February 2010
The iPhone launched with a killer app called "It...
“So to recap: CBS wouldn’t allow a group to criticize Bush, wouldn’t let a...”
– DownWithTyranny! (via azspot) (via think4yourself) (via abcsoupdot) (via mikehudack) (via evangotlib)
January 2010
“Just for the heck of it, imagine for a minute that the MacBookPro was locked up...”
– The iPad is the iPrius: Your Computer Consumerized - O’Reilly Radar
“When the automobile was new, you HAD to be a mechanic to own one. Later, being a...”
– The iPad is the iPrius: Your Computer Consumerized - O’Reilly Radar
“The dirty secret of the Billboard classical charts is that album sales figures...”
– Anne Midgette | washingtonpost.com
Amazon "capitulates" to Macmillan due to their... →
How to watch 24/7 TV news after you've cut the...
France24 - A multilingual French international television news channel, France 24 is based in Paris and owned by France Télévisions.
RT - Broadcast from Moscow, RT is a 24/7 English language news channel focusing on international headlines, giving an innovative angle set to challenge viewers worldwide.
Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera English provides a unique perspective on news from the Middle East...
“In early January a friend mentioned that his New Year’s resolution was to beat...”
– Begley, “The Depressing News About Antidepressants” (via newsweek)
And again, please read The Truth About Drug Companies
Drug companies understand that most drugs help 1/3 of people, don’t do anything for 1/3 of people, and harm 1/3 of people. But the cost and time required to get FDA approval...
“On Friday, President Obama appeared before House Republicans during a historic...”
– Seth Meyers, Weekend Update (via inothernews) (via savingpaper) (via apsies) (via think4yourself)
“Flash is no longer ubiquitous. There’s a big difference between “everywhere” and...”
– John Gruber
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smart-tart:
WHAT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS?!!? YOU DO NOT CROWN MISS AMERICA TO THE SOUNDS OF THE BLACK EYED GOD DAMN PEAS!
Which entity is being cheapened by the other in this equation?
The Internet is thrusting death upon me at a rate...
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“And if one of the five titans that control almost all of publishing gets into a...”
– Cory Doctorow | Amazon and Macmillan go to war: readers and writers are the civilian casualties
“We had lost 650,000 jobs in December [2008] - I’m assuming your’e...”
– President Obama | TPMDC
I keep asking myself why the Republicans would have agreed to let Obama smack down their nonsense for 90 minutes on live television. And I keep coming to the same conclusion. They’ve started to believe their own bullshit. These people weren’t at all prepared...
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The Unnecesarean: Yes, It's True: Med Students... →
robot-heart-politics:
thecurvature:isabelthespy:katoleary:meloukhia:
This upsets me so much every time it comes up, because I’ve had a number of surgeries (2 in Australia, 2 here) during which I’ve been unconscious for a rather extended period … and I just don’t want to know. I really don’t. Especially with my other history. I can’t really handle the possibility that it might have been done to...
In which certain conservatives are bad at math
soupsoup:
squashed:
Randy Haddock and NoMossHere posted a chunk of an IBD editorial by Sean Higgins titled, “Obama’s Green Jobs Program: $135,294 Per Job.” Here’s a chunk of it:
The White House announced Friday the awarding of $2.3 billion in tax credits — the money comes from last year’s stimulus bill — to companies to create “green jobs.”
[…]
Obama says the grants will create 17,000...
“Claire Waxman has spent much of the last seven years living in terror. During...”
– More here (via gauntlet, robot-heart-politics) (via bringmethathorizon)
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“It is important to note that rail promotes urban growth and development in a way...”
– A conservative case for mass transit I can support. (via firthofforth)
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“On January 29th, 2010, a jury found Scott Roeder guilty of 1st degree...”
– Scott Roeder Found Guilty of 1st Degree Murder in Dr. Tiller Shooting | RHRealityCheck.org
“Basically, his address boiled down to, ‘Fuck me? Oh, no no no, my friend. Fuck...”
– Jon Stewart on President Obama’s State of the Union Address (via bringmethathorizon) (via think4yourself) (via virtualephemera) (via apsies) (via mikehudack)
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Watchze frank | songs you already know | great
Party of No →
think4yourself:
azspot:
Paragons of fiscal discipline, every Senate Republican today voted against reestablishing “pay-as-you-go” budgeting rules that mandate that any new spending must be paid for. The rule passed on a 60-40 party line vote.
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You want post-racial? How 'bout never-racial.
afghanibanani:
Wanna know why Chris Matthews comments annoy the piss out of me?
I know Chris Matthews doesn’t hate black people. But he did say something racist. He did imply that I, or other viewers, are racist. Are some people racist? Yes. Am I? No. “Being black” is not something that Obama needs to overcome. Just because there is a base of fucktards out there who believe that Obama’s...
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