April 2009
28 posts
“a bit like ordering a round of flaming tequilas in the middle of a 10-pint...”
– Phil Hoad of the Guardian on Film Cameos
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“Our country executed Japanese soldiers who waterboarded American POWs. We...”
– Paul Begala
"Canada is culturally challenged when it comes to... →
The fact that people have never been exposed to a modern, reliable high-speed passenger train service makes it difficult to sell the concept in Canada.
I was caught in an isolated thunderstorm and/or tornado on the roof of the Harbord House
this afternoon.
“Today, the mad rush of the world would trample over delicate music like that....”
– Bob Dylan
“Somewhat ironically, the Obama Administration repeatedly invokes President...”
– Once Upon a Time, the Line Followed the River - Torontoist
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“Donald Rumsfeld’s authorization of aggressive interrogation techniques for...”
– the Senate Armed Services Committee report/a>
“Level III techniques will almost certainly result in any statements obtained...”
– USAF
Over the objections of the Army, the Navy, the Marines, the Air Force and the Criminal Investigation Task Force, Haynes recommended that the “aggressive technique” be approved without further investigation.
He testified that Wolfowitz, Feith and Myers concurred.
On December 2,...
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“It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil...”
– President Obama’s speech for the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony, yesterday at the Capitol Rotunda
via Firedoglake
“Because when you turn a discussion into theater — when you consciously...”
– Mark Blankenship: The United Nations as Theater
“The truth is that no one without a vested interest in the profitability of...”
– Jim Carrey: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???
“I don’t accept the conventional wisdom that suggests that the American...”
– Obama Touts Tire Inflation In Symbolic Pushback To Partisan Critics
“Factor in the cost of lawyers, risk consultants, security advisers, as well as...”
– It has led to some criticism, particularly in Spain, that London is profiting from crime. [BBC]
“A document retrieved from a ship hijacked last year contained a “list of...”
– Somali Pirates: The Danger of Escalation | Newsweek Periscope
WatchSeasick Steve - A Take Away Show - Part 1
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WatchSeasick Steve - A Take Away Show - Part 2
“It’s just one glimpse into the exploding economy of privatised disaster,...”
– Naomi Klein: My Unrequited Love for the Business Press
cutting the intertubes for a couple weeks. (writing exams.)
“The agency is using a special machine called the Rodenator Pro to detonate some...”
– Spokane to detonate squirrels tearing up parks
going to the hot yam today. samosas and rice papery rolls; ‘decadent’ chocolate cookies; soup! open all day (10am-5pm) at 33 St. G. St.
growing sprouts in staggered batches.
“In the smoking rubble of market fundamentalism, we are all being forced to...”
– Johann Hari on The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better: From Now On, Equality Needs To Be Our Organizing Principle
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WatchDavis Logsdon is chairman of the economics department at the University of Minnesota. He is an expert in financial swindles, and he tipped off the FBI about the Treasury Department’s scam of selling worthless “Treasury bills” to unsuspecting investors.
[ on WNYC ]