April 2009
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Happy April Fool's Day!!
amandoline:
Stick a post-it note under your friend’s mouse so that the paper leaf covers the mouse ball - the mouse will no longer work! Align so that the sticky part of the note doesn’t touch the ball. Costs next to nothing to do, and doesn’t cause any damage.
Put some water in a cereal bowl, and place it in the freezer so that the water freezes. Offer to make your sister/brother cereal in the...
Don't Push the Red Button →
potterspoet: 13smiles: randominternet: via professionalwidow I’m ashamed to admit how many times I pressed the button
Convenient Patriotism →
(via soupsoup)
Wow. Colbert just obliterated Glenn Beck.
(via thegreg)
March 2009
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Those Moments When I'm Glad I...
Those Moments When I’m Glad I Don’t Have Cable - Ta-Nehisi Coates
“John Cole summarizes Lou Dobbs:
First, he is mad because Obama “fired” Wagoner.
Then he weeps for the future of capitalism with the government involved like this.
Then he gets mad because Obama doesn’t know how to handle this crisis and isn’t doing more.
Then he is mad because Obama...
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“I know you think we need more for that because you voted against it. Don’t think...”
– Barack Obama, to stimulus opponent Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) when told Obama he wanted more infrastructure funding (via blogonthe)
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Fox Enters Realm of Self-Parody With New "Fox... →
Netanyahu's Ultimatum To Obama
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (March 31, 2009) - Netanyahu’s Ultimatum To Obama
“If the US doesn’t end Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will. A disturbing interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, and a sign of just how serious Netanyahu is, and the scale of the rift in US-Israel relations that may be imminent:”
In an hour-long conversation, held in the Knesset, Netanyahu...
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WatchVIDEO: Morning Joe on Beck’s crying - Politico Staff - POLITICO.com I quit watching Morning Joe, because of some of the absurd things that Scarborough and Brzezinski have said. Not saying much for Glenn Beck if those two are losing it over his act…
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“The concerned staffer proposes that NASA bestow the moniker “Constantly Orbiting...”
– Heard on the Hill: A Colbert-NASA Truce? - Roll Call
Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain →
jingc:
For decades, education researchers have documented the disproportionately low academic performance of poor children and teenagers living in poverty. Called the achievement gap, its proposed sociological explanations are many. Compared to well-off kids, poor children tend to go to ill-equipped and ill-taught schools, have fewer educational resources at home, eat low-nutrition food, and...
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“U.S. President Barack Obama benefits from a broadly held perception that others...”
– Reuters | U.S. voters don’t blame Obama for economy (via retropolitics)
“In other words, bankruptcy is a process by which a company relinquishes ultimate...”
– The Anonymous Liberal: Do Conservatives Understand How Bankruptcy Works?
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