February 2009
“Disabled toilets.
Ironically, the only toilets big enough to run around in.”
– (via kodewulf)
White History Year Resumes →
Scholars say there is a remarkable wealth of documented white history to explore.
“There’s so much more white history out there than you might imagine,” said Dr. James Corman, a Princeton University history professor. “America’s publishing houses, newspapers, movie studios, magazines, and radio stations have kept remarkably thorough records of white Americans’...
semisetadrift:
“Call Me” by Franz Ferdinand
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Man jailed after stabbing girlfriend's feet →
tristanjay7:
up-schist-creek:
setuplikeadeckofcards:
up-schist-creek:
The man, a resident of Fort Pierce, alledgedly attacked her from the foot of the bed.
Doctors believe the victim’s injuries will totally heel.
If convicted, she plans to pray daily for his sole to be saved.
I don’t get why the girlfriend didn’t suspect anything. It doesn’t take a stab in the dark to know something is...
Girlfriend tries to run over boyfriend for wanting... →
tristanjay7:
up-schist-creek:
Her record includes charges for assault for trying to steeple his hands to a table for misplacing her pew-ter keepsakes.
The women later remarked that she had lost control of the car: “I wasn’t amen for him and I tried everything I could to mass him.”
She’s singing to the choir with that defence. She’s either a fool or a nave. OT: what’s the...
“This is my more poetic blog of my daily times, Its me in literary form and my...”
– My latest follower.
Gee, thanks buddy
Alex Payne — Why I Don't Allow Comments, and More... →
buzzandersen:
I feel compelled to link to Alex’s riposte here as an addendum to my previous “Everything Buckets” post, mainly because I’ve come to agree with Michael McCracken that I subtly misunderstood what exactly Alex was criticizing in his original post. I think his use of terms like “outboard brain” (a concept very near and dear to my heart) prematurely flipped a switch in my head, and,...
Is Gitmo Worse Under Obama? →
retropolitics:
Via The Daily Beast
A disturbing report from Reuters: According to a lawyer who represents Guantanamo detainees, abuse of prisoners has worsened significantly since Obama won the election. Guards want to “get their kicks in” before the camp closes, said British lawyer Ahmed Ghappour, who represents 31 detainees. “He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper...
“Ryanair can confirm that a Ryanair staff member did engage in a blog discussion....”
– Ryanair spokesperson
RBS ex-chief Sir Fred Goodwin enjoying £650,000... →
Sir Fred Goodwin, the former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, is already drawing a pension of £650,000 a year, even though he is only 50, it emerged last night. Goodwin was awarded a £16m pension pot by the bank when he left last year, allowing him to claim the pension with immediate effect, but has since become the public face of the banking crisis.
snuh:
Beastie Boys: Sure Shot
The Kindle as a platform for free books
freetail:
Seth Godin describes nine ways that Amazon could use the Kindle as a way to boost the publishing market by distributing free books. My favorite: ” Demolish the textbook market as soon as possible by publishing open source textbooks for free.”
Pickled Politics » Daily Mail echoes BNP... →
crowth:
An article in the Daily Mail says:
However although the figures from the Government’s Office for National Statistics show an increase in numbers of foreign born people they still fail to record the true impact of immigration because they record their children as British rather than second or third generation immigrants.
Emphasis mine. One of the journalists who’s written the...
Scroll on if you're bored with the whole Karp...
…but Jessica raises a point which has been bothering me for some time. Namely, David and Marco and others can’t have it both ways. Either they are owners/operators of a proper blogging platform with legal, transparent and enforceable terms of service; or they are kids who are running a cool club: they come in, they hang out with the punters, and they bar people based upon whether...
“Jobs will be lost whatever happens: the status quo guarantees them, and both...”
– Why do we need ITV at all? « Public Communication
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is...”
– Maximilien Robespierre (via feastingonroadkill)
So what’s the name for spreading ignorance and labelling it education?
How to Lose 55 Percent: Invest in TARP →
hilker:
“TARP investments are certainly “troubled.” And Washington, it turns out, isn’t the best short-term investor.
The government’s investments in the nation’s ailing banks, made through the newly coined Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, have taken a huge hit since the program started making capital injections last October. Thanks to last week’s stock market sell-off, the government...
“I know people who aren’t remotely religious and still give things up for Lent. I...”
– My thoughts on Lent as translated masterfully by crowth.net
What's all this "lent" bollocks?
Do those of you giving stuff up for Lent go to church, or what? Life’s shitty enough as it is, without giving things up.
Re: Know Your Tumblrs
lovepuppy seems to get plenty of action on this.
Just sayin.
Email of the day
frangry:
From: Dad Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:46 AM FRANCINE :
I HOPE YOU FIND SOMEONE REAL NICE [as a roommate]… AT THE RISK OF BEING IGNORANT … WHAT IS A DOUCHEBAG ?.
LOVEYOU ALWAYS
“The point everyone is missing is that in Technoland, nothing ever replaces...”
– David Pogue in his Kindle 2 review (via marco)
Is David the drunk one without any teeth?
