December 2009
“Passing any bill is a victory. And that’s the problem. Decisions are made about...”
– Howard Dean (via robot-heart-politics)
“Aside from the obvious question - how would anyone know that a bomb had gone off...”
– wish i was taller: You Are Not the Father (via robot-heart-politics)
“That race is an ineffective measure of an individual’s terrorist intentions was...”
– Reports and Curricula - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (via robot-heart-politics) racial profiling = waste of time, energy + resources over and over again. In addition to reaffirming hatred, fear and bigotry.
“I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know that...”
– Amber Morely (via kari-shma) (via pioupiou)
“Now, I’ve never smoked marijuana (or ingested it in other forms either), but I’m...”
– Mike Masnick on the MPAA’s pro-violence, anti-recreational personal drug use stance. (via edkohler)
beenthinking:
leilacohan, copycats, julie911:
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How to lose your idealism in under 10 years →
robot-heart-politics:
bthny:thomaswheatley:natashavc
Economically, the Boomers have devastated the country. We inherited debt, a shredded safety net; pensions went the way of the horse and buggy; largely, no one born after 1982 will ever have a full-time job. I don’t know what the new economic model is. We are a waning empire that has seen unparalleled progress and expansion in the modern era....
simtan:
loveyourchaos:
Wonderwall // Oasis
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“Listen, if somebody’s gonna impress me, whether it be a Maharishi or a Yoko Ono,...”
– John Lennon in 1980 Play boy interview (via joanmargaret) (via thecurvature) I read this quote yrs ago and forgot about it. I ((heart)) it. and its true always…
“Dictionary editors, linguists and even radio DJs say we have entered a semantic...”
– The Washington Post diligently observes that there isn’t a name for this decade. (via andrewgraham) (via apsies)
Oh yes there is! This decade is properly called the Aughties.
(via amandaw)
In prepping our year/decade-end show at GRIT, we called it the Oughties, the Naughties, and then our guests...
What is good music? →
mlarson:
A review of Roger Scruton’s new book, Understanding Music. I like this analogy, where he uses Wittgenstein’s idea that music is like a facial expression:
Just as facial expressions do not communicate something that can be understood so much as enjoin us to imagine what it feels like when we ourselves make such an expression, so too, according to Scruton, does some elemental aspect of...
iheartmyart:
a-panda-girl:
Aaliyah ft...
LAPD to hand out 10,000 pairs of shoes →
thecurvature:
meloukhia:
What a fantastic use for counterfeit shoes which would otherwise rot in evidence or be landfilled.
“Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works....”
– Neil Gaiman (via fyneilgaiman)
Criterion Collection films on Netflix Watch... →
austinkleon:
Adding all these to my queue…
Holy crap! Oh man! This is exciting.
The Twelve Days of LOST-mas →
thecurvature:
omg this is so good.
NPR'S Best Books of 2009 →
sarahspy:
Listed by genres, including: best debut fiction, book club picks, memoirs, under-the-radar picks, foreign fiction, cookbooks, and more.
Teenager Wins Science Fair, Solves Massive... →
robot-heart-politics:
nmac:nolagrrlnyc:hippieflavor:
11th-grader Daniel Burd successfully isolated 2 types of bacteria that will eat plastic grocery bags, allowing the bags to biodegrade in months instead of hundreds of years.
via makdreams: age-of-ecology: supergluefiend
This is amazing.
FDL News Desk » Obama: I Didn’t Campaign On Public... →
robot-heart-politics:
A more comprehensive look at Obama campaigning on a public option platform. Fun times.
fuck this noise. while i’m never really surprised when any politician lies, on this particular issue it is mor dissapointing than usual!
“I didn’t campaign on the public option.”
– President Obama, reminding us that we got what we voted for! (via notthatkindagay)
Humorous, considering his campaign website still contains his promise of creating a public option for those without health insurance. You’d think if you were going to lie so blatantly about your stated positions on...
“And Garrison? Ultimately gay parents aren’t interested in being “accepted as...”
– Fuck Garrison Keillor - by Dan Savage
Dan nails it. Garrison is setting standards for gay marriage that he hasn’t maintained in his own marriage(s). Get over it. Grow up and let people live the lives they want to live, Prairie Ho Companion. (via edkohler) I am so disappointed to read this about...
