December 2009
November 2009
bellatoris:
NewsBusters.org captured a fascinating exchange about so-called health-care reform on “Inside Washington.” The panelists were columnist Charles Krauthammer, Newsweek’s assistant managing editor Evan Thomas and National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg:
Krauthammer: The fraudulence of these numbers is absolutely staggering, and I’ll explain to you why. The benefits kick in in 2015, so...
“Google Wave was built to show younger people how older people feel when they try...”
– adamcoomes (via soupsoup) (via kapi) (via natface)
“What sets the politicians of 2009 apart from the ones of 1787 is the pervasive...”
– Incharacter.org (via bellatoris:aslowboattopurgatory)
Wow, so poignant.
Watchtwrecks:
blue-monday:
twrecks:
thedailywhat:
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs a haunting cover of the Fresh Prince theme song and, just like that, my life is complete.
Also: A rift in the spacetime continuum.
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“Our fiscal situation has deteriorated rapidly in just the past few years. The...”
– The Coming Deficit Disaster - WSJ.com
Mr. Holtz-Eakin is former director of the Congressional Budget Office and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This is adapted from testimony he gave before the Senate Committee on the Budget on Nov. 10.
Condensed from an already condensed reblog;...
If you want to understand how Apple works, you... →
twrecks:
Then you will know everything the world has to offer.
Heh, great example of Apple doing this is sitting right here on my desk. My 15” Powerbook (PowerPC-based, not Intel) works decently enough, however for no real reason, Apple has decided to not support Snow Leopard for PPC computers anymore. Thanks Apple!
Several moments of unintentional hilarity from...
woefullymisinformed:
1. Kristen Stewart is a terribly wooden actress who mumbles most of her lines. After about two hours of this, a vampire takes her hand in an attempt to read her thoughts. After a beat of silence, the vampire releases her hand and says, “Hm, I can’t see anything.” That’s about what I expected.
2. Towards the end of a very draggy scene at a shoehorned-in Italian vampire...
“Communism works only in heaven where they don’t need it, and in hell, where...”
– President Ronald Reagan
irishmexi:
oldfilmsflicker:
michael giacchino...
Where did that spam come from?
meltinyourmouth:
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For example - if your Gmail address is yourname@Gmail.com you could tell Amazon that it’s yourname+amazon@Gmail.com. The mail will still be routed to you (yourname@Gmail.com) but will...
“The worst day in a man’s life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how...”
– Thomas Jefferson (via bunkercomplex)
Nidal Malik Hasan killed 14 people, not 13
davereed:
randyhaddock:
This is something that has bothered me throughout the media’s reporting of the Fort Hood massacre. Not only were 13 adults murdered by Hasan, he also took the life of a precious innocent baby — Private Francheska Velez’s unborn baby.
John McCormack, over at The Weekly Standard, points to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004:
Under the Unborn Victims of Violence...
“Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical...”
– G.K. Chesterton, in Heretics
“In January 1961, Sigrid Paul gave birth to a little boy in a Berlin hospital....”
– The Berlin Wall kept me apart from my baby son - The Guardian
Read the whole thing.
(via sds)
The 11th Hour: The Date Behind Veterans Day
onemoretimewithfeeling:
While most know that Veterans Day honors those who have served in the military, the meaning behind its exact date (November 11) may not be so familiar. Here’s the backstory:
Back in 1918, in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a stop to hostilities was declared, ending World War I. An armistice to cease the fighting on the Western Front was signed by the...
The Famous 'Kelo House' Property Is Now A Vacant... →
crazynutjob:
A decade ago, the town of New London, Connecticut claimed Kelo’s house by right of eminent domain.
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The promised 3,169 new jobs and $1.2 million a year in tax revenues vanished when the housing bubble popped and brought on the recession.
Just a sad reminder that “for Pfizer” was legally determined by the Supreme Court to be “public use.”
Criminal.