January 2010
39 posts
“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...”
– Dear Justices Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Kennedy and Thomas: Did Thos Jefferson really mean that all corporations have inalienable rights?
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes
Obama Alien Defense →
General awesomeness— a fps of the prez blasting violent green guys. ( insert your own metaphor here)
“Hey, listen. You know those ducks in that lagoon right near Central Park South?...”
– Taking a Walk Through J.D. Salinger’s New York - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
Not just a novelty but can stand alone—Green...
The Black Lips with GZA, ”The Drop I...
“We have a serious need of deficit reduction, but it is not of the...”
– From a blogger, “teacherken” writing about Bob Herbert’s piece in the Times: “They Still Don’t Get It”
one-three-oh
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love...
Stop junk mail, stop catalogs with 41pounds.org →
Online bill pay takes care of some of the paper mail—this will help with the rest (hat tip to Cody)
THE THREE SIEVES
A LITTLE boy one day ran indoors from school and called out eagerly: “Oh, mother, what do you think of Tom Jones? I have just heard that ——”
“Wait a minute, my boy. Have you put what you have heard through the three sieves before you tell it to me?”
“Sieves, mother! What do you mean?”
“Well, the first sieve is called Truth. Is it true?”
...
“We are so submerged in the details of this debate—whether the bill will include...”
– Obama is having the best first year of any president since Franklin Roosevelt. - Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
Pentagram - What type are you? →
Not personality, but TYPE(FACE).
a charming waste of a few minutes— I am Universal.
“The GOP is credible on issues of race and social justice in much the same way...”
– PERRspectives: Blog
BBC News - Anne Frank diary guardian Miep Gies... →
“Anna’s ghost all around.
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me,
Soft and sweet.
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees."
In the Aeroplane over the Sea
TWEETSPAM: BAND SIMILE EDITION →
Heavy on the indie metal but some good ones. I like: “Nickelback is the guy who tried to pass off his genital warts as a “body modification, it’s all the rage in, like, europe right now”
“The right has seen the enemy, and he is the future.”
– I’m just loving watching these cynical, bullying, bigots scream and yell as they drown in a flushing cesspool of their own failed policies. All Progressives need to do is remember to vote for the person first (forgeddaboudit Harold Ford)—the “big tent” is ours now and the...
Race: a prickly and provocative (when isn’t Mamet?) exploration of how our entire “230 year experience” has been a dialogue on fear, resentment, guilt, and shame. Human interaction and exploitation of conferred advantages by both blacks and whites, and importantly men and women too, provides the sparks for this play that takes a while to get going, ultimately provides some...
Overheard In New Amsterdam
fuckingbookdeal:
Fur Trader: I have to say, half the time I don’t even give them wampum anymore — it’s just whatever buttons and paper scraps I find in my pockets. Dutch West India Company Executive: And that’s great for you, but you know I’m already doing what I love in the slave trade.
—Breede weg Tavern
Hat tip to Will Edmondson.
“Ghosts of American Astronauts” Live...
“What sets Costa Rica apart is its remarkable decision in 1949 to dissolve its...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Happiest People - NYTimes.com
“the death penalty cannot be administered in accord with our...”
– Sidebar - Group That Shaped Death Penalty Gives Up on Its Own Work - NYTimes.com
