October 2011
“They’re going to come after me more viciously than they would a white...”
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Herman Cain, comparing himself to Clarence Thomas in an interview last May with The Washington Examiner’s Byron York. (via dcdecoder)
Playing the race card so early, Herman Cain? If you don’t get this job it’s your own fault, remember?
theswingingsixties:
The “In” Crowd — The Mamas...
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Oct. 28, 2011 →
shutupweirdo:
Topic: I Don’t Care If It’s Fake, I Love It!
“Do not speak to him unless you are spoken to.”
– From an email sent to staffers on the Herman Cain campaign about how to behave while traveling in a car with the GOP candidate. (via officialssay)
Finally, a candidate for people who hate people.
Tyler Coates: Today Is Like Christmas. →
tylercoates:
If you were to tell me, “Tyler, you might have only gotten three hours of sleep last night and then fell down in the G train station, but today is going to be OK,” I would reply, “Yeah, sure, and I bet there’ll be a new Beyoncé video and also Katie Roiphe will write something so ridiculously…
The insaniest thing about Roiphe’s screed is that the 4-year-old Emily Gould...
Record Fair! Record Fair! Record Fair! Record... →
shutupweirdo:
This weekend.
Three Ways to Drive Away Annoying... →
“The point being: we have a massive police force in America that outside of lower...”
– Mr. Taibbi, sometimes you can be a bit hyperbolic for our tastes. But in this case, you’re spot on.
OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone (via ronmarks)
List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the... →
journalofajournalist:
aka the article that Wikipedia was fucking invented for.
BLOG: Is #OccupyWallStreet a Muslim Brotherhood... →
journalofajournalist:
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m pleased to announce I have found the OP-ED OF THE CENTURY. The Muslim Brotherhood, with the help of the evil George Soros, are using the Occupy Wall Street protests to weaken America in order to bring down capitalism and convert us all to Islam. I don’t do drugs and I feel like I got a contact high just from reading this article!
As always, all...
Is This the Future of Punctuation!? →
markcoatney:
By contrast, use of the semicolon is dwindling. Although colons were common as early as the 14th century, the semicolon was rare in English books before the 17th century. It has always been regarded as a useful hybrid—a separator that’s also a connector—but it’s a trinket beloved of people who want to show that they went to the right school.
More surprising is the eclipse of the...
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Oct. 21, 2011 →
shutupweirdo:
Topic: Quirky Things You’ve Heard Before Sex on Old MacDonald’s 21st-Century Farm Where Cannibalism Is a Common Occurrence.
"An American diplomat in Bangui compared the group... →
But for one brief, shining moment last week, the LRA were Rush Limbaugh’s kind of people—because Obama was sending 100 troops to Uganda to fight the self-described Christians.
“Do you know right from wrong?”
– Moammar Gaddafi’s last words. (via washingtonpoststyle)
Newsweek: Gaddafi's Forgotten Victims: News Copy... →
Yes, I’m that Andy Cohen.
newsweek:
In which we pause for a delicate rant by our own Andy Cohen, Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor. Since this tumblr’s wee years as an intern at Newsweek.com, when she sat next to Andy Cohen, she has been hearing occasional bursts of Gaddafi versus Kaddafi versus Qaddafi outrage from his…
What Percent Are You? - Real Time Economics - WSJ →
npr:
The calculator shows where your income stands on the wide range of the 99%. An annual salary above $506,000 puts you in the top 1%, while you need to make less than $2,500 a year to be in the bottom 1%. Where do you stand?
BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in... →
Your brain won’t allow you to believe the... →
utnereader:
(via io9)
You may love stories about the end of the world, but that’s probably because, deep down, you don’t believe it could ever happen. But that’s not because you’re realistic. It’s actually a quirk of the human brain, recently explored by a group of neuroscientists, which prevents us from adjusting our expectations about the future — even if there’s good evidence that bad...
“Make a list … Call them and ask them, ‘Are you going to vote on Issue 2 and are...”
– Mike Huckabee (via ericmortensen)
That raises the question: Who would Jesus defraud?
Huckabee was said to be joking, but it’s funny because it’s dishonest.
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Oct. 14, 2011 →
shutupweirdo:
Topic: My Mind Is Blown.