April 2009
“Since January, the New Hampshire Senate has been making history as the first...”
– Feministe » New Hampshire!
“You (Brzezinski) wear your hat one way you like to wear it, you know, kind of...”
– RNC Chairman Michael Steele, describing….something or other.
“Which is why the absolute best case is that Joe Biden did something that’s...”
– Ezra Klein
WatchEPIC FU - internet to hollywood: your copyright can kiss my ass
A particularly great episode of the FU! Not to be missed!
“A half-hour into the meeting, an aide entered the Oval Office and slipped Mr....”
– “Obama’s Stand in Auto Crisis Shows Early Resolve,” NYT (via barthel) (via mikehudack)
“I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out...”
– Michele Bachman, who, as if this statement wasn’t stupid enough, failed to realize that The Bird Swine Flu happened in 1976 when Ford was in office.
UPDATE: Ooops! I mean to say Swine Flu, not Bird Flu. Thanks Jessica.
WatchWreck & Salvage | Shep Smith vs. Jack Nicholson on Torture
Miss California's church says pedophilia is... →
robot-heart-politics:
apsies:
For anyone living under a rock, the homosexuality-pedophilia canard was debunked three decades ago. What’s worse, the “research” Miss C’s church is quoting - they also claim that 30% of gay men will die or get AIDS by the time they’re 30 - appears to come from a known hate group (as designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center) led by one Paul Cameron, a quack...
Movie Trailers | Earth →
The first film in the Disneynature series, earth, narrated by JAMES EARL JONES, tells the remarkable story of three animal families and their amazing journey across the planet we all call home. earth combines rare action, unimaginable scale and impossible locations by capturing the most intimate moments of our planet’s wildest and most elusive creatures. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark...
CJR: Fox Won't Air Presidential News Conference →
retropolitics:
From the AP:
The Fox network is sticking with its regular schedule over President Barack Obama this week. The network is turning down the president’s request to show his prime-time news conference on Wednesday. The news conference marks Obama’s 100th day in office. Instead of the president, Fox viewers will see an episode of the Tim Roth drama “Lie to Me.” It’s the first time a...
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GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness |... →
vruz:
John Nichols, The Beat / The Nation
—via mudwerks:
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.
Obey and other advocates for the...
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Watchitsthr33am:
Coil - Tained Love
A work of art from Peter Christopherson. The video addressed AIDS in the early 80’s and was dubbed obscene for doing so. It now resides in MOMA’s permanent collection. Mark Almond, who brought Soft Cell’s version of the song to the masses, contributed to this one as well. It’s a stunning, dark interpretation that Marilyn Manson tried, and...
WatchProject Rant: Passion For Animals
All bark and no bite? Ladies, can you calm the beast within?!
“This is torture. Torture is illegal. We don’t sit here, Howie, and say he...”
– Joan Walsh
Raising the Price of a Subscription →
heyitsnoah:
Kottke points to an article in the New York Times about magazines raising their subscription costs to try to soften the advertising fallout. As the article acknowledges, “Publishers have long set low subscription prices and have even lost money doing so, assuming that the real money came from ads. Subscription revenue was gravy.”
Funny enough, I mentioned just this last week in my...
“An international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be...”
– Slashdot | Drug Company Merck Drew Up Doctor “Hit List”
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“American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it...”
– A little reminder about business (via heyitsnoah) (via mikehudack)
Here’s Ian MacKaye’s entire interview.
(via tanya77)
Ian has always been a hero to me. Musically, Fugazi is one of my all time fav bands. Their live show is among the best, and most visceral, I’ve ever encountered. I...
WatchNate Silver: Does race affect votes? | TED.com
Nate Silver has answers to controversial questions about race in politics: Did Obama’s race hurt his votes in some places? Stats and myths collide in this fascinating talk that ends with a remarkable insight on how town planning can promote tolerance.