February 2011
my beautiful dark twisted franco: Why don't we... →
deanmoriarty-:
You are not LaBoeuf, but you can still be my valentine.
Say you’ll be mine, or I will take it to the law and see what lawyer J. Noble Daggett of Dardenelle, Arkansas has to say on the matter.
Perhaps if you gave out a little more sugar with your pronouncements I’d make…
“I like clothes and make-up, I like the transformation… But a lot of men had...”
– Noel Fielding (via thejigsawtimes)
THERE IS A "HIPSTER ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" TUMBLR.... →
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire...”
– From the decision handed down by Florida Federal District Court judge ROGER VINSON essentially striking down the new healthcare reform law, ruling part of it unconstitutional.
Dear Judge Vinson: I’m not a lawyer, but tea and healthcare, with all due respect, are NOT THE SAME FUCKING THING.
(Full...
January 2011
“We need to cut these things that aren’t constitutionally mandated, that are kind...”
– —Sarah Palin, on President Obama’s State of the Union address, to Fox News’ Greta von Susteren, Jan. 26, 2011.
Dear. God.
(via technipol)
Your existence in the political realm isn’t constitutionally mandated, so when I do I get the pleasure to see you financially cut off from everyone who...
newsflick:
WIDER MIDDLE-EAST SITUATION UPDATE:
Jordan’s powerful Islamic party said on Monday they have started a dialogue with the state, saying that unlike the situation in Egypt, the opposition in the kingdom does not seek regime change.
Yemen’s opposition turned its focus to the country’s rural areas Monday, organizing demonstrations in southern and central provinces that drew...
“You have taken back your rights and what we have begun can not go back…. We have...”
– Opposition leader MOHAMMED ELBARADEI, addressing protestors in Cairo Tahrir Square.
(AlJazeera via the New York Times)
... dammit, and I haven't even done the...
Before I go to sleep.
I'm off to bed.
Back to Ohio on Saturday. Gah I’m getting stressed over all the things I have to do tomorrow to get ready to leave. >.<
“The Puritan communities of New England were thoroughly democratic, and this...”
– Stanisław Andrzejewski (via helplesscase)
Oh American Puritanism. Let me tell you about my views on American Puritanism… *goes off into grumbly rant*
etrehumain:
pajama-sam:
Day 1- handwrite your full name. Day 2- handwrite your tumblr url. Day 3- handwrite your tumblr headline. Day 4- handwrite your favorite quote. Day 5- handwrite your bestfriends name. Day 6- handwrite your crushes name. Day 7- handwrite your three favourite songs of all time. Day 8- handwrite whatever you want with a black pen in capitals. Day 9- handwrite your ...
“When I signed my contract, my main goal was to earn it. Once I started to...”
– Former Kansas City Royals pitcher GIL MECHE, who decided to retire due to a spate of injuries in the past two years. He had a five-year, $55 million contract with the Royals: by retiring, he forfeited the last year of that contract, in which he was owed $12 million.
An honorable athlete.
(via the...
“The F.B.I. investigation is part of a larger international inquiry into a loose...”
– F.B.I. Warrants Into Service Attacks by WikiLeaks Supporters - NYTimes.com
On a lighter note…
(via squashed)
lol
(via robot-heart-politics)
Every time the NYT reports on anything that happens on the internet, there’s this hilarious tone of “So, the young people have this fancy new thing called...
We know Mark Zuckerberg didn’t cooperate but did...
filmstudiesandshenanigans:
Aaron Sorkin: Once Eduardo signed that non-disclosure agreement after his settlement, he disappeared off the face of the earth. We don’t know exactly how much he received, but it’s in the hundreds of millions. And it will probably go over a billion because he also does now own a lot of Facebook stock. But on October 1st, the movie opened and that’s the day I met Eduardo....
“So, if two speeches and a social media site (are) all we needed to spread...”
– JON STEWART, reacting to pundits and White House officials opining on the impetus for the recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt — either past speeches given by Condoleeza Rice and President Obama in Cairo, or the use of Twitter and Facebook to organize protestors — on The Daily Show (via...
neusdadt:
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Douglas Adams: Forty-two.
Mohammed Aldouri (Iraqi ambassador): The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication. We don’t even have a chicken.
Aristotle: To actualize its potential.
Buddha: If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken-nature.
George W. Bush: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just...
