March 2012
18 posts
“Michael Masnick, a blogger and venture capitalist who has taken a leading role...”
– is piracy largely the domain of those who cannot or would not be customers in the first place? it is not diluting revenues by much it seems.
Innovate or Legislate - National Review Online (via pegobry)
February 2012
25 posts
“Santorum, whose name aptly comes from the same Latin root as sanctimonious, went...”
– Ghastly Outdated Party - NYTimes.com
This guy is so out of tune with the modern world i don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
(via studioartist)
He’s insane (and not in a good way).
“As U.S. and Israeli officials talk publicly about the prospect of a military...”
– Iraq 2.0 - same obvious lies, same stupid people believing them.
U.S. does not actually believe Iran is trying to build nuclear bomb - latimes.com
(via spytap)
Interesting.
Rick Santorum: The 'Blue-Collar' One-Percenter →
There is no reason to assume that Santorum is any less a servant of big money than Mr. Big Money himself, Mitt Romney. While still in the Senate, he maintained a “leadership PAC” that he rather misleadingly named “America’s Foundation,” which served as a conduit for large contributions from corporate donors who wanted him to grease legislation for them. Most leadership PACs make donations to...
“If I sound biased, that’s because I am. Biased toward the actual record, not the...”
– http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/15/andrew-sullivan-how-obama-s-long-game-will-outsmart-his-critics.html
Read this.
“Willard Romney will be whatever they want him to be, because he wants to be...”
– Charles P. Pierce (via azspot)
“Liverpool have accused Luis Suárez of misleading the club, the striker has...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/feb/12/luis-suarez-issues-apology-patrice-evra
Nate Silver:Jeremy Lin is No Fluke. →
“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...
