January 2012
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“It was playing on a growing racial tension, economic tension, fear of...”
– An anonymous former employee of Ron Paul’s businesses who says that Paul was directly involved in the newsletters.
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“It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the...”
– Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul’s company and a supporter of the Texas congressman.
This is, of course, obvious to any reasonable person. But still, it’s nice to have the quote.
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“[Mr. Gingrich saw ethics charges against others as] a vehicle for destroying the...”
– Fred Wertheimer, former head of Common Cause
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“Newt is the single most influential factor in replacing the politics in which...”
– Representative Barney Frank
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“Government is dysfunctional because the presidency and Congress no longer have...”
– Mickey Edwards, a Republican former congressman from Oklahoma who served in leadership alongside Mr. Gingrich, and who is neutral in the Republican primary.
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“Kids are the only people that you’re allowed to hit…If you hit a dog, they’ll...”
– Louis C.K. (via slykangaroo)
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“We must each begin to test our thresholds for levels of exposure and begin to...”
– Use Google? Time to Get Real About Protecting Your Digital Self - Sara Marie Watson - Technology - The Atlantic (via wreckandsalvage)
I dumped Chrome today and switched to DuckDuckGo as my search engine. I’m going to drop my (shitty, free) Chromebook off of a cliff and I will never buy an...
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How I imagine the State of the Union is written
Barack Obama: We should use the milk line.
Jon Favreau: No, we should not. It's a terrible pun and everyone will make fun of me.
Barack Obama: But it worked for Bartlet.
Jon Favreau: You do know The West Wing is fictional, right?
Barack Obama: So it's settled. We're using the milk line.
Jon Favreau: ...
Joe Biden: DON'T FORGET TRAINS.
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Oklahoma GOPer Proposes Bill To Outlaw ‘Aborted... →
“You may think it’s ethical to kill a child in the womb. But the question now before us is: is it ethical to then use that aborted child for research and development to enhance flavors in food?”
This dummy is a state senator!
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NY Times: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
NY Times: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
NY Times: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion? I don’t play poker on the Internet, either.
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“I wouldn’t say [he’s a] douche. Newt is just…ordinary. A man...”
– Alec Baldwin
RNC Research: SOTU Just More Words: Wall Street →
squashed:
rncresearch:
Obama said he would not go back to the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules or allow financial institutions to make risky bets with customers’ deposits… unless they happen to be your “Wall Street guy” who bundled over $500,000 for your campaign.
Hey Republican National Committee! It’s nice to know that you’re giving the whole Tumblr thing a...
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“The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Lessons of the Megaupload seizure (via absurdlakefront)
The Brilliant "Don't Be Evil" Bookmarklet →
parislemon:
Kudos to Facebook (with some help from Twitter and MySpace) for having the balls to do this. It’s a bookmarklet that replaces Google’s new “People and Pages” area, the hardcoded social search area, and the search completion drop-down, with organic results.
In other words, it makes the new Google behave more like the old Google.
There has been a lot of back and forth in recent...
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Mr. Romney is correct to claim that complaints... →
The concept of “one nation under God” has a noble lineage, originating in Abraham Lincoln’s hope at Gettysburg that “this nation, under God, shall not perish from the earth.” After Lincoln, however, the phrase disappeared from political discourse for decades. But it re-emerged in the mid-20th century, under a much different guise: corporate leaders and conservative clergymen deployed it to...
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WatchCrowd Cheers Loudly As All Four GOP Candidates Say No To SOPA/PIPA
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“Child pornography is great. Politicians do not understand file sharing, but they...”
– Johan Schlüter, head of the Danish Anti-Piracy Group
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“People were protesting not just because of the content of these bills, but...”
– MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren’t Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought | Techdirt (via meganwest)
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“Any liberal (or sane moderate for that matter) would be crazy to say that we’re...”
– Lessig (via verdi)
“I shouldn’t tell this story, but what the hell. I was staying in Eric Idle’s...”
– One of the greatest Star Wars stories ever, from a Rolling Stone article Carrie Fisher wrote in 1999. (via lizlet)
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MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who... →
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,”
— Chris Dodd
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Babies with three parents possible within three... →
rememo:
Babies with three biological parents could be a reality within three years using an IVF technique which eradicates hereditary disease by using the undamaged DNA of a third party.
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So….within seven years…babies could have seven parents!
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton writes a smart post about MegaUpload, SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Copyright, and being an artist amongst pirates. Grab a cup of coffee on this snowy/rainy Saturday and make this your morning read. (via spytap)
“God knows how much money we’ve given to Obama and the Democrats and yet they’re...”
– Hollywood’s Obama Donors On President’s Piracy Stand: Not Give A Dime Anymore (via joshuanguyen)
The irony is that The Media Companies are behaving as if Google, Netflix, EBay, Amazon, and the like DON’T dominate the Internet. They do and the digital space is a neighborhood with different...
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Etta James: The 1994 Fresh Air Interview →
“When I was in rehab at the same rehab center in the ’70s, ‘74, ‘75, I got a letter from Keith Richards that had said that they were getting ready to do a tour. And the letter said, ‘We would like to have you on tour with us. We love your music, but what you’re doing right now is more important than what we could ever do with you, [and] we will be sure to come back and get you when you’re...
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“While we’re on the subject, go read Umberto Eco’s “Striking at the Heart of the...”
– Rainblog: Megaupload - another way of looking at it
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“This trumpet was sounded to feed the prejudice of people who already believe...”
– NYTimes.com (via azspot)
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