February 2010
If there’s anything the #Grammys taught me in its first 15 minutes, it’s that I’m so out of touch that none of this matters to me anymore.
Non-trend trend story alert: @nytimes reports on the apparent re-emergence of the Northeastern GOP. http://3.ly/Ho6 Two doesn’t make a trend
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Grammys
A medley concert for music liked by Middle American people aged 25-49 known in TV land as “the demo.” It’s not an award show. Television off.
High Jinks to Handcuffs for Landrieu Provocateur →
How not to do investigative journalism 101.
China Is Leading the Race to Make #Renewable... →
#cleantech
dogfromspace:
mothmilk:suicidewatch:
A Place...
January 2010
For Sr. Rubenfeld →
(via kinochestvo)
Scariest thing I’ve ever seen in my life reblog.
Today’s announcing crew for Celtics v. Lakers are all connected w/ @thenyknicks: (Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Breen [MSG p-b-p])
RT @Populista: Jon Chait’s on “The Impossibility Of Fiscal Responsibility” with the modern GOP is a real must read http://bit.ly/b9ZIpd
“When Sarkozy had finished his anti-capitalist rant, he got a standing ovation...”
– David Ignatius - Populism popular at the World Economic Forum in Davos - washingtonpost.com
“YOU’RE likely to feel more confident about the economy when your political party...”
– Strategies - How Political Leanings Can Affect Investing - NYTimes.com
“The administration needs to remind the American public that we have convicted...”
– Site For 9/11 Trial Isn’t Its Only Obstacle - NYTimes.com
“For years, every morning, the sight has been the same at Marcy and Division...”
– Where the Women Wait, an Unwritten Code Is Revised - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com (via kameelahwrites) (via bonesarecoralmade) (via abbyjean)
“Since the beginning, news outlets have commented about the size of the...”
– Excess Rules at Super Bowl, and That’s No Ballyhoo - NYTimes.com
rt @umairh: sometimes i feel like davos is the living face of crony capitalism. not the solution to it. http://bit.ly/bMwgYw #wef
Is it possible to live a life without money? →
“I always wondered why Howard Zinn was considered a radical. (He called himself a...”
– Bob Herbert: A Radical Treasure - NYTimes.com
RT @Upfront_News: @NYTimes: President Obama will send a $3.8 trillion budget to Congress on Monday for the coming fiscal year
Two instances, 1 day RT @ericuman RT @felixsalmon: Treasury Removes Embarrassing Line From Mortgage Modification Report http://bit.ly/cuY7dt
RT @NickKristof: China Suspends Military Exchanges With U.S. http://nyti.ms/9oUMsL We’re headed steeply downhill on US/China relations.
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In-night #Questiontime →
RT @rkref: RT @sarahrosehurt: RT @hudsonette: Obama: “I’ve read your legislation.” Trans: “I drink your milkshake.” #p2
“Mohammed carries with him a letter to his family signed by Gen. Ray Odierno,...”
– blackwater’s youngest victim
this is breaking my heart.
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Thank you for reading this.
“While the probe is sharply critical of the legal reasoning used to justify...”
– Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe - Declassified Blog - Newsweek.com
RT @NickBaumann: OPR Report Altered To Cover Bush DOJ Malfeasance http://icio.us/nvaplb (via @emptywheel) #justice #terror #torture
This sneering sarcastic column on Obama’s Middle East policy by Marty Peretz is almost enough make me never read @tnr again http://3.ly/XEjm
How I’m spending Saturday: PBS is airing episode five of “Justice with Michael Sandel.” http://bit.ly/18Ga4W
“As he sat in his severely damaged SUV, Mohammed thought that, in the midst of...”
– Blackwater’s Youngest Victim
Blackwater's Youngest Victim →
Pool reports
For those of you who don’t follow politics, policy and the news like I do, let me explain what a pool report is. Everywhere the president goes, everything the president does, a coterie of media people follows him around. Now, obviously not every media person in DC can do this, so the press has an agreement known as a “protective pool,” which means each major outlet gets a day to...
studentloansforbeermoney:
rubenfeld:
How I’m spending Saturday
In front of a television, watching “Justice” with Michael Sandel. It’s honestly the greatest college class I never got to take.
Oh… how dreadfully sad.
How is this sad? It’s such amazing television and the philosophical debates therein are the arguments I have on an everyday basis.
How I'm spending Saturday →
In front of a television, watching “Justice” with Michael Sandel. It’s honestly the greatest college class I never got to take.
“We had lost 650,000 jobs in December [2008] - I’m assuming your’e not faulting...”
– President Obama | TPMDC
I keep asking myself why the Republicans would have agreed to let Obama smack down their nonsense for 90 minutes on live television. And I keep coming to the same conclusion. They’ve started to believe their own bullshit. These people weren’t at all prepared for Obama to...
“ONE bathroom in Stefanie Mullen’s home in a suburb of San Diego is stocked with...”
– Oh, and here I want to add the cynicism of marketers selling this shit:
“More insecurity equals more product need, equals more opportunity for marketers,” said Kit Yarrow, a professor of psychology and marketing at Golden Gate University.
For Tween Boys, Masculinity in a Spray Can - NYTimes.com
U.S. suspends medical evacuations from Haiti |... →
abbyjean:
The U.S. military said on Friday it has stopped flying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States for medical attention following concerns by some state governments about who will pay for the treatment.
“At this moment in time, yes, the flights have stopped,” said Navy Captain Kevin Aandahl, a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Command, which manages the military’s medical...
RT @Upfront_News: JUST IN — Electric-car maker Tesla Motors files for IPO, seeks to raise up to $100 million. #cleantech #EV #venture
This will (finally) cause every computer at Dow Jones to have to be updated: Google will no longer be compatible with IE6. http://3.ly/nIHX
Big Government, Big Lasers →
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Keyspan Park to Be Re-Named | The L Magazine →
dontcookbilly:
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Here’s hoping for Thunderbolt Park or hell, I’d even settle for Steeplechase Park.
I would go to Thunderbolt Park just for the name. Steeplechase has a different meaning for me (old family history at that park) so I don’t want that to happen.
Keyspan Park to Be Re-Named | The L Magazine →
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Watching C-SPAN
It’s re-airing today’s #questiontime. You should all join because this is amazing television.
Like the president today, I'm willing to entertain... →