January 2012
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“Romney has said he was unemployed. He’s right. He actually does nothing to earn...”
– Atrios, “Unemployed.” (via ryking)
“Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) brought an Elmo prop with him to the House floor on...”
– Rep. Ellison brings Elmo to Congress
I’m just going to leave this right here.
(via ryking)
Because Israel! What a crying shame.
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care...”
– Marcus Aurelius (via autumn-faery)
“It seems to me that more than a few of those Americans who are pushing for war...”
– Joe Klein, “Likudnik Paranoia.” (via ryking)
Shouldn’t he be more insulted by the reasoning behind their support? Their support is borne of this deeply arrogant and nihilistic Armageddon fetish espoused by the evangelicals.
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“The Wikipedia blackout presents a horrifying picture of a world with no...”
– Andy Daglas (via kateoplis) Quote of the night. (via shortformblog)
This.
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I had intended to go to a warehouse party tonight,... →
Nice.
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These Financial Policies Are Considered...
govtoversight:
-Making auditors put their names on audit reports that go with financial statements
-Making it so companies can’t have the same auditors for more than a century
-Allowing inspection of Chinese, and other foreign, accounting firms that work for U.S. companies based abroad
Maybe the fact that these policies are deemed controversial speaks to the larger problems in our financial...
Have the Super-Rich Seceded From the United... →
At the end of the cold war, many writers predicted the decline of the traditional nation state. Some looked at the demise of the Soviet Union and foresaw the territorial state breaking up into statelets of different ethnic, religious or economic compositions. This happened in the Balkans, former Czechoslovakia and Sudan. Others, like Chuck Spinney, predicted a weakening of the state due to the...
“Some 125 evangelical leaders and their spouses will gather this weekend at a...”
– Evangelicals’ Last-Ditch Effort to Unite in the GOP Race (via ryking)
It’s hilarious that they just can’t get over his religion. The cognitive dissonance must be painful for them.