November 2011
WatchI get Newt Gingrich.
Watchtheatlanticvideo:
So You Want to Be a Journalist—Seventy Years Ago
Sponsored by Vocational Guidance Films, Inc., this promotional film from the Prelinger Archive touts the thrills of working as a newsman in 1940 — unless you were a newswoman, in which case your were probably stuck writing for the society pages.
WatchEh. To clarify, $100 billion equals McDonald’s market cap.
“In such a case, the loss associated with bringing the scandal into the open now...”
– Freakonomics » Daniel Kahneman Answers Your Questions
Kahneman on Penn State.
(via felixsalmon)
WatchThird time’s the charm.
Watchcherrypicker:
The Bell Laboratory Science Series
Gateways to the Mind (1958)
Gateways to the Mind is about the five senses are and how they work. It was produced and directed by Owen Crump. It starred Frank C. Baxter as himself, Wilder Penfield, and Hadley Cantrell, with actor Karl Swenson as a cameraman.
I love these! And this one’s not on DVD.
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Nov. 25, 2011 →
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Topic: Rude Awakenings
WatchThis again.
“No I would not. I would work with our allies in the region to stop buying oil...”
– Herman Cain, stating that he would not (as Rick Perry suggested he would) move to impose a no-fly zone over Syria. (via shortformblog)
Yes, because that’s who Syria is selling oil to: our allies in the region.
“I said to his physician assistant, I said, ‘That sounds foreign’—not that I had...”
– Herman Cain, telling an audience at a Christian-themed amusement park about his battle with cancer and the concerns he had upon learning that his doctor’s name was “Dr. Abdallah.”
“Some of the smartest and most sophisticated people I know—canny investors,...”
– David Frum (via paultough)
Listen to 'Shut Up, Weirdo' for Nov. 18, 2011 →
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Topic: Vermin Stories.
Et tu, Boing Boing? →
“We need a leader, not a reader.”
– Herman Cain, addressing his lack of familiarity with foreign policy after bungling a recent interview on Libya. (via officialssay)
“Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum want to abolish the United States Court of...”
– NYTimes.com (via azspot)
Call them strict unconstructionists.