January 2010
CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST BLACKWATER →
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mysweetiepie:
A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in September 2007. Judge Urbina’s order, issued late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve is a...
Watchchristielouwho:
jonathan-cunningham:
gregleding:
spytap:
Are there really people who still believe that the current Republican Party is relevant and/or not simply playing the obstinate opposition party?
Tell you what, kill the hypocrisy, and begin having an actual discussion and I’ll consider voting for you once again. Continue being the anti-intellectual, anti-progress,...
Watchgregleding:
spytap:
Are there really people who still believe that the current Republican Party is relevant and/or not simply playing the obstinate opposition party?
Tell you what, kill the hypocrisy, and begin having an actual discussion and I’ll consider voting for you once again. Continue being the anti-intellectual, anti-progress,...
December 2009
people really hate to be told they're wrong, even...
sara—:
(via ieatcatlitter)
Especially when they know they’re wrong.
Eric Massa on Cheney →
I am sick and tired of the former vice president of the United States taking shots not only at this administration for problems that he was largely and personal responsible for, but by an extension, and those of us who served in the military and bring that experience, having everyone believe that, somehow, one political party — in his case, the Republican Party — owns the high ground...
When did dancing officially switch from standing...
(via juuddyy)
Dunno, but I’d like to thank the person responsible.
loveisacabaret:
WHY IS MY TUMBLR UNFOLLOWING PEOPLE.
Mine is doing that too. Weird.
Hey, you know who we haven't heard from lately?...
tennroof:
inothernews:
Rant over.
Bet it’s got a lot to do with which one of them is young enough and healthy enough to give a shit when his lawyers remind him that “anything you say can be used against you in a court of law…”
Bush wants the veneer of keeping a ‘respectful distance’ from American politics after he’s out of office, but wants to keep a loud dissident voice...
Most overrated television programs
clitorisaurus:
rooshoes:
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rooshoes:
clitorisaurus:
House
Family Guy
Doctor Who
Invader Zim
Firefly
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
24
Scrubs
The Office
All reality television
These things are bad. Stop thinking otherwise.
This could be extended a whole fuckin’ lot to include shows like all the ones I relate with 24 (Prison Break, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Lie to Me,...
“You know what when we get on an airplane, we give up all kinds of checks we...”
– Chris Mathews clearly loves him some demagoguery.
I also find it a bit odd that so many of the same conservatives that accuse any Democrat of being part of/an advocate for “the nanny state,” are so quick pine for a President that is basically a symbolic Daddy figure, protecting them from the...
A taboo question for Israelis →
tennroof:
The taboo questions are the ones that most need asked.
I heartily recommend Ursula Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas as yet another terribly valuable sorting tool.
The fundamental question is “If anybody treated us like we’re treating the people in Gaza, what would we do?” and it’s a damn good one.
Schapiro pulls back on post-Madoff regulations →
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Mary Schapiro, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said she wanted to show that her agency was cracking down after missing Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme. In May, she proposed that almost 10,000 money managers undergo surprise inspections to make sure they weren’t ripping off clients.
“Investors are looking to the SEC to assure the...
Fox News Makes Political Theater Out Of Terrorism... →
Brown said at some later point, “Keep in mind, this system has been in place through the Bush years.”
That’s the mildest of rebukes, of course. But, predictably, Lowry got hissy over it. “Here we go,” he said snottily. He said to Hanretty, “You have the Obama folks pointing fingers immediately. This is their first reaction to everything, back at the Bush administration.”
“Everything,” Hanretty...
CIA officer Jack Rice; "racial profiling" is... →
Look, I think when people make an argument for racial profiling they’re either lazy, they’re either arrogant, or frankly they’re racist. This is a foolish idea and the worst part of it all is that what we’re going to do is alienate about 1.5 billion Muslims. We desperately need these people on our side. If we go down that path we’re in a very, very serious problem.
Rice is a professional that...
Washington's Proposal To Legalize Marijuana And... →
Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, a Seattle Democrat who is sponsoring the legalization bill in Washington state, said that she “wanted to start a strong conversation about the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana.”
Under her bill, marijuana would be sold in Washington state’s 160 state-run liquor stores, and customers, 21 and older, would pay a tax of 15 percent per gram. The measure...
"Hey, Rabble, What's up with the naked girl in the... →
rabbleprochoice:
Funny you should ask, Dear Readers, let me tell you a story from way back in 1973…the story of Gerri Twerdy Santoro…
“The name of the woman pictured [above] is Gerri Twerdy Santoro. She was just 28 years old. She was a sister, a daughter, and she was the mother of two daughters when she died a very painful and frightening death.
This New York coroner’s picture first appeared...
“It’s impossible to write about how human activities are altering the climate...”
– Begley, bringing rationality. (via newsweek)
misses her angle
(via zzzacaria)
Is it obtuse, acute, straight or right?
Kill me now →
The News Corp-owned cable news outlet has just finished its best year among total viewers in its 13-plus year history.
Fox News averaged 2.187 million total viewers in primetime for the year, up 7% from 2008 and enough to place 3rd among all cable channels. In total day, the network averaged 1.192 million total viewers, up 13% from 2008 and enough to place 5th among all cable channels. In the...
Fuck you Norton
scaeriel:
roxlymoonbeam:
I fucking hate norton anti virus. How the fuck did they weasel their way into my computer. Now I will never be able to fully delete them. FUCK FUCK FUCK.
Norton tells me everyday I have the Trojan virus and everyday I tell Norton thank you for telling me I have a virus. My computer is a piece of shit. :)
http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php
‘Nuff Said
Krugman: What not to run on →
It’s true that the health care bill is unpopular. But as many people have pointed out, a significant fraction of those who say they disapprove of the bill disapprove from the left. And more generally, answers to the question “Do you approve of the Senate bill?” are not the same as answers to the question, “Do you want to roll back what’s in the bill?”
Consider Massachusetts. As I’ve pointed out...
tumblr is just a disgusting joke now.
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mcgonagall:
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sixstepfailure:
(via hhhhhhhhnnnnnnnngggg) Remember when tumblr was good?
the good days. :’)
Wait when was this
Oh god please don’t turn tumblr into /b/
Tumblr has always been composed entirely of hipsters, indiefags and scene kids making hipster, indiefag and scene kid jokes. It’s never been good. /b/ was at...
“For all the endless, exciting talk about the latest Terrorist attack, one issue...”
– Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (via anjum) (via bingoparaphernalia)
This reminds me of the Somalian piracy craze in the news. It was always about how evil it was, with no question thrown towards the cause.
EVER DRANK BAILEYS FROM A SHOE?
triangularshapedhipstertriangle:
WANNA GO TO A CLUB WHERE PEOPLE WEE ON EACHOTHER?
…love games?
Jane Hamsher Rips Kevin Drum A New Asshole →
(via ryking)
In this instance, the fact is that most “liberals” who work at institutions can’t step out and take a shot at Rahm, because Rahm would take it out on their organizations. That leaves the people on the right — those out of Rahm’s reach — who can be called upon to get the media “heft” you need to call attention to an issue. The year-end deadline for doubling the Fannie/Freddie...
FORMSPRING →
bradicalmang:
"And if you want a real rant, ask me why I hate the government and capitalism." let's hear it!"
Spent the whole weekend doing this.
They are both oppressive, exploitive, unnecessary, and unsustainable.
…How would you change an economic system away from Laissez-faire without the Government?
What does "/wrist" mean?
ohyeahitsmeho:
lolwowmom:
Didn’t know what it was last month.
Still don’t know what it is.
o__o
cut wrist
Pronounces phonetically it’s “slash wrist”. In HTML, when you want to stop a certain tag, you write /*tag*, which is pronounced as “slash tag”. I guess it’s a joke about nerdy suicide?
i feel like i'll never be pretty until i lose 10...
ohyeahitsmeho:
ohmyveronica:
(via discorderis)
this and this
I’ve got some bad news. When you lose ten pounds and get your braces off you’re just going to find something else to ‘fix’ that you’ll ‘never be pretty until’ you do. You can’t compare yourself to people whose sole job in life is to look pristine that you only ever see after...
i have a favor to ask of you Tumblr people.
stephhton:
heartlessignorance:
I want some more people to follow. Suggest 1-5 people for me to follow?
<3
http://jonathan-cunningham.tumblr.com/
he’s very interesting.
<3 thank you steph!
Jason Sigger on Iran's continuing "Green... →
There will be, no doubt, calls by some politicians that the United States ought to “do something.” And in fact, the White House did release a statement condemning the violence by the Iranian government against its own people. If we’re lucky, that’s all that the US government will do at this time. It’s foolish to suggest overt (or covert) support for the Iranian Green...
Women are more than just material for you to jack...
tiredofbeingignored:
I love beauty, but I’m getting sick and tired of the neanderthals who run around dissing women for not fitting in to their sexist beauty standards. Just because you have deemed a woman “unfuckable” does not make her less than human.
If you aren’t attracted to someone, keep your ham-headed comments to yourself.
What do people hope to gain from insulting someone’s...
Republicans that opposed stimulus bill and call it... →
If you needed proof that the stimulus is helping people, look no further than the ranks of the GOP when they campaign. Although on talk radio and at tea parties they criticize it, they take the credit for the individual programs that are funded by the stimulus package. Our bought-and-sold media won’t report on it, though.
Right Wing Renews Calls For Profiling: ‘There... →
(via redguard)
This is good, except that the author purposefully distorts the quote from Peter King to reverse his position on the subject. The rest is fairly sound, but one distortion makes me suspicious of others.
Goddamnit Obama, why? →
So remember when Obama was running against McCain and it was a big deal that Phil Gramm, one of the people who pushed all that deregulation in ‘99, was on his campaign staff? Well the most blatant deregulation to help businesses at increased risks to the American economy that Gramm did was repealing the Glass-Steagall act, which separated Commercial from Investment banking legally. This...