December 2011
2 posts
June 2011
37 posts
“Six Greatest Sports Streaks in History
1. Cal Ripken, Jr. - 2,632 consecutive...”
– The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
Venezuela tells foes stop dreaming of Chavez death... →
Aww, please don’t kill the dream!
“Mr. Posner: You really think those Green Beret Karate tricks are gonna help you...”
– Billy Jack (1971) - Memorable quotes
“But Jackson could well be Pinebrook’s salvation, a means by which landlords can...”
– Housing vouchers a golden ticket to pricey suburbs - The Washington Post
hahahahaha. “Steady government-backed check” is soon to be trimmed, when everyone gets a “haircut.” The government is not a Unicorn that craps gumdrops, people.
“Oh, yes. Wind turbines. Pure death on birds, as everybody knows and nobody wants...”
– Moe Lane
N Korean children begging, army starving - ABC... →
Thank you Red China for propping this up. Without you these poor wretches would have been unified with the South long ago…I hope it was worth it for your “security.”
“Here is the flaw in Roddenberry’s logic—he assume[s] changing the...”
– Eye of Polyphemus
(At least in Roddenberry’s world the women all wear very tight clothing…)
“The kids of today may not be able to spell Zeitgeist but they are fundamentally...”
– Generation Facebook - NYTimes.com
My take—we are so screwed, but NOT as screwed as we are now with BHO and the other Boomers in charge…
“Until recently, the public employee unions were among the most feared forces in...”
– N.J. Legislature Moves to Cut Benefits for Public Workers - NYTimes.com
Forget the details of this particular article, this particular case—“Until recently, the public employee unions were among the most feared forces in state politics.”
Like so many of our fears, when we look...
“Less Than Zero
David Brooks of the New York Times relays some wisdom on...”
– Support the Tropes - WSJ.com
“The market is not a place, a thing, or a collective entity. The market is a...”
– Ludwig von Mises (via laliberty)
“confronting climate change demands addressing climate justice for developing...”
– How the Right Wing’s Worldview Is Torn Apart By Climate Change Science (Major Case of Cognitive Dissonance) | Environment | AlterNet
Nice to see THAT clarified. My God, it’s so simple. The Left’s Weltanschuung was “torn apart by cognitive dissonance” for about 75 years...
Schneier on Security: NSA Style Manual →
October 2010
3 posts
“What I grew to realize is that the extent to which you screen phone calls is the...”
– Becoming a Renaissance Man, Part 4
“I remember going to a huge waterfall on a glacier in Iceland. People were there...”
– Clint Eastwood Biography - Clint Eastwood Quotes - Esquire
September 2010
2 posts
“The new man is almost a girl, more comfortable with the keyboard than a...”
– The Search for Something Genuine - Washington Rebel
“The failure by the Obama administration to use the bailout and stimulus money to...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
If you haven’t read the entire article get to it. I imagine a number of progressives are howling mad at Hedges, who says bluntly that the Obama administration and the Democratic Party have sold out and are useless as engines of positive change. — Ryking
(via ryking)
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“The American people in 2010, not at all unlike the American people in 1776, have...”
– http://spectator.org/archives/2010/08/31/the-success-of-the-beck-rally/1
August 2010
14 posts
“I was driving through the bohemian section of an American city the other day and...”
– Althouse
Justin Bieber set to star in a film about his life... →
Biopic and memoir…at 16. None dare call it hubris, ‘cept me.