“ there was a market hatred on the left that was as dogmatic and irrational as government hatred on the right.
tumble77
the casual supplement
(a commonplace book)
(a commonplace book)
Mar 10
“ Absurdity often seems a pale imitation of paradox.
Mar 09
“ some social situations don’t lend themselves to the easy reconciliation of reason and role
Mar 08
(via moosegarden)
“ there’s a very special sense of entitlement among this generation known as “millennials”—kids that grew up in the flush 1990s, when business was good and everyone’s parents told them they could be whatever they dreamed of
Bangladesh 2010 © Javier Arcenillas
About 6,000 people have arrived at the Kutupalong makeshift camp in southern Bangladesh since a violent crackdown on stateless Rohingya people began in October 2009. Many were victims of beatings and harassment.
“Bangladesh: Ethnic Rohingya People Victims of a Violent Crackdown”
“ They believe that telling the stories of hopeless people can help bring them hope—or at least arrange it so that others don’t suffer the same fate the next time around.
Mar 07
Shaped by War Don McCullin, photojournalist and war correspondent.
These photographs live in my soul … they poison it.
via The Economist
“ The importation of Third World laborers is a standard practice in Iraq, where the huge problem of local unemployment is trumped by American fears of the local population, and where it is not unusual, for instance, to find U.S. troops being served in chow halls by Sri Lankans wearing white shirts and bow ties.
“ This is punk science
Mar 06
Mar 05
“ as a result you wind up sending letters to every human that you have known in your life in hopes that they would write back to you.
