April 2010
“Now that the multiple bubbles have burst, there’s obviously a strong case for a...”
– Our Giant Banking Crisis—What to Expect | The New York Review of Books
Christopher Hitchens re-reads Animal Farm →
Still outlawed by regimes around the world, Animal Farm has always been political dynamite – so much so, it was nearly never published. Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell’s timeless, transcendent ‘fairy story’
“And it’s not just critical outsiders saying this (not that there’s anything...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Don’t Cry for Wall Street - NYTimes.com
“What’s the matter with finance? Start with the fact that the modern financial...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Don’t Cry for Wall Street - NYTimes.com
“People have to understand this Randian mindset is now ingrained in the American...”
– Will Goldman Sachs prove greed is God? | Business | The Guardian
“Confronted with the evidence of public outrage over these deals, the leaders of...”
– Will Goldman Sachs prove greed is God? | Business | The Guardian
“Pitchfork-wielding populists like William Jennings Bryan they are not. They are...”
– What Tea Party Backers Want - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
“The problem with the tea party movement, besides their almost universal...”
– Bill Maher Blasts Tea Baggers For Ignoring Defense Spending (via ryking)
“It is a fact that nine-tenths of the HUMAN RACE never have and never will think...”
– Lester Bangs (via andimustscream) (via quote-book)
“Unemployment in the U.S. is at levels unknown since the Great Depression. Yet 70...”
– What Tea Party Backers Want - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
“The problem with the simplicity movement is that its proponents mistake...”
– Not Really Simple — Observation — In Character, A Journal of Everyday Virtues by the John Templeton Foundation
“The censorship was a decision Comedy Central made, I think as a way to protect...”
– JON STEWART, remarking on the controversy regarding Trey Parker and Matt Stone depicting Muhammad in an episode of South Park, on The Daily Show. (via inothernews)
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“This prankish folly I have put in the place of that will when I taught:...”
– Nietzsche
IMF Intervention Met With Greek Riots and Looting →
unsolicitedanalysis:
The illusion of prosperity, once dispelled, awakens a sort of primal rage. Wait until the despair sets in!
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Transportation options for Fort Collins Wine Fest...
We want you to have fun, and we want you to be safe. If you don’t have a designated driver for Wine Fest, one option is to use a taxi/limo service. Here are some options:
Shamrock Yellow Cab (970) 224-2222;
Pigasso Limo (866) 338-0990
Sapphire Car Service (970) 545-0919;
Royalty Coach King of the Road (970) 493-7778
Another option for those who don’t want to drive to Wine...
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“O, how incomprehensible everything was, and actually sad, although it was also...”
– Hermann Hesse, “Narcissus and Goldmund” (from Whiskey River) (via crashinglybeautiful)
“By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of...”
– FOXNews.com - 7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls
7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls... →
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
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'Iron Man 2' Buzz Heats Up Over Rumors Gwenyth...
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A 4/20 Reminder
A 4/20 Reminder by Jason Kuznicki Considered as a whole, the War on Drugs is the single worst violation of liberty perpetrated by our government. Nothing else even comes close. The War on Drugs imprisons hundreds of thousands for no greater crime than owning a chemical or an herb. It breaks up families. It ends educations. It ends careers. It poisons. It incites murder. ...
Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating «... →
“If you’re a subscriber to a pay dating site, you are an important (though unwitting) part of that site’s customer acquisition team. Of course, they don’t want to show you too many ghosts, because you’ll get frustrated and quit, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re relying on you - your messages are their marketing materials - to reach out to...
Wine Fest XXVIII - Fort Collins, Colorado →
hedonics:
Friday April 23rd, 2010 6:30 - 10:00pm At the Hilton, Fort Collins Proudly Sponsored by Disabled Resource Services All proceeds support services for people with disabilities in Larimer County, Colorado.
Wine Fest, in its 28th year, is Northern Colorado’s oldest, largest and finest wine tasting event! According to the Wine Industry, it is among the largest and best-received wine...
SNL's Shake Weight Parody: Even Dirtier Than The...
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Typical Protestors [PIC]
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Typical Protestors [PIC]
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“In one representative experiment from last year, 97 healthy, slightly overweight...”
– Weighing the Evidence on Exercise - NYTimes.com
“On the other hand, if you can somehow pry off the pounds, exercise may be the...”
– Weighing the Evidence on Exercise - NYTimes.com
“A study that Braun oversaw and that was published last year by The American...”
– Weighing the Evidence on Exercise - NYTimes.com
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“I am too hot and burned by my own thoughts; often it nearly takes my breath...”
– Nietzsche
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“Look there: how she approaches impatiently over the sea. Do you not feel the...”
– Nietzsche
(No, I have not confused my sources, this really was written by a philosopher)
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“Where is innocence? Where there is a will to procreate. And he who wants to...”
– Nietzsche
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“Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good...”
– Nietzsche
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“But just for the hero the beautiful is the most difficult thing. No violent will...”
– Nietzsche
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“Verily, it is not in satiety that his desire shall grow silent and be submerged,...”
– Nietzsche
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On Those Who Are Sublime
“As yet he has not learned laughter or beauty. Gloomy this hunter returned form the woods of knowledge.”
Nietzsche
“For liberals, Beck serves a similar purpose. In an era of massive problems and...”
– Romano, in a really thoughtful examination of Glenn Beck (via newsweek) (via newleft) (via jonathan-cunningham)
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fatality:
touba:
History adds that before or after his death he found himself facing God and said: I, who have been so many men in vain, want to be one man, myself alone. From out of a whirlwind the voice of God replied: I am not, either. I dreamed the world the way you dreamed your work, my Shakespeare: one of the forms of my dream was you, who, like me, are many and no one.
Jorge Luis...
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“Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via whoistaylor) (via pareidoliac)
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“There is much that life esteems more highly than life itself; but out of the...”
– Nietzsche
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“And life itself confided this secret to me: ‘Behold,’ it said,...”
– Nietzsche
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“Where I found the living, there I found will to power; and even in the will of...”
– Nietzsche
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On Self-Overcoming
“But wherever I found the living, there I heard also the speech on obedience. Whatever lives, obeys.
“And this is the second point: he who cannot obey himself is commanded. That is the nature of the living.
“This, however, is the third point that I heard: that commanding is harder than obeying; and not only because he who commands must carry the burden of all who obey, and...
“The New York– and D.C.-based conservatives who staff the movement’s think tanks,...”
– Frum, Cocktail Parties, and the Threat of Doubt
I’ve been seeing references to this Sanchez piece all morning; it was definitely worth checking out. — Ryking
(via ryking)
Russian President: ‘Obama is a thinker — unlike... →
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that President Obama is a “thinker” unlike “other people.” The Russian president seemed to be referring to President George W. Bush.
“I won’t name anyone by name,” he said.
(Believe me, you don’t have to.)
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