May 2011
72 posts
Will Clarence Thomas Recuse Himself on Health Care... →
jonprins:
Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife has benefited financially by working against healthcare reform. Mother Jones lays it out.
Bit Lit →
Books are being blown to bits. New ones are “born digital”; millions of old ones are being assimilated into the mind of the machine.
Some people question the wisdom of this transition to digital reading matter. Paper and ink have served us pretty well for a thousand years or more. Is it prudent to store everything we know in tiny smudges of electric charge we can’t see or touch? Critics...
You know those NYPD officers who were accused (and... →
jonprins:
Fuck everything about this. And people ask me why I’m nervous around cops.
It’s not because I’m holding - I’m not.
It’s because I don’t know if they’re corrupt power-hungry shitstains that shoot veterans or rape drunk women, or one of the good guys that actually makes a fucking difference. I hope they’re the latter, but fear that they’re the former.
God this makes me sad.
The place for real American Politics: Wherefore... →
realpolitics:
Injustice was delivered in New York City yesterday with the “Not Guilty” verdict in the now-infamous “Rape Cop” trial. It was, said Gawker.com, a “case was so outrageous that it even made Andrea Peyser write a decent column.”
The jury decision appeared to hinge on a lack of physical evidence of…
“It’s smart ridiculousness.”
– Jess Bennett, with the money quote about how media orgs use Tumblr, in Noah Davis’s nice piece about how magazine publishers are doing innovating things on Tumblr.
(Magazine Editors Are 100% Sure Tumblrs Are Driving Subscriptions, But They Can’t Prove It)
I keep saying Conde Nast should buy...
“One week later, all the subjects were quizzed about their memory of the product....”
– - Ads Implant False Memories
No wonder I keep thinking that once I was so cold that I turned into a snowman and then I ate some Campbell’s soup and the snow melted and it turned out that I was a little boy.
(via morninggloria)
Fascinating. And scary.
“Obtaining employment in jobs requiring college degrees has been found to be...”
– Andrew Sum: The Nation’s Recent College Graduates Face Significant Labor Market Problems (via robot-heart-politics)
This is interesting since as the aggregate number of degree-holders rises, a “job that requires a college degree” may become a tricky metric. When I worked at Verizon...
Mike Hudack: More people would become teachers if... →
pareene:
ninety9:
youngmanhattanite:
Would more people become firefighters if the same were true? They have the same type of seniority system as teachers. Last hired, first fired. I’d like to see stats correlating “bad teachers” with student performance. My fairly informed hunch…
Third-rail issues aside, I think America would be a much better place with more CEOs like Mike. ...
Roy's T-shirts appreciation post
sallyintheskywithdiamonds:
FTW. Every single one.
“In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have...”
– The New Geopolitics of Food (via azspot)
This is a very important story, but I reject the pat idea that “increased demand” is the end-all be-all of food cost increases. Demand for US wheat and rice exports has decreased from 2010 - 2011 . Meanwhile, there is evidence that food...
Tumble DC 25: Anthony Weiner: Clarence Thomas'... →
manicchill:
Clarence Thomas’ wife earned $700,000 from half the radical right-wing ideologues in Washington. Opposing health care reform was her specialty. For 13 years, Thomas didn’t disclose a penny of that income.
He’s trying to conceal a blatant conflict of interest. His family is…
Hedge Farm! The Doomsday Food Price Scenario... →
fek:
When asked if this is an end of the world scenario, the hedge-fund manager replied, “It really is. I tell my fiancée this from time to time, and I’ve stopped telling her this, because it’s not the most pleasant thought.
And so begins my pithy Wall Street reporting career! For the record, alternate names for this story included:
HEDGE FARM: THE CITY SLICKER LAND GRAB GOES WILD
SPEED THE...
“The next library is a house for the librarian with the guts to invite kids in to...”
– Seth Godin (via azspot)
Hooray for librarians in the new century! Far from the “dowdy” stereotype, the librarians of today are tech-savvy and intensely connected to the developing world of e-pub. In fact, we may be entering a new “golden age” of libraries, with these...
theboondogglespeakeasy:
How I feel at many sporting events.
STFU, Conservatives: blissandzen: Rep. Michele... →
blissandzen:
Rep. Michele Bachman (R-Minn.) hasn’t decided whether to run for president, and she’s asking donors to help her out. In an email last week, the right-wing Minnesotan wrote, “If you want me to continue fighting the big-government Obama agenda in the U.S. House of…
“When the show went to No. 1 in December 1988, ABC sent a chocolate “1” to...”
– Roseanne Barr
Read her essay in NY Mag right now.
(via drinkyourjuice)
I will always love Roseanne.
(via the-madame-hatter)
“When you look at a society you look at it through the lens of the least of...”
– Cornel West (via azspot)
Walking down Broadway, I passed (separately) two people- both of whom I’m friendly with and know pretty well. Both didn’t see me, and ignored my “hey !”
I’m concerned I may be dead and haven’t realized yet!
Concord Academy's one and only Matt Tiabbi brings... →
“I do not think there is a word for evil in Buddhism. I think this is something...”
– Aung San Suu Kyi (via thedirtyanarchist)
“What I like about this whole scare regime is the circular logic of why all the...”
– Commenter BrianSierk, over at Ta-Nehisi’s blog. Beautifully stated. I Feel Like A Black Republican - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic (via colorlines) 