January 2012
45 posts
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We need to move from the Age of Reason to the Age...
— George Soros
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/22/george-soros-on-the-coming-u-s-class-war.html
Watchwashingtonpoststyle:
[Bleep] Liz Lemon Says.
Overdue.
(AwwwPWOMP.)
YEP!
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synthetic and calculating persona
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It’s a reaction to what they perceive as _____’s synthetic and calculating persona, …
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ideological squishiness
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"did you see the fox sports analysts (jimmy...
—Bets H
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so... Jon Huntsman could really give Obama a run...
unless of course his skeletons have not been aired simply because he is not on top? probs. I’m still for Obama anyway. of all the lying liars, he tells the lies I want to hear. this concludes “dana’s-daily-dose-of-cynicism” for the day.
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I searched her face for levity or compassion, but...
— Matt Bai
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this is somehow amusing:
…Then our conversation turned to Mitt Romney, and Martin’s sunny countenance darkened. “I don’t know a single Tea Party person,” she said, slowly drawing out her words, “who does not despise Mitt Romney to the very core of their being.”
— Matt Bai (new writing hero of mine. new to me, not to writing.)
heavily armed speedboats
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Ivyland by Miles Klee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
omg. this book! it is SO weird and so freaky and so terrific! really, man. you won’t believe it. This is one very inventive author. I can’t wait to see what his next book is. He’s another TheAwl.com connection — it’s a good group of authors, man. Perhaps our generation’s Algonquin round table?
I’m lousy at...
What does the “sacrament of marriage" mean to you?
“If you’ll forgive some outside advice, President Obama might consider running for re-election as Luther. It’s not enough to pick a series of small squabbles and then win as the least ugly man in the room. He might run as someone who believes in government but sees how much it needs to be cleansed and purified.
Make the tax code simple. Make job training simple. Make Medicare simple. Every...
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“Life is unfair. Republican venality unintentionally reinforces the conservative...”
– David Brooks
…The winner of this one doesn’t just get $100,000 or a makeover — the winner gets to be the most powerful person in the entire world. Those competing for such a prize tend to be genuinely fascinating, because it takes a singular blend of masochism and megalomania to enter this particular horse race in the first place.
— Rob Walker
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”..well suited for a place where smooth-talking cops and robbers trade both barbs and gunfire with something like affection.”
— Jeremy Egner, NYT
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In the world of Elmore Leonard, people are defined...
— Timothy Olyphant
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something like affection
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fake weddings!
read this:
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/05/the-wedding-party/
it sounds so fun
Here's a really good* story about exercise.
katiecoyle:
I started using the pilates DVDs on Netflix this week because, you know, it’s a New Year, and I’m a cliché, and I don’t want to die before I turn 30 and at the rate that I consume buffalo chicken products, that is an increasing possibility, but I didn’t want to go to gym because I don’t know; I just hate it there; I hate staring at CNN reports of Kardashian goings-on while I ride a...
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If you are feeling unliterary, and/or are a...
it’s just funny
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campaign contributions
Barack Obama:
Microsoft Corp.: $171,573
Comcast Corp.: $113,800
University of California: $107,501
Harvard University: $99,975
Google Inc.: $95,066
Barack Obama’s cerebral reputation is reflected in his big-dollar donations from people linked to world-class American universities and the tech industry. It’s no wonder that Comcast employees have been especially generous to the president’s...
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campaign contributions
Mitt Romney:
Goldman Sachs: $367,200
Credit Suisse Group: $203,750
Morgan Stanley: $199,800
HIG Capital: $186,500
Barclays: $157,750
It’s little wonder that Mitt Romney, the cofounder of private-equity firm Bain Capital, has banked more than $1.1 million from the financial-services industry for his presidential run. Romney still has strong ties to Wall Street, and each year his own bank...
among the 760 new laws for Cali in 2012:
Autism: requires health insurers to include coverage for autism.
Baby food: bans stores from selling expired infant food and formula.
(there had to be a law for these things to be done? oy.)
btw, yes, I did read through all 760 of them and break them down for you.
via LA Times
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I do not entertain hypotheticals, the world as it...
— True Grit
just started reading Miles Klee's Ivyland: SO...
December 2011
30 posts
to do
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/09/stefan-bucher-344-questions/
