February 2011
Watchrubenfeld:
PBS FRONTLINE: Post Mortem
Read about this investigation here via ProPublica.
Listen to it here tonight via NPR’s All Things Considered.
Mandatory Army survey says atheists are unfit to... →
sweetupndown:
savagemike:
From the site:
I’m a bit furious about a mandatory survey that I just took. The survey, Soldier Fitness Tracker (SFT), measures individual soldier’s competency in four areas: Emotional, Social, Family, and Spiritual. As a foxhole atheist, I was a little annoyed at first, but I’ve learned that I’ve really got to pick my battles on some issues. This quickly turned...
Watchbrooklynmutt:
Keith Olbermann Returns To Television With Funny Backstage On Lettermann - Mediaite
And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Patent Trolls →
For one thing, obviously you should use per capita measures here. But the bigger issue is that the quantity of patents the government hands out to inventors and entrepreneurs is measuring two different things simultaneously. One is how many new ideas do inventors and entrepreneurs send in patent applications for. The other is how loosey goosey does the patent office get about what it deems...
“As long as I’m the Majority Leader, I’m going to do everything within my...”
– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), at a Progressive Change Campaign Committee event last week.
Related: Legislation set forth by House and Senate Republicans aims to ‘pay china first’ if the debt ceiling isn’t raised. The plan? Pay off our debts to foreign countries ‘before paying...
A reader-requested summary of the Egyptian crisis
shortformblog:
andres-se asks: Can you please briefly summarize the whole Egypt story and current situation?
We admit to loving a challenge. And while we’re not going to go too crazy here, here’s a bunch of bullet points explaining the main points of this whole mess. In terms of the political background, we’re just going to refer you to this article. Otherwise, here goes:
what In the wake of a...
“That was another one of those WTF moments that when he has so often repeated,...”
– Future Republican presidential nominee SARAH PALIN, reacting to the President Obama’s call for America’s new “Sputnik moment” during his State of the Union speech.
Oh, I wish I’d heard this last week.
(via inothernews)
“Future speechwriting note: the ‘F’ stands for ‘fuck.’”
– JON STEWART, reacting to Sarah Palin’s WTF moment, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
“I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality,” she says in the...”
– Barbara Bush, one of the twin daughters of George W. Bush, - A Bush Daughter Backs Gay Marriage - NYTimes (via brooklynmutt)
“Lately I feel like somebody made a big mess and I’ve got my mop and I’m mopping...”
– President Barack Obama
I do love a good socialist mop (via reallyfoxnews)
Dying.
(via meagsicle)
Socialist Mop is going to be the name of my new Ska band.
(via nicotinecoughdrop)
Socialist mop is the mop of the people.
(via cognitivedissonance)
A socialist mop is a haircut for young...
Does Rachel Maddow know that ChristWire.org is...
The Second Wave? - The Daily Dish | By Andrew... →
Al Jazerra gets a quote from historian Basheer Nafi:
My feeling is that we are witnessing a second wave of the Arab liberation movement … In the first wave, the Arabs liberated themselves from colonial powers and foreign domiantion. I think now, the very heart of the Arab world, the backbone of the Arab world, is leading the move towards freedom and democracy and human rights.
Mom Admits Autistic Son Cheated On Xbox Live,... →
After complaining to a Seattle news station that her autistic 11-year-old son was unfairly labeled a cheater by Xbox Live, the mother has admitted that her son solicited help in racking up his copious achievements, meaning Xbox Live was right to reset his Gamerscore and affix a “cheater” label to his account.
In an updated to an earlier story, Q13 Fox reports her son gave out his...
The Second Wave? - The Daily Dish | By Andrew... →
Al Jazerra gets a quote from historian Basheer Nafi:
My feeling is that we are witnessing a second wave of the Arab liberation movement … In the first wave, the Arabs liberated themselves from colonial powers and foreign domiantion. I think now, the very heart of the Arab world, the backbone of the Arab world, is leading the move towards freedom and democracy and human rights.
The Second Wave? - The Daily Dish | By Andrew... →
Al Jazerra gets a quote from historian Basheer Nafi:
My feeling is that we are witnessing a second wave of the Arab liberation movement … In the first wave, the Arabs liberated themselves from colonial powers and foreign domiantion. I think now, the very heart of the Arab world, the backbone of the Arab world, is leading the move towards freedom and democracy and human rights.
The More Americans That Go On Food Stamps The More... →
savagemike:
JP Morgan is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the United States. JP Morgan has contracted to provide food stamp debit cards in 26 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. JP Morgan is paid for each case that it handles, so that means that the more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes. Yes, you read that correctly. When the number of...
It's NOT Obamacare or Obama's Healthcare Plan
agirlnamedstewart:
It’s the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Did people call HIPPA “Clintoncare”? I know HIPPA and PPACA aren’t the same thing.
All this Obamacare language smacks of how the default for dialation and extraction is now partial birth abortion. Language defines how we view our world. I wonder if people would be so vitriolic over patient protection and affodable care.
It...
“Whatever happens to the legislation at the end of the day, the clear level of...”
– Ezra Klein - GOP judge rules against Affordable Care Act (via firthofforth)
Egypt may risk bank run as uprising against... →
jakke:
Egypt’s banks may risk a surge in customer withdrawals when they open for business, placing them among companies worst hit by the nationwide uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.
[…]
Asked about the risk of a bank run, Mohamed Barakat, chairman of state-run Banque Misr and head of the country’s banking association, said in a telephone interview that Egyptian lenders are “very...
Egypt viewed US military aid as reward for keeping... →
mohandasgandhi:
Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and his generals have viewed generous US military aid as an “untouchable” reward for keeping peace with Israel, according to leaked US documents posted by WikiLeaks.
The secret diplomatic cable from 2009 underscored the deep ties between the two countries and Washington’s difficult position as a week of massive street protests threatened to...
20 ways to circumvent the Egyptian government’s... →
soupsoup:
via Xeni Jardin
America's narcissism taints Egypt coverage →
soupsoup:
by Alex Pareene at Salon
America doesn’t really understand how to respond to a revolution. The demonstrations in Egypt have nothing to do with Tea Parties or Neo-Conservatives or Twitter or Facebook or Fox News. But don’t tell Americans!
The media is biased in favor of American action. People on CNN and people on Twitter both demand that Barack Obama and the State Department “do...
Myers-Briggs Dating Field Guide
mar-see-ah:
philolzophy:
INFJ- Why you want one: They’ll sit-inside-and-read-Dostoevsky-with-you-on-a-rainy-day, they’re good curators of interests and they’ll find something interesting to do and plan the whole date out (to the second). Spoiler Alert: Icy-cold exterior. Where to find one: Any independent or used bookstore in a trendy neighborhood on a Friday night. Typically they’ll be there...
brooklynmutt:
Sarah Palin on drilling in ANWR:
“President Obama has a unique opportunity here. He needs to get out in front of...”
– Tarek Masoud is of Egyptian origin, assistant professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. - CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS (via brooklynmutt)
“Fully 46 percent of Palin backers said they were likely to vote third party if...”
– Nearly half of Palin backers may flee GOP if she isn’t nominated [Rasmussen Poll] - Raw Story (via brooklynmutt)
“I never imagined that in the year 2011, I would see so many efforts to separate...”
– Wisconsin physician, Dr. Doug Laube, in “Abortion Providers Need Your Support.” (via mandington)
I'm wondering why MSNBC is running ads that seem...
“FLASH: Google says has launched service for people in Egypt to send Twitter...”
– @Reuters (via brooklynmutt)
A+, Google.
(via mohandasgandhi)
Google, you restore my hopes somewhat.
(via allthebloodinmyveins)