December 2011
34 posts
My new favourite conspiracy theory
benkraal:
Is that the United States has secret colonies on Mars and that Obama went there, via teleportation, as part of a covert CIA program in the early 80s.
occupy NASA, ben. tell the truth to the whole human race.
Fact-Check Fail[ure] Leads to Poor Analysis... →
ashponders:
pol102:
This story spread like wildfire across the internets in the last two days. The reason is simple: a documentary film about why McDonald’s didn’t succeed in Bolivia (which, btw, seems really interesting and worth watching) was just released. But someone must have failed to notice that the documentary points out that McDonald’s closed its Bolivia franchises in 2002—not “just...
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“In point of fact, these Phish shows promise to be a dangerous mix of sexual...”
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Phish is playing Times Square on NYE and CHRISTWIRE IS NOT HAPPY.
More: this “erratically rancid rockfest” is “openly encouraging youths today to turn their backs on their mothers and fathers, on the birthday of the Baby Jesus, to congregate in a crime-ridden inner city for a 100-hour tour of the...
Return Of Debtor’s Prisons: Thousands Of Americans... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Federal imprisonment for unpaid debt has been illegal in the U.S. since 1833. It’s a practice people associate more with the age of Dickens than modern-day America. But as more Americans struggle to pay their bills in the wake of the recession, collection agencies are using harsher methods to get their money, ushering in the return of debtor’s prisons.
and crown thy...
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i just got off the phone with a woman from msnbc...
oh life
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costa-nova:
neolibs dropping like flies this week yo
great boomer die-off now in full swing!!!
who’s next? go to boomerdeathpool.com and cast your ballot!
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Watchas an antidote to all the hitchens hagiography going around (“an intellectual giant!” “he could drink more than anybody!” “he was writing his last column fifteen minutes before he died!”), i suggest we all settle back with a little rupert sheldrake and remind ourselves that spiritual belief does not necessarily preclude honest scientific inquiry, just as it is...
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“Constantly by my master’s side, I am privy to things that even his inner...”
– We English butlers are in demand
thinking about getting an english butler
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It is no surprise to me that it is English butlers who are most in demand, and that their clients are mainly from China and Russia. For the new super-rich, an English butler is a status symbol to line up alongside...
“Fairey’s work, as I wrote at the time of his tiresome 2009 survey exhibition at...”
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“Shepard Fairey Designs ‘Person of the Year’ for Time Magazine.” (via Anna Mack)
It’s so perfect that this particular turd created this turd of a cover for this turd of an idea for this turd of a magazine.
seriously, somebody should kick that guy’s ass
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"A welcoming dance hybrid whose neuroses were... →
marathonpacks:
Interesting to think of “Jam for Jerry”—the greatest song on a really great Holy Ghost! album, which is essentially a celebratory public wake about a beloved friend and collaborator who suddenly died by falling down an elevator shaft—in this light. Sitcoms deal with death, sure, but that’s far from a small and manageable neurosis IMO.
dudes calling new order “harmless...
Occupy Wall Street Protests 'Banned' From... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Charlotte, North Carolina, the host city for the Democratic National Convention next year to renominate President Obama, has announced that it will not tolerate planned Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. Rather, the city council enacted a series of restrictions on the allowed locations in which protesters can demonstrate and the outright ban on overnight stays.
New York...
Iran shoots down US drone →
Later a spokesman for Nato’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan said a surveillance drone flying over western Afghanistan had gone out of control late last week and may be the one Iran said it had shot down over its own airspace. “The UAV to which the Iranians are referring may be a US unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western...
I'm starting to seriously consider I'll never,...
maggotmaster:
Jesus fucking christ.
see, and i get annoyed with new zealand because they make me physically fedex my passport to the embassy and when i get it back it has a(nother) giant visa sticker taking up an entire page even though i’m just going there for two days
make me pay $140 and submit to an interview, just for the honor of stepping on your annointed soil? there aren’t...
