January 2012
88 posts
“The message we ought to give Mitt Romney is ‘You know, we aren’t...”
– Newt Gingrich, doing what he does so fucking well. There was a lot of this brand of liberals and other elites think that you’re a moron, let’s show them where to stick it! talk when I spent my time observing the Tea Party. Independent of your ideological bent, it’s a very...
“The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized...”
– Fidel Castro: GOP race is ‘idiocy, ignorance’ - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com
I have watched every. single. GOP. debate, as my twitter followers could no doubt lament/attest to. The intake of all the hawkish, supply-side diarrhea - and I mean this seriously - is starting to take a physical toll...
Big Dipper, “All Going Out Together”...
Paying the Price
I awoke with a shot at 4am this morning, which reminded me of years back when grad school seemed scary - and, y’know, like a real thing - and I would sneak outta bed and walk miles to my campus closet/office. Today grad school is several time zones away, so I read a graphic novel about sex work consumption, instead (more in a minute - hold your horses!) I hoped I’d doze back asleep but...
“There appears to be something approaching bipartisan consensus around the idea...”
– Capitalism on trial - The Plum Line - The Washington Post
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. You’ll only end up heartbroken.
Ty Segall, “My Head Explodes” from...
itgetsrad:
Tumble, Lies & Honesty by White...
T. Rex, “Mister, Mister” from Tanx
Vice - Girls and Exes →
Impressive taxonomy. Dig the tumblr diss therein.
Emmit Rhodes, “You’re A Very Lovely...
“I know this seems out of left field but in the 1990’s when Nirvana broke – they...”
– Jen Kirkman - comedian: What I Would Have Said About Eddie Brill on NPR
Y’all should read Jen Kirkman’s whole piece, linked above: it’s a beautiful talk about gender in and beyond the comedy world. But I just wanted to take a moment of personal privilege to highlight the bit about...
“What’s your favorite movie most people have never seen?
The 9th Configuration....”
– Stacy Keach on His 45-Year Career, the Soft Porn of His Youth, and Dining With Orson Welles — Vulture
For my money, the best US film about the (non)existence of God evuh.
NPR hack apologizes for Wall Street « LBO News... →
For a while, I’ve been thinking about writing a piece on how NPR is more toxic than Fox News. Fox preaches to the choir. NPR, though, confuses and misinforms people who might otherwise know better. Its “liberal” reputation makes palatable a deeply orthodox message for a demographic that could be open to a more critical message.
The full critique will take some time. But a nice warm-up...
“King alone among contemporary heroes is worthy of a national holy day not...”
– Rick Perlstein…”I wrote this in 2007 for the New Republic and repost it every year.”
Lee Ranaldo, “Off the Wall” from...
Victims advocate: Ex-Delbarton headmaster accused... →
Yep, this is where I went to high school.
Funny, I left for the Y this morning while a bipartisan panel on tv painted teachers’ unions as the worst evil history hath ever wrought; meanwhile, a school like Delbarton houses serial sex offenders - and the Catholic Church protects what amounts to an organized, global molestation conspiracy - and everybody’s mum.
I guess I’m angered...
siberia:
catsarepractical: When You Find Out by...
“Pissing on a corpse is a FUCKING POEM compared to issuing an order for beautiful...”
– Take a Stroll… with Rob Delaney - Cooking Up a War? Don’t Forget the Piss | VICE
