March 2011
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thesoftberet asked: what were you trying to say about rahm emanuel and the black community in chicago? not trying to start a fight, i think i just missed your point.
Anonymous asked: Dear Mr. Eloquent,
I need your advice for I wish to successfully woo a very beautiful young lady and after thoroughly browsing though your stimulating archive, I have come to the conclusion that you must be decently popular with young ladies, for your romantic rhetoric is quite good. My question is this: How would one go about getting ladies to enthusiastically eat from the palm of...
I need your advice for I wish to successfully woo a very beautiful young lady and after thoroughly browsing though your stimulating archive, I have come to the conclusion that you must be decently popular with young ladies, for your romantic rhetoric is quite good. My question is this: How would one go about getting ladies to enthusiastically eat from the palm of...
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Shocking as it may seem, U.S.... →
[my commentary]
Why is this shocking to anyone? It’s not shocking at all if you’re a POC. The United States government does this all of the time to people abroad [see Guatemala recently] and people living domestically [Tuskegee experiment.] They’ve always participated in unethical forms of testing and you know what, it’s probably happening right now and we won’t be...
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Texas Nonprofit Gives Scholarships to White Males... →
ryking:
motherjones:
Because white guys are so underprivileged. Especially in Texas!
Petty, sexist, and racist much, Mother Jones? Let’s throw hypocritical in there, too, since you have no problem with other scholarships that are based on race and gender, but throw a hissy over one fucking scholarship — the first of its type — specifically designed for white men. My, how “progressive” of...
“YouTubes are infallible.”
– Texas state rep. Leo Berman explaining to Reeve Hamilton why he suspects the President of the United States was not born in the United States. He saw it on YouTube, duh. (via motherjones)
YouTube, home of the video where an elderly lady is asking questions about what the government places in her...
February 2011
Protests Spread to Oman, Turn Violent →
theatlantic:
Protesters in Oman have set cars, homes, a police station, and a supermarket on fire in a third day of protests. Sultan Qaboos bin Said, ruler since 1970, has tried to mollify demonstrators—who are demanding more jobs—by hiring 50,000 new government employees and offering $390 a month in unemployment insurance. Qaboos has also fired six members of his cabinet, but protesters aren’t...
THE UNPOPULAR OPINION
I may not enjoy his work or approve of his conduct but I did not find the Charlie Sheen interview “hilarious” or worthy of all the press coverage it is receiving.
Rahm Emanuel becoming the mayor of Chicago isn’t that great, particularly when you consider how conservative the Clinton and Obama administrations were under his command. I think that the reservations held by leaders...
Notice how the basic television news always dedicates a minute or two to broadcasting the stock scores (I say score because it’s lumped with sports or emulates sports segments), why? Stocks jumped 200 points today, is that supposed to make me feel better about the unemployment? Does it help the 1.5 million who face foreclosures this year? Does it make you feel secure about your job? Stocks...
Only in economics does one apply 19th century principles to 21st century problems.
I heard a great interview with Darren Aronofsky the other day about how nobody wanted to fund Black Swan because of it’s content. The original investors had pulled out and with mere weeks left until the shooting began, Darren had zero money to begin the film. Ultimately he found an investor and made the film with about 30% of his original proposed budget. Apparently Natalie paid for her own...
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According to Wikipedia,
Cumbia began as a...
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“The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and...”
– Natasha VC quoting Christopher Hitchens
Leave it to the British to ruin everything that America is supposed to love…
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How did I miss this?
Many commentators are comparing Egypt to Iran of 32 years ago, mostly to warn of the risks of the country descending into some sort of Islamist dictatorship that would tear up the peace treaty with Israel, engage in anti-American policies, and deprive women and minorities of their rights (as if they had so many rights under the Mubarak dictatorship) […]
The following description, I...
"Saudi Arabia is now being rocked by strikes as... →
Floss Angeles: Oscar Weekend with The Noob Yorker
One of the problems with living in Los Angeles is that you lose touch with reality quite easily. I’ve had to listen to this Russian model whine about the impending traffic situation due to The Oscars for 20 minutes now. She asked me what my plans were for the weekend and I said that I was going to blog. She seemed mildly interested and asked me if it was like Jak & Jill. I said that it...
“Don’t try to blow sunshine up my butt and tell me it’s warm and fuzzy.”
– Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) on why he thinks Islam is so horrible. (via motherjones)
Our best and brightest…
On Qatar
There was a post by user named verbalresistance about Qatar that is a rather optimistic view of the problems facing Qatar. The link can be found here: http://verbalresistance.tumblr.com/post/3506184546/qatar-in-for-a-pro-democracy-wave
I have very serious problems with the casual dismissal of a few hundred detractors. First of all the actual population of Qatar is about 2/3rd’s temporary...
“Who is going to shoot Obama?”
– An audience member at a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), a Tea Party congressman.
According to Blake Aued of the Athens Banner-Herald, who was in attendance, the question “got a big laugh.”
[tpm.]
(via thedailywhat)
Fuck you, Tea Party. Denounce this stuff or get the fuck out...
On Libya and the Price of Gas
politicalprof:
If there’s one media meme that needs to die amidst the Libyan revolution, it’s “unrest in Libya is making the price of your gas go up.” Your desire to fill your tank for $5 or $10 less than you now have to pay does not justify several hundred million people across the Middle East living in oppression and cruelty.
The only people who have a right to be worried about the increase...
“All knowledges are partial and, consequently, discourses are selective.”
– Borat
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El Salvador, Art & Noam Chomsky
Tell me about the painting that hangs in your office. It’s rather gruesome. It’s a picture of the angel of death standing over the archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980. Romero was assassinated only a few days after he had written a letter to President Jimmy Carter pleading with him not to send aid to the military junta in El Salvador, which would be used to...
Anonymous asked: why are you so hateful dude? is there anyone you don't have a problem with?
An Existential Term a Day
fuckyeahexistentialism:
Facticity (throwness): We find ourselves existing in a world not of our own making and indifferent to our concerns. We are not the source of our existence, but find ourselves thrown into a world we don’t control and didn’t choose.
This sounds like a good 4Loko advertisement.
Can we get a "Who Said It?" photoshop with various...
Project for later…
Vatican confirms report of sexual abuse and rape... →
maggiemooie:
The Vatican reports cited countless cases of nuns forced to have sex with priests. Some were obliged to take the pill, others became pregnant and were encouraged to have abortions. In one case in which an African sister was forced to have an abortion, she died during the operation and her aggressor led the funeral mass.
So abortion is okay when it’s to cover up their foulness....
Anti-Castro Cubans living in America should focus on closing the worst detainment center in Cuba, you know the one in Guantanamo Bay? However please feel free to espouse a “national” cause when Castro isn’t even the most oppressive or brutal government on the island. Why won’t they lobby politicians around that as well? Hypocrites…
Anonymous asked: have you ever used nair on your chest and burned your nipples?
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Only Matt Taibbi can take the financial meltdown...
On Democracy Now! as well, the transitioning is a work of art by Amy “Feels” Goodman. Her swagger doesn’t even take a hit, a true professional.
Brisenia Flores's killer sentenced to death →
zuky:
readnfight:
So I think this is a strange news story and I want to know more about it. The woman associated with the Minutemen, who killed Brisenia Flores and her father, was sentenced to death. I’m not convinced that the death penalty is anything useful, so it also doesn’t seem like this is really justice in any way (for one thing, the Minutemen still exist, as do other anti-immigrant...
