September 2009
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Young girl is killed by RAF leaflet drop in... →
A young Afghan girl suffered fatal injuries after a box of public information leaflets, dropped from an RAF transport aircraft over Helmand province, landed on top of her.
The accident, which the Ministry of Defence said yesterday was “highly regrettable”, is being investigated.
The girl is one of a long line of innocent victims of the war, with some 1,500 civilians killed by violence in...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27) →
Eels (34)
Sun Ra (12)
The Heliocentrics (11)
The Black Keys (6)
Massive Attack (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Dear Amazon
You know what I read, watch and listen to. You know what I get my family for their birthdays. You probably know how much cash I have on me at any given time, when I last had a full evacuation and what I dreamed about last night. So why on earth would I be remotely interested in your “70 per cent off sci-fi and fantasy DVDs” offer? Hmm?
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“And let’s face it, ranting about socialism to bored teenagers ain’t exactly...”
– Error Gorilla: My family is turning into the Royal Tenenbaums
So says the on-again/off-againest Tumblr of them all. No slouch himself either, when it comes to suckling at the pendulous teat of the state…
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6h057:
youngmanhattanite:
Woody Allen marrying his adopted daughter is the poor man’s Roman Polanksi drugging and raping a 13-year old girl. Poor Woody, always in the shadow of the European directors.
I wasn’t drinking anything, but I spit-up some coffee.
Honduras coup leaders suspend civil liberties... →
redguard:
Honduras’s interim leaders suspended key civil liberties last night in response to “calls for insurrection” by ousted president Manuel Zelaya, empowering police and soldiers to break up “unauthorised” public meetings, arrest people without warrants and restrict the news media.
The announcement came just hours after Zelaya called on supporters to stage mass marches today to mark the...
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“I came to realise depression is when nothing matters… and sadness is when...”
– Gloria Steinem on Oprah just now. Blogged for truth. (via lacontessa)
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My family is turning into the Royal Tenenbaums
Or the laziest family in Britain, I’m not sure which. From tomorrow, I will be the only member of my family in full-time employment. My daughters are in their second and third year at university respectively; my son combines a photography course with his job in a restaurant; and the wife left her job as a nurse (after nearly 30 years) on Friday. In the morning she starts an MSc in Forensic...
Seth Rogen doesn't like me sleeping in
darkhorsedan:
Imagine you wake up one morning but there’s something wrong with your body. You can’t move. There’s no one holding you down and you’re not pinned down by anything, you just can’t move a single muscle. You would try to call for help but your mouth won’t work either. Even worse you feel like you can’t breathe. You’re panicking and you need help but you can do nothing to help...
“One of the better comments I’ve seen about the repression of the G20...”
– Richard Seymour (via Instapaper)
“The number of major U.S. invasions since World War II: 13
By conservative...”
– The “Existential Threat”: The U.S., Iran & Nuclear Terror | Mostly Water (via clingtomymouth)
“The eyes are the groin of the head.”
– Dwight K. Schrute (via hellaposer)
“Obama is not only not a socialist, he’s not even a particularly progressive...”
– Robert Jensen (via azspot)
“In an episode filmed in New York City, Jamie meets Egyptian-born chef Ali, who...”
– Jamie Oliver, food, and Eurocentrism (via igather)
Good call. JO has very appropriate initials.
Newspapers and porn - two businesses, same problem →
feastingonroadkill:
Jerry Lee Lewis: ‘Great...
Holy shit today might be the day in which I...
igather:
So far I only have 230 unread items in google reader, 789 unread emails in my inbox, the stack of papers on my desk is only 9 inchs tall (I measured it) and 12 loads of laundry left. You don’t even understand how all of that is an improvement.
NOBODY LIKES A SHOWOFF
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What is your beef with Michael Moore?
I’m genuinely interested, and genuinely don’t know why people on the left have a problem with his films.
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Revealed: the royal waive which means no spending... →
The Royal Family is to be exempt from any cuts in public spending next year when its civil list funding is settled for the next 10 years.
Although all of the major political parties are vying to demonstrate their willingness to wield the axe on public spending, MPs will be powerless to reduce the £7.9m a year paid under the civil list because of an obscure deal struck between Buckingham Palace...
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Bloggers with laptops is so 3 years ago →
6h057:
soupsoup:
tanya77:
sarazucker:
just yesterday at the d&g show in milan, four prestigious bloggers (scott schuman, tommy ton, garance doré, bryan boy) were given precedence over the rest of the attendees with laptops and desks placed in front of their chairs. according to mr. ton, mario testino [who was placed next to street style photographer] took note of his seatmate and got...
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“While Obama may have sent conciliatory signals to Iran concerning the...”
– Scott Ritter
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“The reason for Ahmadinejad’s focus on the Nazi holocaust is that he thinks...”
– Richard Seymour
Some Iran Readings
irredenta:
From PUP, the introduction to The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 by Rudi Matthee. From Middle East Report, a special issue on the Islamic Revolution at 30. From ISR, a special section on Iran: Rebellion and Reaction. From NYRB, Roger Cohen on Iran: The tragedy & the future. A review of books on Iran (and more). Should Iran bury or resurrect...
britticisms:
“Le Goudron” by Brigitte Fontaine...
Tim Ireland: no good deed goes unpunished →
chickyog:
Remember this story in The Sun from earlier in the year?
Fears grew last night that hate-filled Islamic extremists are drawing up a “hit list” of Britain’s leading Jews – bringing the Middle…
“Nor am I referring to the “risqué” novels by Miller, Cleland, Réage, or Lawrence...”
– Hot Library Smut
Just click to the post, you.. you bibliophiles. (via anjum)
it’s beautiful. (via salonika) Hey Sophie! Cop a load of this.
FACT: the singular of 'panini' is not 'panina' or...
Homework!
tomoatmeal:
“Oh, and before you leave I have one more assignment,” I said to the class.
Naturally, this news was met with audible disgust from my students.
“The assignment…is to have a great weekend!” I said, smiling now as the groans quickly transformed into a wave of cheers. “Now get out of here!”
For the most part, all of my students did particularly well on that assigment and were...
Having my first argument right now on the Twitter...
