December 2010
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“New Year’s Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good...”
– Mark Twain
“New Year’s Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good...”
– Mark Twain
“We’re closed tonight. If you need comedy go to Times Square and watch 1,000...”
– @UCB Theatre NY on Twitter. (via popculturebrain)
Tragicomedy at best.
All Around the World
americandrink:
Thanksgiving and Christmas are for the family — and what a special time, really. New Year’s Eve, though, that’s for us drinkers. Around the world we humans usher in the new year with fireworks, noise-makers and alcohol.
Preachers, teachers and teetotalers allow themselves to indulge in a flute of champagne, a sip of spiked punch or “just one” drink to revel with politicians,...
“Such a level of economic inequality, not seen in the United States since the eve...”
– “Why the Rich are Getting Richer,” in Foreign Policy. (via cmonstah)
Happy New Year!
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TOP 5 NEWS TUMBLRS OF 2010
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Right-wingers freak out, go apeshit on Justin... →
sleeplessinsouthie:
ryking:
This is not a story from The Onion.
Some opponents of the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” have launched a boycott of Justin Bieber over the Canadian teen pop sensation’s support of the construction of a Muslim community center not far from the site of the 9/11 attacks.
The only problem is, Bieber has apparently never endorsed the center known as Park 51, or...
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Thank you, summerofmegadeth
As we move into a new year filled with hope and promise, I’d like to thank the unhinged sociopaths at SÖM for reminding me every day to never take anything on the internet seriously. Even though I only understand about 10% of what they’re posting on any given day.
I got you all a little something as a token of my appreciation.
Wisdom, Received: Zombie Working-Class Republican... →
ilyagerner:
“Always double tap.” - Rule #2 of Zombieland
I love this, click and read.
[T]he majority of gay men and lesbians want nothing more than to raise families behind picket fences. There are other signs of increasing conformity in the gay world. Leather is seen by most younger men as more silly than hot. While they may exercise, younger men mostly don’t strive for Adonis physiques. It goes on. (Lesbians are way ahead of the curve on this. They’ve been mating and nesting...
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“Personally, I have always felt that gay marriage was an inevitability, for good...”
– Jonah Goldberg, marriage advocate?
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Prince Concert Setlist at Madison Square Garden,... →
barthel:
Here is the setlist from Prince last night. Kinda sad we didn’t get “Adore” or “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but it was easily made up for by “She’s Always in My Hair” and the piano medley of “I Wanna Be Your Lover” -> “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore” -> “Sometimes It Snows in April.” But the thing this setlist doesn’t make clear is that the entry for “The Question of U” just...
Aatombomb is a 2010 retrospective-free zone
Don’t worry. You’re safe here.
Hassan Malik, suspect in ‘suitcase murder’ of... →
neighborhoodr:
Hassan Malik, suspect in ‘suitcase murder’ of Betty Williams, tells reporters he is sorry for crime
Hey guys, my bad. Sorry I stuffed that woman into a suitcase and then wheeled her around 114th Street like luggage for a while.
I hate everybody so much sometimes.
Did Pfizer Bribe Its Way Out of Criminal Charges... →
The emerging corporate WikiLeaks revelations, coming to a theater near you in glorious 3D.
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My End of the World story for The Awl →
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I am really looking forward to this coming year!
Exquisite.
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It's time to abolish the death penalty
A survey commissioned by the Death Penalty Information Center found that 61 percent prefer that murderers get some sort of life sentence instead. As a budget priority, the death penalty was ranked seventh out of seven issues.
Did someone mention budgets? They are no friend of an option that requires expensive trials, costly appeals, and pricey incarceration arrangements. Franklin Zimring, a law...
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Yes, Maggie Gallagher, there IS a slippery...
…and that crashing sound you hear is your weak-ass logic tumbling down it:
DADT repeal, in my view, considerably accelerates the timeline under which same-sex marriage could become legal, both as a legislative matter and as a result of the Prop 8 case currently headed for the Supreme Court. My calculations here are perhaps a bit cynical—I think that when Ted Olsonstands before the...
The Metropolis Case in the NYT!
shotgunsnack:
While reading through the paper at the Depot Cafe this morning, I come across a picture of Matthew Gallaway and a review of his book! Even though I don’t know him, after having followed him for almost 2 years here I feel like he’s a friend and I’m excited for him that his book has been FAVORABLY reviewed in the NYT!
Now that he’s famous I’ll have to stop gushing like this because...
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Montana jury refuses to hear marijuana possession...
The tiny amount of marijuana police found while searching Touray Cornell’s home on April 23 became a huge issue for some members of the jury panel.
No, they said, one after the other. No way would they convict somebody for having a 16th of an ounce.
In fact, one juror wondered why the county was wasting time and money prosecuting the case at all, said a flummoxed Deputy Missoula County...
