seven months alone (wow)
83% the amount it’s jumped since we hit rock bottom in March 2009 – so are we fully rehabbed?
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Hey does anyone know if Jon Cunningham jumped the...
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genderbitch:
Cuz I have seriously never seen that sort of fail from Jon so I’m all o_o
yah he did
Seriously, though, if expressing an idea that is wrong is verbotin, how should I learn? How can I improve myself if I can’t expose the parts of me that need improvement?
Wait… are you saying that you aren’t perfect and that failures, mistakes and discussing...
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David Brock Explains to Chris Matthews That Beck...
DAVID BROCK: But this is not street theater, as you know.
Glenn Beck himself has been responsible for three thwarted assassination attempts this year. And Sarah Palin --
CHRIS MATTHEWS: How is he responsible for them?
BROCK: Well, you want to know what they are?
MATTHEWS: You said it.
BROCK: Sure.
So, he burned Nancy Pelosi in effigy on his set. He tried to poison her with a chalice. OK. Some three weeks later, somebody tried to firebomb Nancy Pelosi`s house. That guy`s mother went on television and said he gets all his ideas from FOX News.
Do you know about Senator Patty Murray and the death threat that she got?
MATTHEWS: No. Go ahead.
BROCK: OK. It`s recorded. The guy says after the health care vote, he says, you have a target on your back and I can accomplish what I want to accomplish with one bullet.
He`s tried, convicted, and in the sentencing phase, his cousin writes in for leniency and she describes in a very chilling memo -- it`s on our Web site -- that he was slowly drawn into Glenn Beck`s world. And she portrays the guy, the attempted assassin, Charlie Wilson, as a victim of Beck.
And, number three, which you probably do know about, this liberal foundation in San Francisco was targeted by a gunman, Byron Williams, in June. The shooter gave jailhouse interviews -- and we published them -- and he says Glenn Beck is a schoolteacher on television and points to specific episodes of the Glenn Becks show that inspired him to do it.
MATTHEWS: Oh, God.
HAAAAATE. So much hate.
Rabble: all this abortion talk has me thinking →
morninggloria:
I might get Molotov cocktailed for this, but I think I’d like to compile something for Ladyblog in honor of the anniversary of Roe V Wade about what having an abortion is like and fill the post with anonymous reader testimonials about their experience.
I want it to be really…
Do eet.
Hell, I’m a guy and that would interest me. I think that’d be a fantastic...
LISTEN THE FUCK UP!: Class Warfare -- It's... →
listenthefuckup:
In 1962 the wealthiest 1% of American households had 125 times the wealth of the median household. Now it’s 190 times as much.
Is that a case of a rising tide lifting all boats, just a few of them a little bit higher?
No.
From 1950 to 1965 median family income rose from $24,000 a year to $38,000 a year. That’s close to 4% a year, close to 60% over 15 years.
That’s a...
Report: Majority Of Money Donated At Church... →
“The Right thrives on mobilizing group resentment, and the range of its targets...”
– Arun Gupta, from the article “Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right” (via technipol)
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“Most of us don’t really need clarification on that whole ‘Thou shalt not kill’...”
– JON STEWART, reacting to some of the inane legislation proposed in the wake of the Tucson shootings that would, essentially, beef up protection for elected officials — as opposed to the rest of us — on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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Republican school board in N.C. backed by tea... →
bohemianarthouse:
Excuse me while I hit my head against a wall in frustration repeatedly
Is Tea Party slang for KKK? WTF.
Rational thought experiment gone wrong, or racist fuckholes statistically justifying terrible ideas?
“Rape culture is telling girls and women to be careful about what you wear, how...”
– This is a damn good read. (via marxisforbros)
This is the culture I live in and it makes me sick.
Reblogging again for truth.
(via jmoconnell7)
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Bill Murray's Speech to Sofia Coppla at the NBR... →
kateoplis:
“So why do you give this person an award? You give them an award because they need to be encouraged. You look around this room and you can look around the world of film, and you can see people that had great success early in their career. Some earned it, some were lucky, some got it, but at a certain point they live life. They get into life, like Sofia has gotten into life. She’s...
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WatchPortlandia - Did You Read?
Oh hipsters.
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Presidential Assassination Program →
Hope.
Of course what I find scary, is what would have happened if a right wing posterchild was in office… *shudder.
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UX Myths #29: People are rational →
ianspector:
This is an awesome piece.
“People don’t make purely rational decisions based on careful analysis of cost and expected utility, despite what classical economics taught us. Research findings confirm that our decisions are driven more by our emotions than logical and conscious thinking.
However, our irrationality is predictable. Good designers, therefore, can learn about human...
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On Sept. 24, 2010, USA Today reported that Sarah... →
inothernews:
We won’t jump to any conclusions here, but if you’re going to insist on using gun imagery in your political campaigns, go fuck yourself.
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Eyewitness report of Gifford assassination →
soupsoup:
Adrian Chen at Gawker:
The event was very informal: Gifford had set up a table outside the Safeway and about 20-30 people were gathered to talk to her. The gunman, who may have come from inside the Safeway, walked up and shot Gifford in the head first. According to Rayle, who is a former ER doctor, Gifford was able to move her hands after being shot.
After shooting Gifford, the...
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clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’m afraid I can’t afford the monthly figure at the moment.”
Me: “Oh no - that’s hourly.”
Client: ”I could get a stripper for that!”
Me: ”If she’s as good with Photoshop as I am, then she is the better deal.”