As Pretty As A Song

The Berlin Wall: 20 Years Later

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:09:49 -0500

Another clever NYT visualization

"Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:53:47 -0500

“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...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:38:46 -0500

mikehudack:

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.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:23:47 -0500

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..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:45 -0500

“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)

mareen: pete yorn & scarlett johansson - clean o rly? what...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:53:46 -0500

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,..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:38:47 -0500

“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...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:23:48 -0500

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..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:55 -0500

“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...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:53:40 -0500

mikehudack:

spiegelman:

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW

mikehudack:evangotlib:thegongshow: I just changed the background...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:44:51 -0500

mikehudack:evangotlib:thegongshow:

I just changed the background image of my blog to a picture of the surface of Mars. More at The Big Picture.

Surface of Mars (Via U or Arizona)

kapi: In Your Eyes — Peter Gabriel

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:29:48 -0500

kapi:

In Your Eyes — Peter Gabriel

"If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance through the exchange..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:49 -0500

“If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance through the exchange who find themselves in the unwanted and unexpected position of needing to terminate a pregnancy will not have coverage for the procedure. Abortion coverage will not be outlawed in this country. It will simply be tiered, reserved for those rich enough to afford insurance themselves or lucky enough to receive from their employers.”

- Ezra Call your Representative NOW (via joyengel)

"I am not a great outdoorsman."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:59:48 -0500

““I am not a great outdoorsman.””

- Congressman Barney Frank, who was present while police busted his partner for growing pot.

Jeff Miller adds,

The quote is his excuse as to why he was unaware that his partner was growing pot. Yes, he expects us to believe that it takes a great outdoorsman to know what pot looks like.

I wish Frank had said: “It’s absurd that pot is illegal. It’s just a plant, for crying out loud.” But instead of saying something reasonable, he said something ridiculous.

It’s funny that Frank’s excuse is that he is not a great outdoorsman, while Sanford’s excuse was that he was a great outdoorsman.

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:48 -0500

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upanddowns: Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield Cover) I ain’t...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:28:53 -0500

upanddowns:

Bon Iver - Your Love (The Outfield Cover)

I ain’t got many friends left to talk to
No one’s around when I’m in trouble
You know I’d do anything for you
Stay the night but keep it undercover
I just wanna use your love tonight
I don’t wanna lose your love tonight

"10. Just be a vegetarian, and understand that most meat-eaters do respect your views, but that..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:12:51 -0500

“10. Just be a vegetarian, and understand that most meat-eaters do respect your views, but that they’re not as complicated and complex as you’d like to think they are, and that most people are actually, yes, quite aware of the arguments you’d like to ‘respectfully’ make, what they’re doing, the various reasons why it’s uncool, and that we should eat more vegetables, and that we don’t need to be guilted about it, and if we did, we’d read Michael Pollan’s book instead, or at the very worst, Elizabeth Kolbert’s New Yorker review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, which is both (A) quite great and (B) will save you $15 or $20 and save us from hearing you opine on what you read by the guy that wrote Everything is Illuminated talking down to all of us about eating our vegetables.”

- Foster Kamer on the Eleven Things You Could Do Instead of Reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Book About Not Eating Meat (via tylercoates)

"In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags flying over the White House, and other..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:57:25 -0500

“In tribute to those who fell at Ft. Hood, I’ve ordered flags flying over the White House, and other federal buildings to be lowered to half-staff from now until Veterans Day next Wednesday. Veterans Day is our chance to honor those Americans who’ve served on battlefields from Lexington to Antietam, Normandy to Manila, Inchon to Khe Sanh, Ramadi to Kandahar. They are Americans of every race, faith, and station. They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers. They are descendents of immigrants and immigrants themselves. They reflect the diversity that makes this America. But what they share is a patriotism like no other. What they share is a commitment to country that has been tested and proved worthy. What they share is the same unflinching courage, unblinking compassion, and uncommon camaraderie that the soldiers and civilians of Ft. Hood showed America and showed the world. These are the men and women we honor today. These are the men and women we’ll honor on Veterans Day. And these are the men and women we shall honor every day, in times of war and times of peace, so long as our nation endures.”

- President Obama | Weekly Address | The White House (via retropolitics) (via mikehudack)

It's official: WA voters pass expanded gay rights bill

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:47:59 -0500

It's official: WA voters pass expanded gay rights bill:

karion:

Lost in the disappointment that happened in Maine is what happened in Washington state. In May of this year, our state legislature passed a bill that gave gay couples ALL of the rights of heterosexual married couples. Some out of state fuckwits sought to overturn the new state law and gathered enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot, repealing the law.

Washington voters upheld our legislators’ “everything but calling it marriage” bill. So there is at least one state where, when a goddamn civil rights measure was put to a popular vote, the voters did the right thing.

"Harvard professor David Yoffie estimated that in the months between announcing and selling the first..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:48 -0500

“Harvard professor David Yoffie estimated that in the months between announcing and selling the first iPhone in 2007, Apple received $400 million in free advertising by not making any public statements, thereby whipping the media into a frenzy”

- How Jobs transformed Apple - Nov. 5, 2009 (via interestingsnippets) (via infoneernet) (via himmelsblog) (via mikehudack)