July 2010
48 posts
June 2010
44 posts
“They couldn’t have been spies,” she said. “Look what she did with the...”
– “In Ordinary Lives, U.S. Sees the Work of Russian Agents,” New York Times
“With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a...”
– Icelander’s Campaign is a Joke Until He’s Elected, New York Times
Yusef Lateef – Love Theme From “Spartacus”
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“Whereas the I-95 tolls amount to less than five cents per mile in New Jersey and...”
– Jonathan Chait, Rogue State (via dcwalter)
“You’re trying to kill me! Without a dagger or a pistol, you are trying to...”
– newsstand owner at West 4th St. after I offered him 50 cents for a dirty, year-old magazine that contained one of my articles.
“A soccer spectator should not have to worry about the bodily well-being of a...”
– “Bring Back the Sports Boycott” Newsweek
“Seismologists are now being indicted and investigated for manslaughter, on...”
– Ben Goldacre: Predictions are fine, but there are better ways to protect a population | Science | The Guardian (via themorningnews)
“THE FACTS OF LIFE: France stunk and was headed for elimination anyway.”
– Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook
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““Epochs of history rarely come to a sudden end, seldom announce their...”
– The Last Island of the Savages, by Adam Goodheart in American Scholar
“Countries seem to play with their national characteristics. They become...”
– Playing for the World (via was)
“This warden message is being issued to advise U.S. citizens traveling to and...”
– WARDEN MESSAGE U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA February 13, 2008
“Um, let’s see. I’m finding it hard to introduce myself, actually, because the...”
– “Extreme Solitude” by Jeffrey Eugenides, the The New Yorker
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“We have embarrassment fatigue here,” said Dick Harpootlian, the former...”
– “Who’s Alvin Greene? State asks after vote” -New York Times
The Amateur Gourmet: Excellent Pork Chop House →
akuat:
I was a little frightened, at first, when the waitress set the plate down. Where did this pork come from? How can it only cost $2.50 on the menu? Will Michael Pollan slap me on the wrist for eating something that was probably tortured in an industrial warehouse? (Side note: I’d love for Michael Pollan to address how eating ethically sometimes doesn’t allow you to eat ethnically....
““What happened to all the silverware?” someone asked.
“They got turned into a...”
– “The Freegan Establishment,” New York Times
DANCING ALONE TO PONY →
Now this is an Internet meme that I just COMPLETELY missed. In fact, it boggles my mind.
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Popular New Drinking Game Raises Question, Who’s... →
Really, New York Times? Who’s ‘icing’ whom? It’s bros. Bros are icing bros.
“But if you turn out to be wrong, even temporarily, even only once, on a...”
– Christopher Hitchens, on Helen Thomas and being wrong
UPDATE: This is actually Felix Salmon, in a very nice and thoughtful Reuters piece.
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“…But the people who will be most severely harmed by climate change have...”
– Peter Singer, in the New York Times
“It’s like a mento being dropped into a coke bottle…”
– Richard Lui on CNN, explaining the BP oil geyser
“What I think this poll shows is that taxes and spending are not by any means the...”
– (via Capital Gains and Games)
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Taken by Trees’ cover of “Sweet Child...