June 2009
18 posts
“Look closely at the way women are treated, says Valerie Hudson. Look at the...”
– concurring opinions (h/t dave) (via abbyjean) (via clothedinsky)
“Beck and his guests at the opening of his show all agreed that the Nazis were...”
– Joseph A. Palermo: Glenn Beck Spins the Holocaust Museum Shooting
The decline of MySpace and Bebo →
“Once industry darlings, MySpace and Bebo are falling behind in the world of social networking. Charles Arthur and Jemima Kiss examine their decline - and rivals’ rise”
“Can you imagine what a craven, bumlicking ass-goblin you’d have to be to get a...”
– “‘It’s time to enshrine Hank Paulson as national hero’… what the fuck?” by Matt Taibbi, The Smirking Chimp
“Mr. Weinstein has been advising two brothers in their late 20s who wanted to buy...”
– Please rub the salt in my eyes now. Courtesy the NY Times
(via ryanpsims)
(via marc)
Why isn’t this article titled “The End of the Williamsburg Hipster”?
Luis Illades, an owner of the Urban Rustic Market and Cafe on North 12th Street, said he had seen a steady number of applicants, in their...
Wordnik →
“An ongoing project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them”
My new favorite website. Seriously. I dare you to start and not wind up spending around a half hour obsessively looking up more words.
“Why is it, for example, that the U.S., which has 6 percent of the world’s...”
– Tobias Winright (via azspot)
Making more people to put in prisons?
(via robot-heart-politics) (via asprettyasasong)
The overincarceration of American citizens is one of the greatest tragedies of the United States. Yet no one talks about it much, which is disgraceful.
Why The iPhone 3G S May Be A Sucker’s Bet Right... →
bui:
I share these sentiments. AT&T, you suck.
I myself am sitting in my chair weeping, as I finally bought an iPhone a mere three months ago. Great timing, as always.
ED ASNER Q&A →
“Ed Asner is “dragging ass,” as he puts it. On doctor’s orders, he’s been doing push-ups and hitting the elliptical machine, but exercise doesn’t send him “out on wings of song.” The irascible, self-deprecating 79-year-old, best-known for playing Lou Grant on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and the eponymous spinoff, has his biggest gig in...
