February 2012
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Soapbox: was Niall crowded out? Plus, a tough tie... →
“He leaves the club in rude good health after taking over something that looked to be heading for the scrapheap. No Red and White fan will ever forget the contribution that this most honest and genuine of men has made to Sunderland AFC, with his talk of magic carpet rides and challenging the old order.”
-from Pete Sixsmith at Salut! Sunderland
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“Having police officers assigned to a walking beat in the downtown core would...”
– SR editorial: Walking beats key to keeping our streets safe | For those who can’t afford free speech
January 2012
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“When Jorge Perlaza first joined the Portland Timbers, he was very much alone....”
– The Timbers’ Colombian Players Adapt to Playing and Living in Portland - Stumptown Footy
"He came up from nothing. His father immigrated... →
motherjones:
A Florida voter defends his candidate, Mitt Romney, to Slate’s Dave Weigel.
We give up.
Does this mean Mitt is an anchor baby?
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“…a recommended read for anyone with even a casual interest in…well,...”
– My review of A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
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“Nearly every character comes across in a bad light, seen through the lens of a...”
– The Wapshot Chronicle « The Nerd is the Word
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“Americans in 1776 did have British accents in that American accents and British...”
– Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?
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“The Red Arrow Diner, where RuPaul made his declaration on Saturday, is a...”
– RuPaul in New Hampshire: ‘This country was founded by a bunch of men wearing wigs’
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“It probably did not occur to [Leni Riefenstahl] that the star of her film would...”
– Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics (2007)
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The Spam Factory's Dirty Secret | Mother Jones →
First, Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got canned.
December 2011
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“And always, if he had a little money, a man could get drunk. The hard edges...”
– John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
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“They were formally dismissed from the Irish army, stripped of all pay and...”
– BBC News - Why Irish soldiers who fought Hitler hide their medals
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“I want to pet you again awfully! You cunning, pretty, little, foolish Puss. My...”
– a letter from Theodore Roosevelt (while a student at Harvard) to his sister Corinne.
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“Lunch—dinner, drinks, any occasion—with Christopher always was [bracing]. One of...”
– A great eulogy for Hitch by Christopher Buckley. News Desk: Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 : The New Yorker
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Mayor of San Juan wishes you a very taxidermy... →
univisionnews:
“May this Christmas light your dream” reads the official Christmas Card of Mayor Jorge Santini of San Juan, Puerto Rico, which has gone viral. (Photo: El Nuevo Dia Facebook)
By NURIA NET Channel: Media
It’s the Christmas card that has baffled the Twitterverse and the gift that…
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“The United States is stepping in to help bail out another American industry —...”
– At least they’re donating the chicken, but for fuck sake why bail out *another* immoral industry when THE FREE MARKET is allowing it to fail?
U.S. orders $40 million worth of chicken to help industry - Aug. 16, 2011 (via spinnerin)
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“Paying your debts is, as a rule, a good thing. But the double standard here is...”
– American Airlines, Bankruptcy, and the Housing Bubble : The New Yorker
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Jungle Tales of Tarzan « The Nerd is the Word →
Jungle Tales is some of the most bombastically and unintentionally funny stuff I’ve read in a while.
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Depression and Hope: One on One with Ian Joy →
In the interview, Ian goes more in depth on why he felt the way he did, the moments where he pondered taking his own life and most importantly how his relationships with family and friends have changed since revealing his article.
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“The animals have paid the price for our desire to have everything available at...”
– Frank Reese, “the Last Poultry Farmer” (from Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals (2009))
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Timbers offer Futty Danso a permanent deal →
FUTTY!
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“In the end, despite demonstrating a total lack of interest in the rest of the...”
– Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign, Finally | Mother Jones
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“Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and...”
– -Person running for president who believes that child labor laws should be abolished so poor kids can be employed as janitors at their schools to teach them something about hard work.
I don’t offer many intimate glimpses into my personal life and history around here, but let me offer this to Newt...
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“This is the war-hungry U.S. Congress acting preemptively to ensure that there is...”
– Congress endorsing military detention, a new AUMF - Salon.com
November 2011
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Watch(via Das Racist Blasts Out “Michael Jackson” - Video @ Teamcoco.com)
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“The guts of Paul’s grand scheme, where its rubber hits the road, is in the...”
– Ron Paul’s phony populism - Ron Paul - Salon.com
The Roker Ramble: Kick Racism Out? Only When It... →
“…football first, principles and common morality after, should they be needed.”
(I can’t help but see similarities between the problems addressed in this blog post regarding racism in English football and the misguided furor from some Penn State supporters/apologists over the firing of Joe Paterno. Football is not more important than eliminating racism, nor is it more...