February 2011
“Bulletproof is one of the last stages of drunkenness, not a state of security.”
– Note to new Linux users: No antivirus needed | Linux.com
Nice turn of phrase.
January 2011
Hey, Republicans redefining "Rape" in the House of...
themattsmith:
numnumsbylaura:
“With this legislation, which was introduced last week by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Republicans propose that the rape exemption be limited to “forcible rape.”
forcible rape sounds like an oxymoron. Isn’t rape already forced? What are you trying to say, like “super rape?” “or “extra rape”?
So basically, this legislation would allow the “hey, she was asking for...
“…who wants to go camping in a ditch with me and my minivan on I-94...”
– The Pipes Are Leaking
looks like the midwest is about to get its first...
lefan-o-rama:
totals of ~1.5 feet in madison and ~2-2.5 feet in milwaukee.
smiths: ARE YOU READY? BUY MILK AND BREAD!
Sounds like time for another Tumblr Meetup!
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“Charging gun owners $1000/year for mandatory gun malpractice insurance does not...”
– What? WHAT? How would that NOT infringe on 2nd Amendment rights?
I wonder if the writer at “Dissident Voice” favors universally-funded universal health care — which you can argue is a program that should be provided by a compassionate society, but is not strictly a Constitutional...
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“For the record, I believe Sarah Palin is a true statesman whose experience as a...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, clarifying his earlier sentiments about Sarah Palin, on The Colbert Report. (via inothernews)
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The Kel Smith: Big Brown Thing →
thekelsmith:
Growing up we used to have this corduroy brown pillow chair thing….which of course is too long to say, so we called it the “Big Brown Thing”.
We got to use it when watching movies in the living room and sitting on the floor OR when we were sick. It seriously never came out otherwise. But when we…
Oh man, I could have almost written this. We used a mound of pillows rather...
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Is Paul Ryan an alien?
He’s got that Visitor way of assuring the believers with a condescending, saccharine smile, while plotting to eat them with a side of fava beans.
“If the terrorist’s aim is to provoke an overreaction, give the Russians...”
– Russians barely flinch after airport bombing
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Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The... →
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My latest theory
about Tumblr “errors” and “downtime”: these are not infrastructure problems, as we’ve been led to believe, but secret government-mandated productivity breaks.
Can’t have a working plutocracy if the proles are spending all their time re-blogging Soup Soup and Karishma, can we?
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2 girls, 1 box →
(don’t be scared)
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Senator Bernie Sanders to the Smithsonian Museum... →
kateoplis:
“It appears that a museum owned by the people of the United States, celebrating the history of the United States, cannot find companies in this country employing American workers that are able to manufacture statues of our founding fathers, or our current president,” Sanders wrote in a letter to Brent D. Glass, the history museum director.
“Given the state of the American...
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GOP cites Congressional Budget Office (CBO)... →
spytap:
I still don’t understand how shit like this isn’t illegal. Publicly lying to the people as a representative of Congress should result in immediate dismissal from office and felony charges.
“Politics as usual,” shouldn’t be.
(Emphasis mine.)
Yes. Indeed. Taking public office should require an oath like being a witness in court. Representatives must swear to tell the truth, the whole...
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Evergreen Solar, the third largest solar producer... →
kateoplis:
Evergreen cited the much higher government support available in China.
Awww COME ON U.S. Can we please get it the fuck TOGETHER already?
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Verizon's New Every Two program is over →
metheliving:
savagemike:
go:
In case you missed it:
Verizon Wireless ended its New Every Two program this weekend, axing a perk that gave customers discounts on new cellphones every two years.
The deal gave current subscribers $30 to $100 toward a new phone when they renewed their two-year contract with Verizon.
The cancellation of the program, which happened on Sunday, was confirmed by...
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I will always put two spaces after a period. I'm...
If anyone needs me I’ll be hanging out on Matt’s lawn.
Maybe playing some of that dadgum rock-and-roll music, too.
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re. the Green Hornet movie.
So, I follow the MakingOf Tumblr, which has lately been a non-stop stream of sneak peeks and trailers for the new Green Hornet movie.
I’m trying to figure out why anything related to this movie fills me with a sense of squeamish revulsion. From the trailers to the posters to the behind-the-scenes interviews to all the fanboy drooling over the preposterously outfitted car, I am somehow...