July 2009
41 posts
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WatchChris Matthews mops the floor with what’s left of G. Gordon Liddy over the “birther” crap. As the kids would say: pwned.
Ra Ra Riot, “Ghost Under Rocks”
1 trillion healthcare reform bill -- is too...
brooklynmutt:
President George W. Bush first major piece of legislation was a $1.35 trillion tax cut over 10 years. It mostly benefitted the super rich, the top 1 or 2 percent of Americans.
Driven to Distraction - Dismissing the Risks of a... →
“Extensive research shows the dangers of distracted driving. Studies say that drivers using phones are four times as likely to cause a crash as other drivers, and the likelihood that they will crash is equal to that of someone with a .08 percent blood alcohol level, the point at which drivers are generally considered intoxicated. Research also shows that hands-free devices do not eliminate...
“The Hard Way,” Jason Falkner
“He brought us all those stories large and small which would come to define the...”
– President Barack Obama on Walter Cronkite’s legacy. via NYT via CBS News (via brooklynmutt)
Exchanges from the Sotomayor confirmation hearing →
needtherapy:
milquetoastintolerant: thesmarttart:
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas: “You’ve also said that the Supreme Court decisions that a lot of us believe made law actually were an interpretation of the law. So I’m — I would like for you to clarify that. If the Supreme Court in the next few years holds that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, would that be making the law? Or...
Buchanan on Sotomayor's intellect: "That lady up... →
thesmarttart:
Fuck you.
edit: On second thought, saying Sotomayor won’t be a gladhanding blowhard politician with a lifetime appointment is probably accurate. Thanks, Pat!
The new confessional journalism turns female... →
“Here’s how it goes: a female journalist describes her obsession with her weight/breasts/ageing face/food or alcohol problems/inability to have a happy relationship. The article is illustrated by the journalist looking as miserable as possible. There are tales of daily woe. It concludes with the writer still sufficiently unhappy to be commissionable for another very similar piece. This...
ninjacodemonkey:
Ra Ra Riot - Hounds of Love
Seven legal experts pose questions for Sotomayor...
brooklynmutt:
KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN, a professor of law at Stanford
MICHAEL CHERTOFF, a secretary of homeland security under George W. Bush
STEPHEN L. CARTER, a professor of law at Yale and the author of the forthcoming “Jericho’s Fall”
ALBERTO GONZALES, the United States attorney general from 2005 to 2007
ANN ALTHOUSE, a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin
RONALD DWORKIN, a...
“This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one...”
– The words of God do not justify cruelty to women | Jimmy Carter | Comment is free | The Observer (via atheistramblings) (via asprettyasasong)
Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief:... →
“Although cursing is notoriously decried in the public debate, researchers are now beginning to question the idea that the phenomenon is all bad. ‘Swearing is such a common response to pain that there has to be an underlying reason why we do it,’ says psychologist Richard Stephens of Keele University in England, who led the study. And indeed, the findings point to one possible...
Pres. Obama's Op-Ed in today's Wash Post →
brooklynmutt:
…Already, we’re making progress on health-care reform that controls costs while ensuring choice and quality, as well as energy legislation that will make clean energy the profitable kind of energy, leading to whole new industries and jobs that cannot be outsourced.
And this week, I’ll be talking about how we give our workers the skills they need to compete for these jobs of the...
“Prominent Palinists were fast to demean Sotomayor as a dim-witted...”
– Frank Rich, “She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It”
WatchOddly riveting. Or maybe deeply disturbing. Anyway, I’ll lay odds you’ll never feel quite the same about popping bubble wrap again.
Where babies come from: German edition →
datn:
thillythenny:
Whoa, they’re getting mighty graphic for a kids cartoon.
I’m here to tell you, it’s time to educate your kids on exactly how babies are made as soon as they start asking, even if they start asking at 3. Notice how non-erotic those pictures are — they are trying to be simply descriptive, nothing else.
If you’d like to know how it goes when parents treat that as an...
joelaz:
Stevie Wonder - You Haven’t Done...
Nancy Hixon’s Obituary by the The Plain Dealer. →
This is seriously the best obituary I’ve ever read.
“Now that the president and the Democrats in Congress have set a fall deadline...”
– Michael Lind, Debate over government-funded police protection heats up
By using simple substitution one can see how weird the healthcare debate is.
(via absurdlakefront: notthatkindagay)
(via asprettyasasong)
Well, it's nice to know God has some common sense. →
Joe the Plumber won’t run for office: “You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’”