February 2012
Feb 15th
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It's funny because it's almost 100% false. →
Oh, Newt, you’re so obvious. We all know it’s only a matter of time before you dump Callista for Saul Alinsky (who’s been dead for 40 years). You just can’t stop talking about him.
Feb 14th
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“You’ve confused a war on your religion with not always getting everything you...”
– Jon Stewart (The Most Awesome) referring to Christian politicians (more specifically those comparing Obama’s new healthcare law requiring religious hospitals etc. to include contraceptive coverage in their insurance plans to the rise of Nazism in Germany)
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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NYT: Critics of the Safety Net Increasingly Depend... →
Cf. “I’ve been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out?“ and “Get your government hands off my Medicare.”
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Feb. 10, 2012 →
shutupweirdo: Topic:Tiny and Awesome
Feb 11th
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“This is a movement, not based on condemnation, not based on accusation, but...”
– Rick Santorum, at CPAC
Feb 10th
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Yuck. I just coughed coffee through my nose.
Feb 9th
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funnyordie: Jean Dujardin’s Villain Auditions Oscar nominee Jean Dujardin (The Artist) is playing a villain in his next role. Here are his audition tapes. Nice, but what I really want is to see OSS 117 III. There can never be too many René Coty jokes.
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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shutupweirdo: Worst robot ever, coupled with worst pronunciation of “robot” ever: Leave It to Roll-Oh, sponsored by Chevrolet (c. 1940).
Feb 5th
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shutupweirdo: Just in time for the Super Bowl: Andy’s new PSA video for WFMU’s 2012 Marathon fundraiser. Check it out. 
Feb 4th
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shutupweirdo: Ooooh, spooky: The 1972 Night Gallery segment (“You Can’t Get Help Like That Anymore”) about the dangers of robotic-maid abuse, starring Cloris Leachman, Broderick Crawford, Lana Wood, and Severn Darden. 
Feb 4th
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Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Feb. 3, 2012 →
shutupweirdo: Topic: What Would You Make Your Robot Do?
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 30th
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Fortune Favors The Bold: End the Culture of... →
drummajorinst: Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein In December, a horrific elevator accident killed a young executive named Suzanne Hart in Midtown Manhattan. The city’s response was swift and firm: the Department of Buildings quickly inspected all 650 elevators owned or maintained by the…
Jan 30th
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“With our brain power, and Jewish wealth,” he says, “we can do wonders.”
– Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal on the benefits of Israeli integration into the Middle Eastern economy. (via journalofajournalist)
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RIVER OF BLOOD STORY, RIVER OF BLOOD STORY!  →
Jan 27th
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