October 2011
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Endless Evil: The Drug War's Continuing Collateral... →
In September 2009, 28-year-old Jonathan Ayers pulled into a gas station in Stephens County, Georgia, to withdraw money from an ATM. Ayers, a pastor, had just given $23, all the cash he had in his pocket, to Johanna Barrett, a drug addict alleged to be a prostitute to whom Ayers had been ministering. His purpose was to help Barrett pay rent at the motel where she was living with her boyfriend....
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The rise and fall of a franchise
1968: The first Roy Rogers, a Northeastern United States chain of fast food restaurants founded by the Marriott Corporation, opens at 5603 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia. 1976: Roy Rogers in Fairfax, Virginia was robbed, in a high profile case, where five employees were herded into the restaurant’s freezer and shot in the head. Four people were killed, and one survived. 1982:...
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Gawker phenom escapes one more time, "witty"... →
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Wait, it gets better.
The attorney was in a mtg., so I offered to pick up his food for him, because you know, mitzvah, right? Turns out “Jesus C” is an illegal alien who delivers Jewish food in Manhattan.
This could change everything.
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I get a lot of calls at night from food delivery guys who don’t speak English. The guy who just called for one of my favorite Jewish attorneys came up as “Jesus C” so I told him to be careful when he picked up his food.
You guys know that The Missionary Position was written in 1995, right?
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artyucko replied to your photo: “like a freshly-showered man who chooses to blow…
Ha! Exactly.
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Ever have that dream where Tom Hanks stops by your hotel and begs you to come down to Zuccotti Park with him and some friends, and tells you “don’t forget the hooch”?
The Hooch.
Anyone?
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“Nature or nurture, it’s still your fault. Deal with it.”
– from the coming out story in the movie Weekend. So good.
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“We came, we saw, he died!”
– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who had visited Libya just prior, upon hearing confirmed news of Gaddafi’s Death (via apsies)
Way to work the Roman Empire angle?
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azspot:
“The term “occupy” is winning me over because it puts an ironic spin on one of our most questionable national habits—occupying other nations: occupying Iraq, occupying Afghanistan, supporting Israel in occupying Palestine. Like kingdom of God, it turns that familiar language on its head.
The term “occupy” is also winning me over because it’s about presence, making our presence known and...
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"Frank Bruni accepted your friend request"
Looks like my brain just got a little bigger?
You know how sometimes you hit that sweet spot with one cocktail? Everything still seems fucked up, but you just get it and the universe syncs up just right for about an hour?
You find yourself smiling for no reason. That new song sounds a little better. The city shimmers a little brighter. You give a homeless guy in a wheelchair a few bucks and call him “brother.” Not in the Rick Perry...
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IT'S OFFICIAL
psydoctor8:
I’ll be returning to my classic forensic psych roots for a bit. In the coming weeks, I’m going to sit down with a former KGB agent in a five part miniseries.
We will be discussing his work in Russia as well as in the U.S. from a psychological perspective, highlighting behavioral tactics used in espionage, recruitment, profiling, behavioral & arms training, intelligence,...
