December 2009
At this rate, my Tumblarity™ will be zero by the...
why do you people miss the "and" out of "two...
Timeline regarding recent Yemen stuff
ledgergermane:
thedaytheytriedtokillme:
Nov. 2, 2009: Yemeni rebels assault border Saudi border region triggering clashes with Saudi troops
Nov. 5, 2009: Fort Hood attacked by suspect tied to radical cleric known to reside in Yemen
Dec. 17, 2009: US launches cruise missile strikes against al Qaeda in Yemen
Dec. 25, 2009: A bomber trained in Yemen attempts to destroy a passenger plane coming...
I traditionally play "Is that all there is," by...
gamesockson:
love-and-radiation:
I have a black, cold heart.
This is why we like you.
followed
Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year's Gift,...
nakaonwood:
dominickbrady:
jeremyscahill: By Jeremy Scahill A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in September 2007. Judge Urbina’s order, issued late in the afternoon on New...
twistermc:
15 Stupendously Drop Dead Gorgeous iPhone apps of 2009 http://bit.ly/833K85
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM PERTH, AUSTRALIA!
lacontessa:
Kisses for all! xxxx
Haha! HNY to you too…from the Oughties
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BBC News - US talk show host Rush Limbaugh in... →
Happy New Year!
Fuck off, cell phones. Fuck off, texting and... →
crowth:
electronicalrattlebag:(via claytoncubitt)
Why does it feel like Flight 1549 on the Hudson...
(via lickystickypickyme) Is it “because they won’t shut the fuck up about it”?
frangry:
In Nicaragua, they refer to a speed bump as a “policia acostado” which roughly translates to a “laying down police officer”.
Similarly, here in Britain we call them ‘sleeping policemen’.
Taxes: Let’s Just Go Back To A Simpler Time →
azspot:
Are you concerned about the country’s large budget deficits? Are you wondering how we are going to pay for two wars, bank bailouts and economic recovery projects while continuing to maintain our roads and bridges and pay for our schools and police and firefighters? Are you wondering what we can do about the great concentration of wealth and income into the hands of a very few at the...
“For every holiday party I attend, partygoers speak of job losses they’ve...”
– Berkeley Blog (via azspot)
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s nice to see you again. I am John Maresca,...”
– John J Maresca, Vice President of International Relations, Unocal Corporation, in a prepared statement before Hearing on US Interests in Central Asian Republics, by the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, of the House Committee on International Relations, 12 February 1998. You know, while we were...
A Decade of Propaganda? The BBC’s Reporting of... →
crowth:
Researchers at the University of the West of England, UK, have exposed ongoing and systematic bias in the BBC’s news reporting on Venezuela. Dr Lee Salter and Dr Dave Weltman analysed ten years of BBC reports on Venezuela since the first election of Hugo Chavez to the presidency in an ongoing research project, and their findings so far show that the BBC’s reporting falls short of its...
“If we can’t catch a Nigerian with a powerful explosive powder in his oddly...”
– Maureen Dowd, NY Times (via underpaidgenius) (via buffleheadcabin) Something something Larry David
Bugger
errorgorilla:
jhnbrssndn:
I was hoping to round off a stupendous year for Tumblr meetups by meeting the lovely errorgorilla and the succulent michelvis during their brief Holiday™ sojourn here on the south coast. It seems that their visit has been cut short, unfortunately, so 2010 will instead be getting off to a predictably boring start.
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Insanely jealous I won’t be at least a fly...
Secret shame
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:
You know what’s awkward? When you think you have the apartment to yourself and you indulge in your secret shames, specifically: weird core exercises, not cleaning up after yourself and listening to early Madonna songs only to have your roommate come home from the West Coast earlier than you anticipated.
Oh hey, don’t mind the five coffee cups in the living room or...
Bugger
I was hoping to round off a stupendous year for Tumblr meetups by meeting the lovely errorgorilla and the succulent michelvis during their brief Holiday™ sojourn here on the south coast. It seems that their visit has been cut short, unfortunately, so 2010 will instead be getting off to a predictably boring start.
Related:
Insanely jealous I won’t be at least a fly on the wall at this.
The top 5 things that changed my life in 2009
tori-g:
3) Milkmen – random, I know. Why have milkmen changed my life this year? Well, we gained Dairy Crest as a client this year and along with this came their 2,600 milkmen. As well as launching their new online milkman delivery service www.milkandmore.co.uk, we operate a 24-hour press office so we are always on hand to deal with media enquiries.
My induction to this client involved going on...
Pet hates: the hyphenated left
They’re everywhere these days. The liberal-left, the progressive-left, the centre-left, the democratic-left, the decent-left. On blogs. In think tanks. In op-ed columns of newspapers. In manifestos. I hate them all.
There are only two possible explanations for hyphenating the leftness of one’s politics. Either you are simply ashamed of being on the left: ashamed because, at your...
“Here is another story in the news: in an isolated rural province in Afghanistan,...”
– Chris Floyd
“I moved to Sheffield in 2000. Back then, it was a pretty mad place: a...”
– Regeneration in the noughties | World news | guardian.co.uk (via errorgorilla)
Old School Hip Hop Tapes →
errorgorilla:
An online archive of one man’s personal collection of tapes dating back to the very early days, all available to download.
“weird part of the year. everyone is struggling to change things. take stock of...”
– everyday observations of regular people
Wise words. I’ve been bringing myself down over the holiday thinking how one year is pretty much like any other…same crappy job, same boring weather, no book deal, etc., etc.. I’m one of those people who can’t visit another country...
McSweeney's: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and... →
libraryland:
savingpaper:
If you think this is just a funny little joke, take it from me: this is how my students would have me grade them if it were left up to them:
Evaluation: Students will be graded on the RBBEAW* system, developed to assess and score students based on their own relative merit.
A+ = 100—90 A = 89—80 A- = 79—70 A- - = 69—60 A- - - = 59—50 A- - - - = 49—0
* Raised by...
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Strategy and tactics
nudawn:
A good tactic for intermediate level players is to memorize “bingo stems,” or groups of six letters that combine well with almost any seventh letter to form a bingo. The best bingo stem to have is TISANE, followed by SATIRE and RETINA. With TISANE on the rack, any seventh letter except for Q or Y (or, in North America, J) will create a seven letter word (TISANE + A = TAENIAS or ENTASIA;...
