January 2012
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December 2011
11 posts
Before he ever took a snap in the NFL, he appeared... →
Winston Churchill put it very squarely when he defined the issue as,...
– Living Proof | Culture | Vanity Fair (via felixsalmon)
The 400 pages of interrogations, once closely guarded as secrets of war, were...
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November 2011
14 posts
It probably helps that his career didn’t end with that song: After Semisonic...
– Wait what?
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"They got most of what they wanted, which means... →
"My personal technique for coping with the... →
I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
Famous Momagers:
Kris Jenner
Dina Lohan
“Mama” Rose Thompson...
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October 2011
17 posts
A confident, unvarnished attempt at taking arcane... →
I protested outside the Democratic National Convention in 2000. I thought Gore...
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The article kind of meanders, and isn’t worth much if you already read/watched a lot about what is happening. But I love that line. It sums up something I did and then have felt very well.
M83 - Kim and Jessie
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There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You...
– Lemony Snicket
He grew up in a little village in France. He couldn’t fit into the school bus...
– ‘Princess Bride’: An Oral History | Inside Movies | EW.com
Cary Elwes on Andre the Giant. You will literally NEVER guess the name at the end of this sentence. (via felixsalmon)
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Then, in the middle of the recall madness, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines...
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I asked myself the same thing.
So we go back to the timeout and I’m [upset], right? He goes, ‘I was wide...
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The more things change..
“It is argued that statistics develop fans by increasing their knowledge of the game. By this logic crowds should be hitting unprecedented peaks today. The biggest crop of potential fans in history, the World War II babies, who now are at an age when youngsters generally are wrapped up in sports, has been exposed to an incessant barrage of figures from newspapers and television. Kids have...
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KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic with St. Vincent... →
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Watch now!
"The Most Ridiculous Thing You Will Read About... →
Or more accurately, Sunday.
September 2011
4 posts
“The third alternative energy loan program, the 1705 loan guarantee program, is the one responsible for the present furor because it guaranteed loan to Solnydra. After reductions to the program, it was appropriated $2.5 billion, the amount the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) predicts the program will eventually cost taxpayers once the all the spending authority is used up (loans are...
I’ve written this before: I never argue with people who say that baseball is...
– Joe Posnanski