March 2009
Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's... →
—via ayse:OMG!!
Spoon “Believing Is Art”
From “Girls Can...
“I mean… Let’s be honest.
Who wants to hang out with guys like Paul...”
– Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConell
—via Robert Reich :-)
February 2009
“Were such things here as we do speak about?
Or have we eaten on the insane root...”
– Banquo, in Macbeth (I.iii.79-85) by William Shakespeare
on mother theresa...
She has been praised by many individuals, governments and organizations; however, she has also faced a diverse range of criticism. These include objections by various individuals, including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Parenti, Aroup Chatterjee, Vishva Hindu Parishad, against the proselytizing focus of her work; this included baptisms of the dying, a strong anti-abortion stance, and a belief in...
“I got him fired,” said his wife. “The only piece of real evidence produced...”
– Cat’s Cradle (via unburyingthelead)
Jindal's Office Tries To Spin Katrina Story, Digs... →
by Zachary Roth, TPM
It looks like Bobby Jindal’s staff has been trying to do some damage limitation on that phony Katrina story — with some help from Politico. But it’s blowing up in their faces.
Picking up on an earlier post at Daily Kos, we wrote a post yesterday that raised questions about a key anecdote in Bobby Jindal’s big Tuesday night speech.
vruz: and there...
“It is too easy to be original by doing the opposite of what everyone else is...”
– Antonio Gramsci
—via feastingonroadkill
Germany considering arrest warrant for Holocaust... →
—via mabelmoments
While My Guitar Gently Weeps—The...
“How many Americans know that Jindal boasted of participating in an exorcism that...”
– Max Blumenthal - The Exorcist
—via danielholter:It just keeps getting better.
vruz: singing to the tune of beatles: “it’s getting better all the tiiiiimeee… it’s getting so much better all the time ! it’s getting better all the tiiiiiimeee !”
Voivod “Astronomy Domine”
WoopWoop! Cover of...
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative →
by Fareed Zakaria, NewsWeek
The legendary editor of The New Republic, Michael Kinsley, once held a “Boring Headline Contest” and decided that the winner was “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.” Twenty-two years later, the magazine was rescued from its economic troubles by a Canadian media company, which should have taught us Americans to be a bit more humble. Now there is...
