January 2012
13 posts
“The test I always give conservatives is to say “How many of you wanted to save...”
– This impassioned defense of big government brought to you by Elizabeth Warren Newt Gingrich! (via motherjones)
Wary of Energy Drinks in an Adrenaline Sport →
sheree:
“I know what it’s like to worry about whether you’re going to get fired. There...”
– Mitt Romney: I know about fearing a pink slip - CBS News (via brooklynmutt)
Is he fucking kidding me? I wish I was on the Obama campaign team. I would so much enjoy destroying this guy…and he makes it easier every day.
(via evangotlib)
December 2011
19 posts
“People like Dimon, and Schwarzman, and John Paulson, and all of the rest of them...”
– A Christmas Message From America’s Rich | | Rolling Stone (via bryanboova)
“Americans are encouraged to vote, but not to participate more meaningfully in...”
– Noam Chomsky - Interventions (via noam-chomsky)
“A strange thing happened Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. As Rep. Stenny Hoyer...”
– Boehner’s office cuts off C-SPAN cameras as GOP takes verbal beating | The Raw Story (via wreckandsalvage)
“With this defense authorization act, Congress will, for the first time in 60...”
– Al Franken (via azspot)(via asie)
“The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had...”
– Comedian and actor LOUIS C.K., on his successful online experiment selling copies of his latest special without a distributor. (via inothernews)
“Specifically, about 32% of advertisers who plan to up their online video ad...”
– MediaPost Publications Marketers Slicing from TV Budgets for Online Video in 2012
I hope my board does not see this and try and raise my goal for 2012 ;-)
“Think Apple looked at tax rates before it decided to open their stores ?...”
– My Views on Corporations & Taxes — Mark Cuban (via apoplecticskeptic)
“Imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of the House, orchestrates the...”
– Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker. (via langer)(via shorterexcerpts)
“Two high level Congressional staffers who have been instrumental in creating or...”
– Masnick
No one is wondering anymore.
(via brycedotvc)
Michele Bachmann says that, if elected president,... →
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evangotlib:
Amazingly low bar we have for members of Congress, huh?
The worst par?: This is one of the less stupid things she’s said in the past few months.
November 2011
20 posts
Watchrainblog:
Retired Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis being arrested for an act of civil disobedience at Pine and Nassau, New York.
Video by Angus McIntyre
“Take a walk through any big city. Do you see anything that needs improvement?...”
– Noam Chomsky in an interview with David Barsamian. From the book The Common Good.
One thing I would add to this: Not only would idle hands be delighted to do the work, but also the countless people performing useless operations that just keep the wheel of profit turning; all the while there are...