The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

pile:

Another clever NYT visualization

"Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the ‘Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest?’"
— Barney Frank, being awesome (via blogonthe) (via think4yourself) (via jasencomstock) (via mikesova)
mikehudack: heyitsnoah: What Space Invaders Actually Look Like - Geekologie

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heyitsnoah:

What Space Invaders Actually Look Like - Geekologie

To keep non-ticket holders from watching a U2 concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MTV and concert organizers put up... a 12-foot wall.

inothernews:

Fucking idiots.

"To make a point no one should have to make: earlier this year, a deranged Army sergeant named John Russell opened fire near a combat stress clinic — sound familiar? — at Baghdad’s Camp Liberty and killed five of his fellow soldiers. No one speculated about any religious motivations. No one suggested he was part of an enemy “infiltration,” or suggested that U.S. troops have been “brainwashed.” Everyone understood that Russell was a deranged lunatic, not an advance scout for a conspiracy to subvert the military internally. It’s funny how double standards work. Actually, no. It’s disgusting."
— Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent (via thesmarttart) (via robot-heart-politics)
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mareen:

pete yorn & scarlett johansson - clean

o rly? what a pleasant surprise.

"Joe, could you point to the verses in Quran which tell you to join the military after high school, go through medical school and residency, treat soldiers for years, and then snap and kill a bunch of innocents. I consider myself relatively familiar with Muslim history and the Quran and the Hadiths, etc, but I just can’t remember those verses.’Course, as an atheist, I think all you kooks and your bunk religions are dangerous. How you people determine which sky spirit is good and which one is evil is beyond me, but it seems to have a lot to do with geography and less to do with Truth."
— TIMB, commenter on Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows ‘enemy is infiltrating our military’ - The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room (via robot-heart-politics)

adrifting:

Jon Stewart’s incredible parody of Glenn Beck last night.

Watch it if you haven’t already!

"White privilege: Not having to release a statement condemning it every time some white guy shoots people."
— via Ezra Klein (via savingpaper) (via ziatroyano) (via clingtomymouth) (via bowfolk) (via robot-heart-politics)
mikehudack: spiegelman: Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW

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spiegelman:

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW

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