December 2011
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– —Charles Bukowski (via frangry)
… Which reminds me of people who incorrectly attribute this quote, which was first said by Bertrand Russell in 1933 (when C.B. was 13).
Actual Conversation I Had
jamesurbaniak:
FRIEND (after observing nametag): This is a Cuban restaurant and that waiter’s name is German. ME: What is it? FRIEND: German. ME: What’s his name? FRIEND: It’s German. ME: What is it? “Kurt?” FRIEND: His name is German. ME: Wait, his name is G-E-R-…? FRIEND: Yes. ME: We just had a Who’s on First thing there. FRIEND: We really...
WatchLast spin around the farm.
“What I can promise you is this - when you get out of college, if I’m president...”
– Mitt Romney, to a 21-year-old NH college student. Can we please send this cretin to hell already? (via peterfeld)
Get that in writing, kid.
“[Ron Paul’s newsletters] showed good factual information and investment...”
– Drew Ivers, Ron Paul’s Iowa chairman, responding to this little bucket of napalm.
Has the World Gone Topsy-Turvey?
The two 40-something guys in business-casual attire (wool slacks, no ties) sitting next to me at lunch kept talking about stereos and what they found hot about the hot girls there (“that one … small lips, small mouth”) and used the terms bro, dude, chillin’, hottie, and sick ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT IRONY, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
One was about to tell an admiring anecdote...
“Let this be a lesson to Ron Paul: Whatever you do in response to your new heat...”
– Dave Weigel, on the Newsweek Curse
WatchToday’s Cheat Sheet: Ron Paul squirms, Payroll-tax GOPlock, and the Kardashian curse.
WatchFor once, I like the sound of my own voice.
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Bet you can’t get all 10 right.
Hmmf, just watch the GOP try to claim that Kim’s death was merely a continuation of Bush-era policies
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Topic: Going Topicless, Until Proven Topical
“I’m a serious candidate for President of the United States and my facts are...”
– Michele Bachmann, meeting truthiness with factiness. (via shortformblog)
Stephen Colbert: You used to be the managing editor of Newsweek, correct?
Mark Whitaker: I was.
Stephen Colbert: Okay, for some of my younger viewers, what was a “magazine”?
“Martin Luther King was a “world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours”...”
– Back during the 2008 campaign, The New Republic’s James Kirchick tracked down old copies (late 1980s and early 1990s) of a newsletter that went out to subscribers under Ron Paul’s name. A paraphrase, above.
Ron Paul: Batty Old Reactionary for President
(via cheatsheet)
Sure that sounds bad, but...
WatchHear me pronounce “Majel” and “Quelle horreur.”
“In courtship, the best gifts are “the most useless to women and the most...”
– The Behavioral Economist’s Guide to Buying Presents - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic (via felixsalmon)
WatchMe again.