October 2011
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September 2011
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“The last time I checked, the president was supposed to sit down and figure out...”
– Diana Taylor is obviously self-evidently awful but this is just a weird thing to assert as an obvious truth. The last time you checked… what, exactly?
Police documents obtained by The Associated Press... →
“Asked about the story Thursday, Bloomberg said, ‘You’re just factually wrong,’ but he did not elaborate. His spokesman, after being shown the documents, also declined to say what the mayor believed was inaccurate.”
“He has also bonded with his staff over their shared love of the Coen brothers,...”
– Mitt Romney: Serious Man.
“Anthropologists gradually fanned out into the world and began directly observing...”
– I like that last one, let’s all get together as a global economy and try it for a while.
“A good starting point for you in a course based on what we call “critical...”
– Liking this guy.
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Most Horrifying Sentence on Our Site Today
motherjones:
Texas’ Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice, Don Clemmer, later testified that his office didn’t have the resources to investigate allegations of sexual abuse at a TYC facility in Ward County because at the time the local agent was busy investigating charges of voter fraud by a 68-year-old Hispanic woman.
Your morning must-read: Why did Rick Perry wait six years to clean...
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It is now clear is that that man, Leroy Webster,... →
“Although liberal New Yorkers tried to pretend Republicans had hijacked a local...”
– Harry Siegel I think you are a good columnist but 52% of people opposed with a 2.9% margin of error does not “overwhelm” me. Just say “a majority.” (Also the poll was taken in August after months of conservative professional anti-Islam bigots lying repeatedly and at length...
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choire replied to your post: I am watching “Friends” for the first time in my life Netflix Instant well finally ran dry, huh. (No yeah that shit is REAL BAD. Except for you know who. LISA LISA KUDROW AND HER KULT JAM.)
she is the best!...
I am watching "Friends" for the first time in my...
and I am actually shocked at how loathsome “Ross” is as a character. He is utterly without redeeming qualities. He is more self-absorbed and vile than Alan Partridge. It’s remarkable. Also Jennifer Aniston is pretty awful too and I’m not sure why people wanted to watch their antics, for ten years.
I mean seriously this is the dumbest genre of libertarian “thought” — a good thing happened, because of capitalism. There is a bad thing nearby, that is government’s fault. Hundreds of millions of dollars of direct subsidies allowed Lower Manhattan to “come back.” (And can anything flourishing in high-tax high-service New York City really be an object lesson in...
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“And government provided some incentives in the neighborhood that surrounded the...”
– NICE HAND-WAVING THERE IRA STOLL.
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The Longest Week: Jets announce game plan for 9/11 →
joshsternberg:
ESPN’s Rich Cimini reports:
The Jets announced details of their plans to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of September 11th. The plans have a Super Bowl-like feel to them. Check it out: PRE-GAME: • Each fan will receive an American Flag upon entrance to MetLife Stadium. • Taps…
* At halftime, a man dressed as Osama bin Laden will be concussed
* Penalty flags...
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