March 2010
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The Razzies declared Battlefield Earth the worst movie of the decade. Even so, John Travolta believes it to be the “Schindler’s List of sci-fi.” Nostalgia Critic believes it will cause your “nipples to tingle with fear.”
(via todayonbliptv)
An epic takedown.
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“Imagine before you’re born you don’t know anything about who you’ll be, your...”
– Will Bailey, The West Wing, Red Haven’s On Fire (via acceptdinosaurs)
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Watchrafimama:
oldjewstellingjokes:
John Liebman, “Speeding Ticket”
John Liebman once chaired of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption and Export Administration. A rich source of material, we’re sure.
The newest episode of OldJewsTellingJokes is my FAVORITE!!!
GOATSE!
“What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let’s call it Glennbeckistan, where...”
– Chip Ward (via azspot)
vruz: out of sync with the states —and I might add, which is more scary— with the rest of the world.
(via vruz)
And don’t forget that they’re also hypocrites:
In fact, the 2010 session was bookended by scandal. As the doors opened, Sheldon Killpack, the State...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28) →
Dillinger Escape Plan (8)
The Beatles (8)
Emilie Simon (7)
Apartment (US) (3)
Amos, Tori (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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President John Adams Signed Health Insurance... →
spytap:
mikeambs:
peterwknox: notthatkindagay:
In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance.
This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s owner was...
“[It’s] the ‘Schindler’s List’ of sci-fi.”
– John Travolta, referring to Battlefield Earth
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CBS News: Bachmann Offers Big Numbers, Little... →
It’s not news that Bachmann is full of shit. It absolutely is news that the mainstream media is calling her on it.
Seven arrested in FBI raids linked to Christian... →
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Tumblr keeps breaking the links I post.
Instead of links I get blue, underlined links or nothing at all. Is this happening to anyone else?
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Watchsanewell turned me onto Fugazi in high school. We took in a Fugazi show (w/ The Warmers and Dub Narcotic Sound System), at what I now recall was Grind Skate Park in Sacramento, that might just qualify as the best show I’ve ever seen.
Just noticed that I’ve posted a lot of Fugazi stuff here.
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Kill it with fire
rainblog:
The social web is largely based on the principle of “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” You can ‘friend’ and ‘follow’ people, but you can’t take some action to express the idea that person X is a useless waste of protoplasm who is consuming oxygen that could be better used by bacteria. (You can ‘unfriend’ and ‘unfollow’ them, but that just restores the status...
“By 2012, the next presidential election year, non-Hispanic white births will be...”
– Frank Rich - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com (via nickdouglas)
spinlighted:
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
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“Voyager, in case it’s ever encountered by extra-terrestrials, is carrying...”
– Josh Lyman
(via Lemon-Lyman)
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The White House has just announced that President... →
By obstructing the votes on 217 nominees, Republicans have forced Obama into these recess appointments. By claiming he’s the anti-Christ, they’ve emboldened him to do what he needs to do without having to worry much about them. They’re going to wig out no mattter what he does, so he might as well just get shit done.
Today’s appointments have have their votes obstructed for...
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Webisode is a terrible word.
Webisode = Wannabe+Episode
Webisode is a dreadful word. Episode has been used for everything from Greek tragedies to radio dramas to Who Wants To Marry a Millioinaire. Why isn’t it good enough for a web series? I don’t even know anyone who uses the word aside from MSM studio execs and certain web show creators. Does the word suggest anything other than “Not quite a TV...
“I have been afraid for you sometimes, because success sings a deadly lullaby to...”
– Marlon Brando, in a letter to Tennessee Williams, via Open Culture (via vruz)
Why "Tron Legacy" Will be Awesome: the Director's... →
jacobjoaquin:
“And that background might be what distinguishes the movie and makes it great: Kosinski knows how to handle 3-D space, and he’s fluent with animation technology in a way totally different from any mainstream director working today.”
Why my new house will be awesome: Steven Spielberg is building it.
Sorry. I could resist. This is actually a fine example of how the the changes in...
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“I think we should have the courage always to examine the science.”
– California GOP Senate candidate and former McCain advisor Carly Fiorina, pretending she doesn’t believe in global warming so nutjob teabaggers will vote for her.
She’s flat out calling for the elimination of California’s landmark global warming law.
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Watch“I don’t know who the world’s leading expert on the history of warfare is but any list of the top has got to include me. And I can’t tell when it’s peacetime and wartime anymore.”
- Admiral Percy Fitzwallace, The West Wing
I was actually inspired to post this because of the funny bit that happens at the beginning of this scene. Sadly it’s not included...
Why Sarah Palin Is Not Only an Airhead But a... →
vruz:
-via unburyingthelead
In an interview with The National Review John Boehner suggested that Steve Driehaus, a freshman Democrat from Cincinnati, would be a “dead man” if he voted for health care. Driehaus did, and now his family has received death threats. New York Democrat Louise Slaughter received a message saying snipers were going to kill the children of all those who’d voted for...
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“The owner of Venezuela’s only remaining TV channel that takes a critical line...”
– Owner of anti-Chávez TV channel arrested - The Boston Globe
The reality of Chavez’s “participatory democracy.”
(via mikehudack)
But Sean Penn says Chavez is the greatest!
“The leaked draft of ACTA belies the U.S. trade representative’s assertions that...”
– Jack Goldsmith and Lawrence Lessig - Anti-counterfeiting agreement raises constitutional concerns - washingtonpost.com
Rafer sez: It’s about time some leading US paper writes this up.
(via rafer)
