February 2012
“Crazy, Stupid, Love paints the gloss of ontological superiority onto those most...”
– The Selfless Man – The New Inquiry
“Social dominance generally depends on the perception that the alpha is an...”
– The Selfless Man – The New Inquiry
“Recognizing patriarchal fantasy for what it is offers some protection from its...”
– The Selfless Man – The New Inquiry
“Consider the recent film Drive, a nouveau-noir thriller in which Gosling plays a...”
– The Selfless Man – The New Inquiry
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n 1: Concerning the Violent Peace-Police. An Open... →
This is well worth reading in its entirety by anyone interested in OWS, organizing, or social movements. It was written by David Graeber, author of that awesome book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, and one of the people involved in the organizing at the very beginning of OWS. Great issues in here on violence and nonviolence, and how we deal with disagreements and diversity in a movement. The key...
“Really this looks like America’s public prosecutors just wilted before the...”
– Why the Foreclosure Deal May Not Be So Hot After All | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“So the foreclosure settlement is through. A few weeks back, I was optimistic...”
– Why the Foreclosure Deal May Not Be So Hot After All | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“Perhaps optimism can’t hold out against pessimism, but even pessimism can’t hold...”
– Fail Worse – The New Inquiry
“Watching a liturgy from such a gloomy and merciless author getting repurposed to...”
– Fail Worse – The New Inquiry
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“Fail better” is now experimental literature’s equivalent of that famous Che...”
– Fail Worse – The New Inquiry
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“Since 2008, the rest of America has suffered a severe economic correction....”
– Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“When I look at the revenue and bonus numbers on Wall Street this year, I see a...”
– Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Love that line in there. He called it “an inspirational testament to the industry’s dedication to the cause of high compensation.” This guy cracks me up.
“Goldman’s numbers offer a hilarious counterpoint to Sherman’s piece. The bank’s...”
– Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“When I read things like this I’m simultaneously amazed by two things. The first...”
– Why Wall Street Should Stop Whining | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
“To prove a history of discrimination, the plaintiffs’ lawyers might have...”
– n 1: California Love Story
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Christian Porn is a thing, you guys. →
abaldwin360:
josiahfiles:
harrytomlomsom:
thefourofclubs:
oh my god
“No extramarital sex, unless it illustrates the downfalls of adultery.”
“All filmed sexual acts in the Christian Porn genre are genuine intentions to create life, performed by heterosexual married Christian couples.”
I sure am glad the couple that I’m watching fuck is doing it to make a baby, otherwise it would be a...
“Governments that issue their own money don’t have to pay off their debts. They...”
– The Meme that Refuses to Die: Government Debt Must Be Paid Back (via azspot)
Public funding cuts put the lie to 'health and... →
jonathan-cunningham:
Under the guise of concerns about “public health and safety,” mayor after mayor ordered police to tear down encampments—a curious justification after the years of cuts to public hospitals, heating subsidies and homeless shelters that have actually endangered “public health and safety” for millions of Americans.
The total number of arrests of Occupy activists now stands...
“And what struck me particularly is that everybody who doesn’t know much about...”
– “How People Live the Consequences of the Mess We’ve Made”: Carlo Rotella on “The Wire,” How Bill Clinton was Like a Character in a Spielberg Movie, and Why Good Pundits are So Hard to Find
“There’s a sweet spot between the eminent scholar who had so much to say but...”
– Why academics turn into robots on TV - Page 2 - Boston.com
“AS WE embark on an election year, the population of academic talking heads on TV...”
– Why academics turn into robots on TV - Boston.com
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“For the time being, in the U.S. our corporate and governmental system backed...”
– “People now see it is a system for the rich only,” Jeremy Grantham, Financial Times. (via bostonreview)
“I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of...”
– Desmond Tutu. (via theashkaari)
How 'Anonymous' Went From Mischief Makers to a... →
theamericanbear:
Nathan Schneider:
The enigmatic Internet-driven collective Anonymous, thank goodness, has an anthropologist in its midst. For a few years now, Gabriella Coleman has been arduously participant-observing in IRC chat rooms, watching Anonymous turn from a prankster moniker to a herd of vigilantes for global justice. In an extraordinary new essay at Triple Canopy, “Our Weirdness Is...
“If you think that America’s anti-science problem could be fixed with an improved...”
– 3quarksdaily: Canadian Insights on America’s Lunatic Fringe
“Is it possible that the easy dissemination of disinformation through seemingly...”
– 3quarksdaily: Canadian Insights on America’s Lunatic Fringe
“Last February, the Prime Minister’s Office attempted to lift a ban on the...”
– 3quarksdaily: Canadian Insights on America’s Lunatic Fringe
“For as much as the chatterati love to set the left side against the right, the...”
– The tyranny of tiny minds and big money - Elections 2012 - Salon.com
“The corruption of this government is a cancer. And you don’t launch an attack on...”
– The tyranny of tiny minds and big money - Elections 2012 - Salon.com
“The problem here is obvious: Obama has surrounded himself with tiny minds....”
– The tyranny of tiny minds and big money - Elections 2012 - Salon.com
“We need new arguments for the government, with all its strengths and weaknesses,...”
– The privatization trap - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“Privatization replaces the democratic role of citizens finding solutions to...”
– The privatization trap - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“Privatization as a way of avoiding constraints and accountability measures has...”
– The privatization trap - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“Rather than solving problems with government, privatization often amplifies...”
– The privatization trap - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“First, freedom for progressives means more than just being left alone; to really...”
– The progressive vision America needs - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“The 2012 presidential election is rapidly shaping up to become a critical battle...”
– The progressive vision America needs - The 99 Percent Plan - Salon.com
“The Washington Post‘s David Ignatius yesterday reported that Leon Pantta...”
– Iran is the root of all evil - Salon.com
I love how Glenn Greenwald can make me laugh even when he’s writing about the most worrisome issues. My favorite from above: referring to Luke Russert as “the Face of American Meritocracy.”
“Keynesian economists made some pretty clear predictions around 3 years ago –...”
– Paul Krugman, “The Great Anti-Keynesian Flip-Out.” (via ryking)
“This is the fundamental problem for social networks: You don’t know what will...”
– Facebook IPO: Is the social networking behemoth really a good business? - Slate Magazine
Getting Around: Cities, Streets, and 'Shared... →
plantedcity:
From The Economist:
For years urban planners have emphasised the needs of the motorist over those of the pedestrian. Thanks partly to greenery, partly to a greater understanding of how pedestrians behave, and partly to concerns about social cohesion, priorities are changing.
London provides two good example of this shift. On February 1st Exhibition Road, a landmark street near...
“For evolution, the report points out that eight anti-evolution bills were...”
– U.S. State Science Standards Are ‘Mediocre to Awful’ | Budding Scientist, Scientific American Blog Network (via brooklynmutt)
“I loved them, according to the hallowed expression, which amounts to saying that...”
– Albert Camus (via phredosophy)
