February 2012
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The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.
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Quote of the day
The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein
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Quote of the day
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. - Jay Leno
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Spin this !
A man’s got to know his limitations. Here’s an overview of Mitt Romney’s rally today at Ford Field in Detroit.
Should’ve booked a smaller room.
Photo - Think Progress
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There's no such thing as climate change. Oh,...
The skating season on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal officially ended today after just 28 days.
This makes it easy
Did you sneak a quick peek at your keyboard?
Image - Gawker
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If you have too much time on your hands
OK, there are a million ways to waste time on the internet, but if your FB feed has slowed to a trickle and no one has sent you an email in like three minutes, try this for a little diversion: Jpg.to It returns a .jpg picture plucked from the ether.
If you prefer, you can type a field before the URL, as in http://cat.jpg.to/r
(The /r toggle lets you click ‘reload’ to get a constant...
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In a nutshell
Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann (via Twitter)
If I’m wrong we reduce pollution.If you’re wrong we all die RT@darrenmcgeary convenient to blame ANY weather aberration on “climate change”
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This week's sign the apocalypse is upon us
“Sadly, giving plastic surgery as gifts is nothing new. But here’s one we never heard before: a dad performing his own daughter’s breast enhancement procedure for her 18th birthday.”
“Dr. Niccole praises his daughter for looking sexy and invites all her friends in for treatments. Family bonding or kind of weird? You decide.”
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Footballers get the prettiest girlfriends (aka...
The editor of a Tunisian paper was arrested for publishing this picture of Real Madrid’s Sami Khedira and his girlfriend Lena Gercke. I’m not sure if any editor in North America (other than Playboy, FHM and the like) would run this on their cover.
But then, I don’t get out much…
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On this date...
1956 - The city of Cleveland invoked a 1931 law that barred people under the age of 18 from dancing in public without an adult guardian.
1976 - The Eagles’ “Greatest Hits” album became the first album in the US to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
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The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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Quote of the day
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
- Aldous Huxley
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Um, what he said...
Paul Krugman:
“So should those who don’t share the right’s faith be comforted by the evidence that Mr. Romney doesn’t believe anything he’s saying? Should we, in particular, assume that, once elected, he would actually follow sensible economic policies? Alas, no.
“For the cynicism and lack of moral courage that have been so evident in the campaign wouldn’t suddenly vanish once Mr....
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On a lighter note...
Why not?
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Yes, another chart (and it's not pretty)
At least the US is ahead of Greece and Iceland !
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Housing recovery? What housing recovery?
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Cafeteria Catholicism
A reader at Andrew Sullivan’s Dish points out the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and the neo-conservative religious right:
“From the official Catechism of the Catholic Church (2297): “Torture which uses physical or moral violence to extract confessions, punish the guilty, frighten opponents, or satisfy hatred is contrary to respect for the person and for human dignity.”...
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Country music has the best lyrics
Here’s Delbert McClinton again:
“If you don’t leave me alone
I’m gonna find somebody that will”
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
- Hunter S. Thompson
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How many cliches can you fit on one cover?
I’m old enough that I can remember when these men’s magazines were all the rage.
This is May 1965.
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On this date...
1995 - The Dow Jones Industrial closed about 4,000 for the first time at 4,003.33.
2006 - The iTunes Music Store reached 1 billion songs sold.
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The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
Jealous: Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
- Ambrose Bierce
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Quote of the day
Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something. - Robert Heinlein
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Quote of the day
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
-Gandhi
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On this date...
1860 - Organized baseball’s first game was played in San Francisco
1925 - Scott Davis was born
1956 - Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with “Heartbreak Hotel.”
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The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.
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Why I'd like to be US President for a day
You get to do really cool stuff like host an all-star bunch of musicians to honour the blues during Black History Month. BB King, Keb Mo, guitar heroes like Jeff Beck, Warren Hayes, Buddy Guy, the ageless Mick Jagger, and many others. The concert was streamed live and will be shown on PBS next Monday. Like the man says — check your local listings.
Here’s a link to the list of...
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Unfair advantage
This is a standard-height basketball rim. This is not a standard-height person.
Photo - yfrog
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Something has to give...
Since 2008 the nominal DJIA is basically unchanged, but expressed in gold it is down almost 50%. Either gold is going to go up or the Dow is going to go down. This divergence won’t last forever.
Chart courtesy ZeroHedge
On this date...
1964 - The Rolling Stones release Not Fade Away
Bill Maher tweets
Bill Maher @billmaher
Unemployment is down, confidence is up, DOW 5,000 above Bush - or as Republicans put it, let’s talk about gay people and abortion!
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There is NOTHING WRONG with being a redhead
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I'm sorry, this man scares the bejeezus out of me
And that’s before he even speaks. Once he speaks, he removes all doubt.
I give you US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican - KY)
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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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On this date...
2003 - In West Warwick, RI, 99 people were killed when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for Great White, was one of the victims in the fire.