June 2010
40 posts
“It always seems the stars that burn the brightest are the ones to flame out the...”
– R.I.P. Chatroulette, 2009-2010
- Salon (via brooklynmutt)
“The changes we want to see won’t happen in 18 months, or in two years, or four,...”
– Michael Tomasky for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Excellent essay by Michael Tomasky, well worth reading despite its length.
Idaho GOP: Can We Secede? →
If you liked the Texas GOP’s platform, you’ll love the Idaho GOP’s. Planks: Idaho should withhold taxes from the federal government, take away people’s right to vote for senators and nullify all federal laws Idahoans don’t like. Oh, and marriage should not only be limited to a union between a man and a woman, but also to a union between a “naturally born...
“Justice Marshall, former Solicitor General of the United States, the man who...”
– Lying for a Living
“Turn on the television. We have a wedding channel on cable TV devoted to the...”
– Diane Savino, NY State Senator (via gayformarriage) (via ruthannsimages) (via mutatio) (via waifsworld)
The Senate will always need a Robert Byrd →
He overcame his embarrassing opposition to civil rights and became an important critic of executive power (via Salon)
“In the aftermath of the US’s 2-1 loss to Ghana, a nation the size of...”
– Putting Tears Aside: Celebrating Ghana’s Victory
Girlcotting Urban Outfitters →
“Fathers, It’s Up to You to Preserve Your Daughters’ Virginity”? I wish I could see some irony there, but I can’t seem to find it. Anybody?
Rockpile — When I Write A Book
WatchCats and vuvuzelas FTW!
daniel extra: Americans Too Greedy for National... →
Katha Pollitt, in the current (June 28, 2010) issue of The Nation, begins her column recounting how World War II was “the last time Americans accepted the challenge of sacrifice in pursuit of common goals.” War had necessitated rationing, conservation, war bond purchasing, and other…
The source for that "100 Best Novels" list... →
tart-tart:
mohandasgandhi:
allthebees:effigie
I am still not understanding the top ten or the Heinlein.
Apart from 1984, the top 10 on the reader’s list is beyond laughable. I don’t want to know the people who contributed to that list.
From the About the Lists page:
Since the “100 Best” story first broke in The New York Times on Monday, July 20, 1998, all kinds of opinions about the...
“The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and...”
– Clarence Darrow (via rlrr)
15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs recalled - Web... →
Uh-oh, SpaghettiOs! Ha ha, I slay me.
“You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a...”
– Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle (via REALITYCHEX.COM - The Commentariat)
“Republicans talk about tax cuts like frat boys talk about oral sex; they don’t...”
– Love Rhino (via danielextra)
“If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those whose grip...”
– Stephen Fry (via fuckyeahradicalquotes)
The "Beauty Bias" at Work, and What Should Be Done... →
“Rhode convincingly argues that beauty bias in the workplace is a widespread problem with serious consequences. Between 12 and 14 percent of workers say they’ve suffered some kind of appearance-based discrimination on the job. It should go without saying that discrimination on the basis of appearance is unjust, especially when it comes to features individuals have little or no control...
Hansen Speaks Out About Record 2010 Temperatures
jjarichardson:
brightabyss:
“A greater obstacle to public communication has arisen with the politicization of reporting of global warming, a perhaps inevitable consequence of the economic and social implications of efforts required to alter the course of human-made climate change. We have the impression that the effect of politicization on communication of the science is aggravated by the...
Arizona Elementary School Will Whiten The Faces Of... →
(via robot-heart-politics)
Words fail me. Truly, words fail me. Gawker has a good take on it.
“Q. What surprised you the most from your research?
A. I wasn’t...”
– Glenn Beck Biographer: ‘I wasn’t prepared for the depth of Beck’s mean streak’ | Media Matters for America
Whatta guy.
“Before a drop of oil was spilled, BP deliberately refused to invest in crucial...”
– Bob Cesca, “How Soon Until the Free Market Stops the Oil Spill?” (via tart-tart)
You're only as sick as your secrets
(Posted especially for Wednesday, but you can read it even if you’re not her.)
I have been doing a ton of Lifetime TV watching this week, as I’m off from work. Hoo boy.
Anyway, in Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, a nice teenage boy is on the All-State swim team and has a nice Christian girlfriend who won’t sleep with him because (here I paraphrase) “lovemaking has to...