September 2009
17 posts
August 2009
20 posts
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on Ted Kennedy
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are given a free pass when it comes to driving a young campaign worker into her watery grave, and the rest of us, who aren’t.
If you or I had been behind the wheel that fateful night, likely intoxicated and with an indefensible inability to even bother trying to save the life of our young female passenger, don’t think for a...
“i’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists - neither takes life as...”
– Stanley Kubrick (via ryanedwardmiller) (via vruz)
Two Hours Traffic, “Nighthawks”
We don’t really know each other. We probably should. Geography conspires.
“Halfway down the stairs we threw ourselves out of the window to reach the ground...”
– Tocqueville, commenting on the French Revolution
“But of revolution inspired by boredom, one must say what Bierce said of suicide:...”
– Russell Kirk, The University and Revolution: An Insane Conjunction
“Look, a lot of the conservative movement in this country is conducting itself in...”
– David Frum talks sense (via unburyingthelead)
I am fucking my Dungeon Master. Conflict of interest?
[edit: think S&M, not D&D]
an open letter to Mills
Mills, On behalf of myself and Rabsteen, I would like to draw your attention to one of your previous posts in order to call bullshit on your unfortunate use of the word “illumine.” [as in, “the novel will always illumine more than the essay”]. We view any instantiation of this word as a direct affront to the sensibilities of the Internet and hope that, in future, no such...
what's in a name?
Me: i want real names on the internet. imagine that. you are not your avatar. i will not allow it. grow the fuck up and move on with your life. take some accountability for what you are doing online.
Rob: But then people won't reveal themselves as stupid and ignorant. they will be polite and boring.
the healthcare debate
The healthcare debate in the United States has risen to comical proportions. Ideology has been trampled by common sense like a narc at a biker rally. With each passing day the right-wing moves into ever-widening cicles of rhetorical hell as it seeks to discredit “socialized medicine” (which is read as: communism, euthenasia, and unpatriotic).
Now, as the beneficiary of...
the shooting
rabsteen:
amandaw:
ohfortheloveofdog:
I don’t think it’s accurate to say that women “just happened” to be the recipient of his ire. Misogyny is cultivated in our society. It is rewarded and encouraged and normalized. Men are taught to feel entitled and they are taught to get angry at women when women don’t fulfill their expectations. Nothing accidental about this.
Yes. This.
Our...
