April 2010
“Nuclear power is a potential safety threat, if something goes wrong. Coal-fired...”
– Bill McKibben
WatchJon Stewart smacks Apple around for a bit.
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Psychic TV - Just Because
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“Activists for Latino and immigrant rights — and supporters of sane governance —...”
– Eugene Robinson - Arizona’s new immigration law is an act of vengeance (via peterwknox) (via evangotlib)
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the west wing: there is no law; there is no...
LEO: There oughta be a law against it.
TOBY: There is a law against it!
JOSH: Why'd you get him started?
TOBY: How about threatening the life of the President? He was talking to other people, how about conspiracy? Those were military officers, how about treason?!
JOSH: Toby.
TOBY: That was a member of our own party, Leo. That was a Democrat who said that!
LEO: It's bad, I know.
TOBY: That's it?
LEO: Well, what are you gonna do?
TOBY: Have the Justice Department bring him in for questioning pending felony charges.
JOSH: Toby's right. What's the good of being in power if you're not gonna haul your enemies in for questioning?
TOBY: We're really not gonna do anything about this?
LEO: Yeah, Toby, because what we really need to do is arrest people for being mean to the President.
“However, by attempting to turn Rebuild the Trust into a movement for change, and...”
– Liz Shannon Miller | Can the Streamy Awards and the IAWTV “Rebuild the Trust”?
“Phoenix is seeking to host either the Dem or GOP convention in two years — the...”
– Will Arizona’s new immigration law boost St. Louis’ convention hopes? | Political Fix | STLtoday
San Francisco weighs sweeping boycott of Arizona... →
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“Detain or subpoena the pope for questioning in the child-rape scandal? You must...”
– Hitchens, making the case for bringing Benedict to justice. (via newsweek) (via brooklynmutt)
Watchclaytoncubitt:
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 (by Mark Gray) 1969 (via)
500fps stretches a 30-second launch to 8 minutes, with an interesting narration.
But the visuals alone. The angelic glow of fiery destruction at the 4-minute mark is more epic than all the special effects in 2001, Alien, Blade Runner, Terminator and all the Michael Bay films combined.
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into...”
– Stephen Hawking
“The passage of SB 1070 in Arizona is a catastrophe for community policing, with...”
– Arturo Venegas, Jr., former chief of the Sacramento Police Department
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Acknowledgment of the New York beer scene from Bon...
brewyork:
For an article about “New York’s beer scene,” there doesn’t look to be much “New York beer” in that picture. Or any at all, in fact.
Every time a major media outlet acknowledges that the beer scene in New York City is worth writing about, it makes me smile. And then I inevitably get into a debate with friends about what massive gaps exist in the article.
In the less-debatable realm,...
“I thought about asking a guy who snorted cocaine and got arrested for DUI when...”
– They’re giving Terry Oatts, A Henry County Principal here in Metro-ATL, hell for this quoteabout allowing Atlanta Rapper T.I. to speak on bullying to students. Even Hannity is in on the lynch mob. Mr. Oatts probably should check with parents about the lunch menu and air conditioning temperature...
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Interesting thought from my professor on...
axelrod:
“Did you notice, however, where part of the cause lies? We have always had illegal aliens slipping across the boarder (I am thinking, of course, of Mexico) but the surge of illegal immigrants crossing the Mexico/U.S. boarder is very much associated with the passage of NAFTA. Correlation, of course, does not prove causation but the correlation is this: NAFTA passes, Mexico does not...
“Our failure to act responsible at the federal level will only open the door to...”
– President Obama, speaking at a naturalization ceremony for 24 members of the military.
“A one percentage point increase in spending in return for covering 34 million...”
– Ezra Klein - A health-care reform Rorschach test
First, be clear about what’s being estimated. The Congressional Budget Office’s estimates look at the deficit. CMS is looking at total national health expenditures. This often confuses people into thinking that there’s conflict between the two...
“The ‘many sources, more information’ dream of a world-wide web of journalists...”
– Rainblog: Circularity
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Read the whole thing.
“The ultimate New York dining experience, however, may not be in a restaurant at...”
– Anthony Bourdain’s Alternative Guide to Drinking and Eating in New York (via amandarae) (via soupsoup) (via dazzlingdelta)
“That the record industry was collapsing helped them. Because there were no...”
– boom! (via meaghano) (via jayparkinsonmd)
Gingrich: Teabaggers "likely to end up as the... →
“The tea parties ought to be covered, and liberals should fight back against...”
– Popping the Tea Party Bubble (via southpol) (via jasencomstock)
