October 2010
So you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities →
girlwithalessonplan:
themattscott:
And, thanks to this, I’m going to give up on life.
oh…..wow!
Co-worker: Heard you're going to DC. Rallying for sanity or marching for fear?
Me: They've started stomping on people's heads. Which do you think?
IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW,... →
theheirofslytherin:
Do yourself a favor, ok?
“Spend five minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same...”
– Dalai Lama (via quote-book)
“What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which...”
– Sam Harris (via becool-sodapop)
Today's prize for using numbers irresponsibly goes...
squashed:
Politico cites the disparity between the many new voters on college campuses registered before the 2008 election and the comparably few new voters registered before the 2010 election as evidence that college students are less enthusiastic in 2010 than they were in 2008. (Or, to use the language Politico apparently believes college students use, it’s “so not 2008.”)
The general thesis...
Former president Clinton on mission to rescue... →
apsies:
mattpayton:
Why is it after all these years he still has to be the one to come in and show the rest of them how it’s done? He’s like the guy at your work who has been trying to retire for the last 10 years, but stays on as a “consultant” because none of his successors know what the fuck they’re doing.
Reblogged for this excellent commentary.
Former president Clinton on mission to rescue... →
apsies:
mattpayton:
Why is it after all these years he still has to be the one to come in and show the rest of them how it’s done? He’s like the guy at your work who has been trying to retire for the last 10 years, but stays on as a “consultant” because none of his successors know what the fuck they’re doing.
Reblogged for this excellent commentary.
“Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about:...”
– George Carlin (via apsies)
After 30 years, Sony is discontinuing its Walkman... →
Mysterious Republican donor gives millions →
alcaniglia:
Some random dude, who has made hundreds of millions building homes in Texas has donated over $7 Million to American Crossroads. I’m sure you’ve seen an American Crossroads ad. God knows I have, and I live in Belize!
I maintain that there should be absolute caps on personal political spending/donations. This dude’s opinion is no more or less valid than mine, but millions of people...
I guess it's easy to understand why people are...
robot-heart-politics:
In an age where the difference between news and editorial is pretty much non-existent, it’s pretty easy to see why people wouldn’t understand why someone whose job is delivering straight news might get fired for expressing inflammatory opinions on another media outlet.
I mean, news and opinion. Those are the same things, right? If your job is delivering the news, then that...
Tea Party Nationalism →
robot-heart-politics:
“A critical examination of the Tea Party movement and the size, scope and focus of its national factions.”
An exhaustive report on the questionable elements of the Tea Party.
“My wife and I, we adopted our daughter from Ethiopia, so we’re two white parents...”
– Sesame Street’s Head Writer Explains the Show’s Viral-Video Dominance
Tell me how you came up with “I Love My Hair.”
(via janedoe225)
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“Did you just scripture me Muslim?”
– Shirley Bennett, Community Season 2, Episode 5: Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
A Camera Lens & Careful Days: ravenclawdia: This... →
ravenclawdia:
This is Madison:
She is 22 months old, and the daughter of one of my high school’s most loved mathematics teachers.
When Madison went to school on September 8, teachers noticed she was not herself. She was sent home with a fever, and everybody thought it was from 4 new teeth coming in; that’s what the doctor had told her mom just the day before. Everyone at school expected...
I don't know how many parents are following me,...
-sisteroficarus:
Standardized tests. They make your kids take these every year, because good old Bush deemed that every child needed to be tested every year in grades 3 to 8, and again in 10th and 12th. He set specific standards for our kids to reach by 2014. Unfortunately, these standards will not be reasonably met until about 2064. What does this mean? Well it means your kids are quite...
“I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to...”
– Sharron Angle, to a gathering of teenagers at the Hispanic Student Union (via blogonthe)
The Perfect Storm
robertreich:
It’s a perfect storm. And I’m not talking about the impending dangers facing Democrats. I’m talking about the dangers facing our democracy.
First, income in America is now more concentrated in fewer hands than it’s been in 80 years. Almost a quarter of total income generated in the United States is going to the top 1 percent of Americans. The top one-tenth of one percent of...
