May 2010
24 posts
Pop Quiz
(Trust me, there’s a reason I’m asking.)
Quick, without looking it up on imdb: what actor was the voice of HAL in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey?
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been....”
– Isaac Asimov (via loudandsoft) (via jjarichardson)
“I once watched Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó, the legendary, gloomy...”
– Sex and the City 2 | Film | guardian.co.uk
May I say once again that I HATE SEX AND THE CITY. Thank you.
Differences
smart-tart:
tennroof:
I keep seeing this bored talk that nothing will ever change, one party’s just like the other, and voting doesn’t matter, cause they’re all the same. But there is a very simple but very real and important difference between this administration and the last one. A sample-
Remember Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown, head of FEMA during Katrina? The sum total of his...
“I often want to ask opponents of the ADA how they would feel if they had to sue...”
– s.e. smith (via amandaw) (via robot-heart-politics)
“Now, after the police dogs, night-sticks and fire-hoses have been beaten back,...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toward An Abstract Courage (via amandaw) (via robot-heart-politics)
“As I noted extensively in comments, the real world reality of libertarianism is...”
– Amanda Marcotte, “Why Rand Paul Matters“ (via dendroica) (via smart-tart)
“St. Petersburg in revolt gave us Vladimir Nabokov, Isaiah Berlin and Ayn Rand....”
– Garbage and Gravitas
Crystal and Karl, sitting in a tree →
Great post by Marjorie Ingall on Crystal Renn, high fashion, and attitudes toward “large size” (i.e., over size 6) women.
“Many conservatives deeply believe that, for example, black people only vote...”
– Adam Serwer, “Arizona Governor Signs Bill Banning Ethnic Studies” (via smart-tart) (via ctrain)
Shocker: Republicans think black people (and other minorities) call them racists because “white people said so.” Sorry, dudes - they’re just thinking for themselves. Scary, I know! (via...
“Democrats have more of a strategy — raising taxes on the rich and using health...”
– Economic Scene - In Greece, a Reflection of U.S. Debt Problems - NYTimes.com
Excellent piece. We either pay for it now or we pay for it later, but the bill comes due eventually.
“She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, “I sometimes think that...”
– Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“We grew up in the shadow of the baby boomers, who still manage, in their dotage,...”
– A.O. Scott, Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis - NYTimes.com
Oklahoma Stopped From Tormenting Women...For Now →
waifsworld:
naomiwaxman:
oklahomahateswomen:
Gov. Brad Henry vetoed the law, but the Republican-dominated legislature overrode the veto because those guys care so gosh darned much about making sure women have all the information they need to make an informed decision. Which is why they also passed a second law, which is still in effect, that allows doctors to lie to their patients about...
