September 2009
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who gather strength from distress, and...”
– Leonardo da Vinci (via youroldarchenemycatwoman)
David Bowie: What In The World
snuh sez:I can’t...
"like"
moorewr sez:
I just had one of those moments (two really) where I appreciate a person’s post and I find myself clicking “like” except their post is about something both I and they find terribly distasteful, and well, that cute little heart doesn’t seem to cover it so well.
vruz sez:
yes… ‘hearting’ something sometimes feels more like saying ‘I endorse this’, or...
WatchDavid Bowie & Tin Machine (1989) - Working Class Hero (John Lennon cover)
As soon as youre born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if youre clever and they despise a fool...
“If we can’t think for ourselves, if we’re unwilling to question authority, then...”
– Carl Sagan | Demon Haunted World (via retropolitics:shanexcore:pathologia:iisabelle)
Glenn's got problems
united colours of vruz’s reader PeterTFB confirms what we have suspected all along:
True story: I listened to Glenn Beck everyday for 2 years while waiting for the bus to middle school in Connecticut. He was the rock DJ at KC101 and never said anything remotely political (though he did say that Savage Garden was the best band he had ever heard.. haha). Still, I recall saying to my mother...
New Decree About Permanent Residency in Uruguay →
—via the gringo @ uruguay
In August 24th a new Presidental Decree was posted that concerns all foreigners residing in Uruguay. The official Decree is posted on the Presidential Departments web-page, in Spanish, as a PDF, found at the following link: http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_web/decretos/2009/08/EC1320%20.pdf
Although there aren’t too many changes to the process, it is exciting to...
There's water in them thar craters →
—via jose-doraz:littleorphanammo: Water ‘officially’ found on the moon.
That is good, I will now have water to make ice for the party I am having at my new moon mansion.
vruz: water, not cheese? bummer…
Obama Says 'Torture' Before UN General Assembly →
via Rachel Slajda, TPM
vruz: look! the president uses WORDS! with MEANING! right, he had to specify, it’s not entirely obvious you must not torture, it’s not in the ten commandments.
Speaking today to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama used the word “torture” for the first time when addressing an international body.
On my first day in office, I...
on jorge luis borges, the hexavigesimal number...
It is a well known fact that Jorge Luis Borges as a young man wasn’t exactly a fan of Don Quixote, despite the special place it occupies in history of literature as the first novel ever, -among several other breakthrough accomplishments- like being the first western work ever to portray a menopausic lady.
Borges however came around to appreciate Cervantes’ masterpiece, so much that he...
“The delegates to the G-20, the gathering of the world’s wealthiest nations, will...”
– With Global Capitalism Exposed as a Sham, All the Global Elite Have Left Is Pure Force (via ledgergermane:feralnostalgia:poortaste)
vruz: brute force and bullshit, making believe and trying to preserve an unsustainable parallel reality. my point exactly.
The Most Popular Politician on Earth [or why... →
vruz: although condescendent treatment towards southamericans is not rare (and really, in general it’s mostly xenophobic towards the world at large) in mainstream american media, you rarely see such a display of inaccuracies, condescendency and gratuitous stereotyping in such a brief article like Newsweek’s Marc Margolis’ “The Most Popular Politician on Earth”.
Take...
A cure for global warming: Economic meltdown →
—via iisabelle:bradicalmang:buffleheadcabin:
In the first big study of the impact of the recession on climate change, the International Energy Agency found that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels had undergone “a significant decline” this year — further than in any year in the past 40. The fall will exceed the drop in the 1981 recession that followed the oil crisis.found that CO2...
Watch Clip: Jack and Meg in New White Stripes...
—via twentyfourbit:
Jack White caused quite a stir at the Toronto International Film Festival this past weekend, announcing the White Stripes’ denial from the Guinness Book of World Records, an upcoming album he recorded of Nashville transit bus drivers, and, of course, spoofing Kanye West. Most importantly, however, is that reviews of the new White Stripes documentary, Under Great White...
