December 2010
“Vacant space should be filled properly.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of... →
nprfreshair:
We woke up to the New York Times asking this question today:
“Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause?
“And does that make that comedian, Jon Stewart — despite all his protestations that what he does has nothing to do with journalism — the...
“About to watch True Grit in 1-D. They’re giving the audience eye patches.”
– Steve Agee (TheSteveAgee) on Twitter (via popculturebrain)
“No longer will tens of thousands of Americans be asked to live a lie. [Our...”
– Obama at the signing of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. (via highlow)
“It’s to be protected against violent crimes driven by bigotry, it’s to be able...”
– Barney Frank owning up to the radical homosexual agenda (Via Towleroad)
“What Jon Stewart did was he literally shamed conventional media and the U.S....”
– By pushing for the 9/11 first responders health bill, Jon Stewart steps onto the political playing field (via comedycentral)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Coyote Eyes (45)
John Lennon (40)
Hank Williams (39)
Pink Floyd (33)
Professor Longhair (22)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Don’t tell me about Christmas. I understand Christmas. There’s 10 days between...”
– Joe Biden, responding to Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Jim DeMint (R-SC). (via ericmortensen)
“In 1906—65 years before the Pentagon Papers and over a century before WikiLeaks—...”
– WikiLeaks as This Century’s Upton Sinclair by David A. Love (via thenoobyorker)
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” - Upton Sinclair
(via ericmortensen)
Astronomers Find First Evidence Of Multiverse →
dcu:
Gardner Fox was right…
“You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.”
– Richard Holbrooke’s last words. (via cajunboy)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Miniature Tigers (34)
The Mynabirds (20)
Monster Rally (15)
The Strange Boys (13)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.”
– Walt Disney (via themadeshop) (via hitrecordjoe) (via mikehudack)
His empire does make (or, more accurately, change) laws to make money, however.
Still a great quote, though.
Young Entrepreneurs Create Their Own Jobs →
(reblogging as a reminder to myself to read this later…)
