February 2012
4 posts
more glorious than hookers and blow: Expert... →
captaintbag:
why the fugg do we care?
here’s a fuggin clue: its not about the lance armstrong
its everyone else
hamilton
ulrich
riis
landis
pantani
contador
loving this sport means at some point
your hero
even merx
goes down
some ask for forgiveness
some go to their grave still defiant
either…
January 2012
12 posts
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“The long sentence is how we begin to free ourselves from the machine-like world...”
– Pico Iyer, in a pleasant Los Angeles Times article noted by Schmudde, defending his use of “…longer and longer sentences as a small protest against —and attempt to rescue any readers I might have from— the bombardment of the moment.”
Iyer chooses two sorts of reduced expression as examples: bullet...
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December 2011
8 posts
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Robert Fisk: Bankers are the dictators of the West
“What drove the Arabs in their tens of thousands and then their millions on to the streets of Middle East capitals was a demand for dignity and a refusal to accept that the local family-ruled dictators actually owned their countries. The Mubaraks and the Ben Alis and the Gaddafis and the kings and emirs of the Gulf (and Jordan) and the Assads all believed that they had property rights to their...
November 2011
13 posts
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October 2011
5 posts
Money Is Not Important: 53% vs. 99%. Who's right? →
moneyisnotimportant:
Answer: They both are.
The 53% tout the fact that they have worked hard to pay off their debts and maintain gainful employment by working hard and showing up to a job every day despite the fact that it isn’t their dream job.
The 99% are upset that they have been taken advantage of by…
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September 2011
2 posts
HassleBot
HassleBot e-mails me everyday. With the same exact message. Every day. Randomly.
I’ve changed the message once. But I don’t want it to stop.
Basically, it’s a free service (subtly linked to a worthy cause you can make a donation to) that hassles you with whatever message you want it to hassle you with. It’s damn well annoying. It drops random e-mails my way, nearly...
November 2010
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August 2010
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July 2010
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