February 2012
15 posts
“In the end, it was difficult to know what was the more depressing and shocking:...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/feb/11/liverpool-kenny-dalglish-luis-suarez
Matt Taibbi: Wall Street Should Stop Whining.... →
“In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued, and risk torture and...”
– Marie-Pierre Allié, MSF president, on the Syrian regime’s campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them. (via doctorswithoutborders)
“When the Catholic Church tells its tens of thousands of employees that they do...”
– Rick Santorum Wins Three Primaries - NYTimes.com
For someone so concerned about ‘government oppressing and taking away our freedoms’ he seems pretty obsessed with advocating just that.
(via studioartist)
Mohandas Gandhi: It’s endlessly fascinating how... →
mohandasgandhi:
It’s endlessly fascinating how guys like Newt Gingrich and other conservatives are so concerned and up in arms over “rights,” “liberty,” our Constitution, and “democracy.” Conservatives even managed to get an entire movement of white, middle to upper-class people to believe their “rights” and…
“Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who...”
– Willard Mitt Romney (via paxamericana)
This is where I would put a comment talking about how it’s important to understand that the Constitution is really old and must be interpreted to apply to situations hundreds of years later.
Also, where is marriage in the Constitution?
(via somepolitics)
If...
Obama for America: “I’m going to make a special... →
barackobama:
“I’m going to make a special plea to the press—not just the folks who are here, but also your editors—give this some attention. This is the kind of stuff, what these young people are doing, that’s going to make a bigger difference in the life of our country over the long term than just about…
WatchAndrea Mitchell interviews Nancy Brinker, Komen founder. Followup with Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray.
Two dozen Senators call on Komen to reverse... →
lickypickystickyfree:
The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to get significantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray.
22 Dem Senators have signed on...
January 2012
29 posts
WatchMaurice Sendak on Colbert. Hilarious.
“If we’re willing to spend $750 billion (so far) to make democracy in Iraq...”
– Lawrence Lessig in Republic, Lost (via think-progress)
Republican desperation, part 2. Kansas Speaker... →
“Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a...”
– For Newt, ‘World War III’ Is Just the Beginning | Danger Room | Wired.com (via studioartist)
“I have not been critical of Newt Gingrich but it is now time to take a stand...”
– Bob Dole (via azspot)
“I started the year with almost nothing and ended with a used van, a new utility...”
– Priceonomics Blog: How to Make It on Craigslist
This is a pretty awesome story. (via joesunga)
Romney: U.S. economy 'getting better' under Obama. →
“Inside every bulletin at St. James Cathedral, the laity received marching orders...”
– The Stranger. Why are they fighting something that doesn’t pertain to the church? This is civil marriage not religious marriage. No one is asking them to marry gay people in their church.
“H.J. Res.100 would require that all federal campaigns –all campaigns for...”
– http://www.nationofchange.org/kucinich-announces-game-changing-constitutional-amendment-publicly-finance-federal-elections-1327069
“Apple explicitly said Thursday in its FAQs on the announcement that any...”
– Reinventing Textbooks: A Hard Course - NYTimes.com (via studioartist)
Reality distortion field in full effect. Love the realism from colleges who have actually tried using eReaders. The tech press is pathetic at times.
Jaron Lanier: SOPA Boycotts and the False Ideals... →
I support the objection to #SOPA but this piece is well worth a read. Dogma not good for the cause.
Beautiful photo essay from northern Sweden of the... →
Making Love to WebKit →
webkitbits:
Steven Wittens redesigns Acko.net with some awesome 3d and parallax effects, based on three.js and a custom CSS3 3d renderer.
Wow. This is pretty cool
43% say God helps Tebow →
The website Poll Position has released the results of a phone survey that found 43.3 percent of people believe that Tim Tebow and the Broncos win by divine intervention.
Pollsters supposedly surveyed 1,056 people, see the results here.
I would say God help us but if this is true, He’s too busy helping Tebow. As opposed to, say, war torn countries, starving children, weather-ravaged...
The True Story of Japan’s Economic Success →
Time and again, Americans are told to look to Japan as a warning of what the country might become if the right path is not followed, although there is intense disagreement about what that path might be. Here, for instance, is how the CNN analyst David Gergen has described Japan: “It’s now a very demoralized country and it has really been set back.”
But that presentation of Japan is a myth....
“For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum waded into the issue of gay...”
– Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage - latimes.com
Rick Santorum - no comment is really necessary.
Seattle rules →
“Not only are the market applications for disruptive technologies unknown at the...”
– Clay Christensen
(via brycedotvc)
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov, apparently reacting to the Iowa Caucuses. (via spytap)
“Rick Santorum reiterated his belief that states should have the right to outlaw...”
– Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control | ThinkProgress (via studioartist)
ACLU: President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention... →
Happy New Year - 1984 has arrived…
December 2011
33 posts
WatchSuper cool film (yes, film that celluloid stuff) by my SF friends. Thad Povey on optical with music by Bob Ostertag (on Buchla). Check it out.
WatchFootball - worthy of many deity’s time?
College bowl system loots universities →
“As the protagonist of the tale, imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of...”
– Newt Gingrich’s Alternative History : The New Yorker
Read the whole article in case you are in too good of a holiday mood.