January 2012
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“It was a procedure day at this clinic, so there were a ton of protesters...”
– The Hair Pin, on Pro-Life protestors outside a Planned Parenthood (via fearofthederpsicle)
You could clear your way through just about any crowd by yelling that.
(via maevele)
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“If we’re willing to spend $750 billion (so far) to make democracy in Iraq...”
– Lawrence Lessig in Republic, Lost (via think-progress)
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Gaddis
INTERVIEWER
Although there is a time-honored tradition of the satirical treatment of human stupidity from Aristophanes through Erasmus, Swift, Twain to Vonnegut—it is Vonnegut’s Jonah, the narrator of Cat’s Cradle with his interest in “the history of human stupidity,” that I am especially reminded of by your theoretician of stupidity, McCandless, in Carpenter’s Gothic.
GADDIS
Again, I think...
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Dilemma:
tonight the parenthetical girls & los campesinos! are playing a free show at the union south.
i’m tired and have to work an open to close tomorrow.
i know white wine.
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“I have not been critical of Newt Gingrich but it is now time to take a stand...”
– Former Republican Senator Bob Dole, joining in the GOP panic over the possibility that Newt might actually win Florida. (via quickhits)
personally, i’ve always respected, if not respectfully disagreed with former senator dole. he was of an era of republicans that were public servants and not...
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“Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and...”
– Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)
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“The iPad’s a darn attractive gadget, but that 30-pin connector ain’t made for...”
– Confirmed: Fleshlight Developing an iPad Case You Can Have Sex With (via oswaldofguadalupe)
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Daily Kos: Scott Walker raises $4.5 million in... →
wilwheaton:
While volunteers were gathering signatures to recall him from office, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was allowed to receive campaign donations of unlimited size. Never one to shy away from talking to rich people, over the last five weeks Walker used this opportunity to raise$1,000,000 from just four donors, and over well $2,000,000 from 33 donors
During his time as governor, Scott...
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