January 2009
Connecticut legislator wants government to bail... →
spiegelman:
There is one overriding reason this is a bad idea: it gives the government direct power over the voice of the newspaper, without running afoul of the First Amendment. If the legislature decides that it doesn’t like the paper’s viewpoint, it can pull the subsidy and send the publication back into bankruptcy. The mere threat of this will cause the editors to tread lightly on issues...
December 2008
WatchOne Jack Russell terrier, 50 balloons, 30 seconds. Stand back.
“Using the subjonctif présent in conversation still feels a bit like unzipping,...”
– Textism (via inky)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (remix by Arkizzle)...
“Cheney says water-boarding is not torture. That question has been resolved as a...”
– Dahlia Lithwick exposes the moral, legal, ethical, and intellectual swamp that is Dick Cheney. Worth reading the whole thing. (via girlinboyland) (via frothyparadise)
WatchHow to clone a Twinkie // 13-year-old Twinkies
“Zaidi, who visited his brother for over an hour at an undisclosed location where...”
– Dec. 31 trial date for shoe-hurling Iraqi reporter
“At 12:20 am on the night of the 2004 election exit polls and initial vote counts...”
– The suspicious, disturbing death of election rigger Michael Connell
“If I was writing a note to my neighbours saying that I was going to have a party...”
– Matthew’s non theme based fancy dress party
“I would never want to say anything that would cause that woman any pain,” he...”
– Ira Glass Agrees That He Looks Like Rachel Maddow (via melissa)
CA's Jerry Brown Asks Court to Invalidate Prop. 8 →
This is what we should be focusing on, not Rick Warren, who is inconveniently not 100% evil.
