September 2010
WatchTony Benn drops off during Gillian Duffy chat on Yahoo! Video
Gillian Duffy, you will recall, was criticised as “bigoted” by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown during an off-mike rant in the election campaign this year.
Tony Benn’s face when he wakes up is a picture.
Do We Need the Rich? →
The cry that goes out whenever a fair tax redistribution system is suggested that if one was implemented the rich would leave the country in droves. The implication being that we either could not function without them and that our economy and our society would crumble. Is this really the case? The facts would point to a completely different picture.
Figures derived from the HM Revenues &...
“The division between Labour leaders and Labour left activists has been permanent...”
– Ralph Miliband, late father of the new leader of the Labour Party, in Capitalist Democracy in Britain (1984)
“He can go from looking reasonably normal to resembling a creepy Victorian sex...”
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The Fag Casanova on also-ran Labour leadership hopeful, Andy Burnham
“His head looks so squishy and malleable, it reminds me of those faces made from...”
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The Fag Casanova on Ed Miliband, son of Ralph, brother of David, and hot favourite to be the new leader of the Labour Party.
Pliny the Younger & Georg Simmel say "meh" →
To whom it may concern...
doctornecessiter:
Pterodactyls.tumblr.com has been in the E.R. since this morning with severe abdominal pain. It’s appendicitis, she’s having an appendectomy now.
She gave me permission this morning to announce this via tumblr, but I wanted to wait until they’d diagnosed what was going on.
I promise I will not post the picture she asked me to take of her looking morphined out and giving a...
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“All who know Gang of Four know that the relationship between the music and the...”
– Andy Gill and Jon King, explaining the delayed release of the new Gang of Four album
Ew. I’ll stick with the digital download thanks.
List of British words not widely used in the... →
Try This Gmail Filter to Rope Off Mailing Lists... →
practicalopacity:
Basically, it’s a neat tip to make filters for oft-used words in newsletters. Thus, you don’t have to set up a new filter every time you subscribe to one. Neat idea. I’m giving it a shot.
Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me. →
thegrammarnazi:
Many people interviewed for this obituary appeared unmoved by the news, including Anthony Incognito of Crystal City, a typical man in the street. “Between you and I,” he said, “I could care less.”
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“One of the saddest phenomena in modern Britain in recent decades has been the...”
– The Independent (via snootiesttowninbritain)
Did I tell you I live in the snootiest town in... →
REBLOG WITH THE NAMES OF HISTORY-THEMED PORNS YOU...
faithampersandbegorrah:
pterodactyls:
ohheymary:
i’ll start you off. (heh)
general custer’s last one night stand.
Manifestin’ All Over Destiny
Open Back Door Policy
Assomattox Court Hos
Treaty of Her Sighs
Po’tempting Villages
Seneca Balls
Bay of Pricks Invasion
Battle of Stall n’ Grab
Storming of the Ass-tille
Why We Relate to Louis CK →
jratlee:
Really, cable’s FX deserves a lot of credit for giving Louis the freedom to create a show as unique as Louie. As Louis himself told an audience at a Hilarious screening in New York last night, the only reason he agreed to do the show was because of the terms they offered him: money up front and 100% creative freedom. For the pilot, they wired him $200,000 and aired whatever he sent back....
“Does the hallowedness of the WTC site derive from the fact that so many died...”
– Jack Shafer, “Nobody Owns 9/11” (Slate.com)
“The more I educate myself, the more anti-war, anti-military I become, and the...”
– Master of karate and friendship for everyone: Sadface.
You and me both, AGBS. You and me both.
A GOLDEN LAND OF CONSUMERS →
