December 2008
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words...”
– T.S. Eliot (via bluechameleon)
Israel Rejects 48-Hour Cease-Fire Plan -... →
robot-heart-politics:And this was the best idea they’ve had so far.
bush leaves in: 19 days, 6 hours, 7 minutes
There's At Least ONE Smart Politico In Illinois -... →
spintree sez: Ithink for this bit of Blagojevich news we can both laugh AND cry.
A day after Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois appointed Roland W. Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s former Senate seat, new details emerged about how the governor worked behind closed doors to make the appointment, and the United States attorney prosecuting Mr. Blagojevich on corruption charges...
“Yesterday, the op-ed page of the New York Times asked Benny Morris (the advocate...”
– The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Balance on the op-ed page of the NYT (via robot-heart-politics)
“That night, on 9/11, Rumsfeld came over and the others, and the president...”
– Richard Clarke, chief White House counterterrorism adviser. Vanity Fair Magazine.
(via apsies: thebusstop:wayne-remy)
(via robot-heart-politics)
All Together Now!: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere,... →
enough already, Microsoft should just give up
—via imperiousrex
EVERY 30 gig Zune died last night →
Microsoft on their largely successful quest to redefine incompetence
—via whitneymcn:marco:jeffbaum
This is hilarious. A software bug made every 30GB-model Zune crash last night at 2 AM, and they won’t reboot properly.
T. S. Eliot reading The Love Song of J. Alfred...
2009: It's on. Like, now.
butterflyeffects:
Get a move on, rest of the world. You lot are so slow…
XX
happy new year to all of our aussie friends !!
what does 2009 feel like ?
:-)
The Jesus Landing Pad: : Bush White House checked... →
By Rick Perlstein, Village Voice
Dateline Spring 2004
—via unburyingthelead:jhnbrssndn:retropolitics: It was an e-mail we weren’t meant to see. Not for our eyes were the notes that showed White House staffers taking two-hour meetings with Christian fundamentalists, where they passed off bogus social science on gay marriage as if it were holy writ and issued fiery warnings that “the...
“The attacks on civilians represent collective punishment, which is a violation...”
– Congressman Dennis Kucinich (via curate:unburyingthelead)
“Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by...”
– Seymour Papert (via dontstrayfromthepath: electronicalrattlebag)
“Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this nation, and it...”
– Jimmy Carter, 1979 (via matthewcolvin:optimisto:poortaste)
vruz: well it didn’t take too long, or too much lost, or too many lives, eh ? no time for self-congratulatory pats on our backs, there’s no enemies but ourselves to blame.
Aid boat rammed by Israeli Navy →
— via BBC NEWS
A small boat carrying international aid to Gaza has clashed with an Israeli naval ship.
Before it set off from Cyprus on Monday spokesperson Renee Boyer spoke about what she expected to happen.
The activists said one vessel had rammed them after they ignored warnings to turn back. Their boat, carrying 3.5 tonnes of medical aid, is now trying to reach Lebanon.
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...”
– Carl Jung Quotes (via bluechameleon)
Van Morrison - Moondance
Live @ The Bottom Line,...
The Slits: Man Next Door
—via snuh
guess...
“My greatest challenge was to be able to survive in the business and to be able...”
– Eartha Kitt
Mr Feastingonroadkill Is Kinda Disappointed
—via feastingonroadkill
I insult the Kings of Leon, and not one beardy response. Not one…
vruz: perhaps they’re overrated just like the killers and the rest of the other stupid new kids on the block ? I think of them as the next Coldplay. i.e.: bloodless, meaningless, musicalities for the unaware.
OK, lets kick over some more tumblr sacred cows and watch what happens.
1) Joy...
The Slits - Instant Hit
there we go, via postpunk
"War to the Bitter End" →
—via vaughnshirley:
The lack of regard for collateral damage only emboldens Hamas. As they see Palestinian youth die, Israel only becomes more evil to them; becomes a means for them to justify their own appalling acts and thus the cycle never ends. Someone must say: “this is enough.” But no one ever will.
“Blogging and message boards have played a substantial role in allowing...”
– USATODAY.com (via fred-wilson)
vruz: oh they mean the guys at GWB43.com right ? I can’t think of anybody else who have caused so much harm to the US.
