October 2010
News Media Share Blame for Voter Ignorance →
A couple of interesting items on politicalwire.com today show how hopelessly ill-informed the electorate is. One is a Gallup Poll that says 37 percent of Americans believe Congress has accomplished less this year than in previous years, while 23 percent believe it has accomplished more. The poll notes that, in fact, “the current Democratically controlled Congress has passed a series of...
“Jon Stewart managed to do something with his Rally to Restore Sanity that hasn’t...”
– The Rally To Restore Sanity Causes a Mainstream Media Meltdown
“What the Tea Party ostensibly wants most — less government spending and smaller...”
– The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party - NYTimes.com
“It’s the players who wrote the checks for the G.O.P. surge, not those earnest...”
– The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party - NYTimes.com
“But whatever Tuesday’s results, this much is certain: The Tea Party’s hopes for...”
– The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party - NYTimes.com
“Speaking of war cheerleaders, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg today points...”
– Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
“Decadent governments often spawn a decadent citizenry. A 22-year-old Nebraska...”
– Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Jon Stewart > Glenn Beck
Estimates for the Rally to Restore Sanity are around 215,000. Beck got 87,000 for his rally. So that means that now the media and politicians will stop pandering to the Tea Party fanatics and start listening to “real Americans,” right?
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“Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.”
– Theodor Adorno, philosopher and composer (1903-1969)
Pornography and politics - Electoral victory... →
One of many things that will be settled on November 2.
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“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive...”
– Franz Kafka (via oceanofmind)
“If you wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
– Toni Morrison (via loveyourchaos)
“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read”
– Raymond Carver (via deadwriters)
Slate: Stewart/Colbert Rally Is ‘Bad For... →
Great article on how dumb the criticisms of the upcoming rally are
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“Which brings me to the one succinct phrase that could keep the Democrats in...”
– Bill Maher: New Rule: Christine O’Donnell Has to Stop Saying “I’m You” in Her Campaign Ads
“Fifty-nine percent of AMERICANS support gay marriage and civil unions. The Tea...”
– Bill Maher: New Rule: Christine O’Donnell Has to Stop Saying “I’m You” in Her Campaign Ads
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“Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about:...”
– George Carlin (via apsies)
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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and...”
– Jack Kerouac (via thebeautifulyouth)
TeaRepublicans fight rising panic as polls suggest... →
If it turns out this way, my faith in democracy and the “American People” will definitely increase.
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“No sooner had I performed the familiar ritual and shed the familiar tears than...”
– Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad (via mappeal)
“The thing is, watching TV has its benefits. It excuses you from the...”
– Seth Godin (via azspot)
“As Senator Al Franken says of the Republicans: “Their bumper sticker …...”
– The State of Liberalism - NYTimes.com
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“He feels he can’t really be himself around people, and it’s not that...”
– “Narrow Road” by John Haskell
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“He tries to experience as completely as he can, the world. And he does. To some...”
– “Narrow Road” by John Haskell
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“He had to find some thing or some one responsible for what he imagined was...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“He says he had a dream and that the dream is over and being awake he despises...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“He thought that by controlling himself he was also controlling the world, and he...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“And the question he’s about to answer is, When he finds himself in a world...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“He creates a desperation in himself, and in that desperation makes several...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“once we think we know who we are, to change who we are means giving up what we...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“In her refusal to acknowledge what she’s feeling, she’ll do almost...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“Any kind of giving up contains a certain relief. The tension that exists in...”
– “Capucine” by John Haskell
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“But he can’t stand hearing what he doesn’t want to hear, and instead...”
– “Crimes at Midnight” by John Haskell
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“He wanted to let whatever it was inside him come out, and then change it, and by...”
– “Capucine” by John Haskell
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“But she never questioned the assumption of the choice itself. She accepted that...”
– from “The Faces of Joan of Arc,” by John Haskell
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“When we destroy ourselves we probably know what we’re doing, and yet at...”
– from “The Judgment of Psycho,” by John Haskell
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“Behind them, a seagull, perched o the cab of his dad’s gray pickup,...”
– from “I Am Not Jackson Pollock,” by John Haskell
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“So Lee and Jackson, in a way, were trapped. They were caught by this thing that...”
– from “I Am Not Jackson Pollock,” by John Haskell
Protecting your privacy in the information age →
WatchHilarious Mock Campaign Ad Boasts Platform Of ‘Willful Ignorance’ (VIDEO)
Student Surveys Contradict Claims of Evolved Sex... →
New data is undermining the evidence that has long been proposed to support the eager males—choosy females paradigm
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“I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea...”
– Dave Eggers (via loveyourchaos)