October 2008
74 posts
How did YOU discover tumblr?
thedoctr:
I think Gecko talked me in to it. That’s who I blame anyway, justified or not.
inothernews:
Gawker, like a year ago or something like that.
buyhercandy:mascarah:
Hez started it. Then Mabel made me do it.
alexbalk:
Good morning!
I’ve been there,...
Please reblog this if you're heard of the song,...
inothernews:
Go here for the video.
ursulasteinberg:onemoretimewithfeeling:lindsey
Heard of it? I have vivid childhood memories of bouncing up and down in the back of the car, trilling “…go to the place that’s the best!” while my dad groused, “Who the hell is this Jewish kid named Norman yelping about Jesus?”
DON QUIXOTE - OR A SUPERHERO? →
More on Judge Balthazar Garzón, whose name may be familiar because he was the judge had Pinochet arrested for the deaths of Spanish citizens in Chile. Now he’s committed to opening the mass graves of the massacred of the Civil War as well as prosecuting the long-deceased Franco. My hero!
THE CAMERA NEVER LIES, BUT PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN AND... →
The veracity of Robert Capa’s famous photo of the militiaman caught at the moment he was shot to death, has long been doubted. El Pais newspaper says they’ve found the identity of the real subject of the photo, but others claim it’s not what Capa says it was. This article in The Guardian examines the controversy.
FRANCO REPRESSION RULED AS A CRIME AGAINST... →
And about bloody time too. Nice to know you can be dead about 33 years and still have justice nail your balls to the wall, even in a symbolic gesture. WAY TO GO, JUDGE GARZÓN!
IF HAVING A CRUSH ON AN ECONOMIST IS WRONG, I... →
PAUL KRUGMAN WINS THE NOBEL FOR ECONOMICS 2008!!
There are rewards for us all in this crunch →
feastingonroadkill:
“The rewards of adversity will go even deeper. The dingdong of political debate in the past two decades has depended on a dichotomy of free markets and state control. The market has had the best tunes. It has now met a cataclysm similar to that which afflicted state planning in the 1970s – if not the 1940s. Thatcherism has for quarter of a century assumed an ideological...
“We are in desperate need of profitable industries we can tax. Now can we...”
– Bill Maher (via soupsoup)
Dunno, if we legalize it will it end up in bales in Costco?
THANKS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN FOR KEEPING A LIGHT... →
The government of Spain is going to offer joint nationality to British citizens who fought and suffered to try to keep Spain free from fascism in the Civil War.
In a way, it’s just a sentimental gesture, but it’s an enormous sign of respect.
I’ve lived in this country 19 years and have enjoyed it’s culture and social services, as a foreigner who did nothing else but have...
Just a question...
mabelmoments:
butterflyeffect:
Why do Republican’s always go for the extreme?
Socialist!! Communist!!
It’s not quite like that. I live in a country with government funded healthcare and nobody ever screams that here, even the staunch right-wingers.
There is a middle ground… and is it so wrong to help people? Help everyone? An even playing field…
I know you have a long way to go, but...
BETTER THAN NOBODY, NOBODY BETTER THAN ME. →
Last week I read a story in The New York Times about people who have accidents while texting and walking. “Ha”, I said, “who’d be that careless and stupid? GAWD people are dolts”. Yesterday I was leaving a class in an office building and thinking I was heading into an outward opening door, knee and left elbow poised to open it while I dialed a number, crashed right...
LISTEN UP!! →
Today’s G2 supplement in The Guardian is dedicated to aspects of life for deaf people today. Eons ago, when I was first tutoring Remedial English in a writing center in a community college in New York, I had some deaf students (the college specialized in support services and training for the handicapped). I ended up studying American Sign Language for a while, first because I wanted to...
alexbalk:
I miss Kirsty.
Me too, Alex. Every...
Watchcvxn:
tylercoates:
notthatkindagay:
Keith Olberman rips into Sarah Palin.
(link via the David)
This should be the last word on Gov. Palin. Olberman nailed it.
Wow. THIS is must-see TV.
Olberman can be a crank, but some days he nails it. DON’T MISS THIS!!
