December 2011
“They pick corn in Iowa. They actually pick presidents here in New Hampshire.”
– Jon Huntsman, explaining why his campaign has ignored Iowa in favor of New Hampshire, where he is currently polling in fourth place. (via officialssay)
“During a meeting in Madrid in March 2008, Hurd walked Fisher to an ATM and...”
– Hurd Pursued Sex With Contractor Jodie Fisher While CEO of HP, Letter Says - Bloomberg
This is possibly the most bathetic thing I’ve seen all year.
(via felixsalmon)
Oh God.
(Btw, no surprise he and Ellison are such bros.)
“Apple Computers is a famous example: it was founded by (mostly Republican)...”
– I’ve seen this passage from David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5,000 Years quoted in several venues, and it really is a wonderful passage: who knew that a person could get so many facts wrong in one little sentence? I can’t quite get over it. Apple Computer (not “Computers”) was in fact founded by two...
“Quite good, not brilliant”
– How Harvard Shaped Mitt Romney - NYTimes.com
A professor’s assessment of Mitt Romney. Quite prophetic, I think.
“Invited to give a presentation on balancing work and family, [Mitt Romney] began...”
– How Harvard Shaped Mitt Romney - NYTimes.com
Lolz. (I endorse this.)
“They pick corn in Iowa. They pick Presidents in New Hampshire.”
– JON HUNTSMAN
Can we make him President now? And he shops at Trader Joe’s, too.
(via deadpresidents)
“If, instead of blindness, Mr. Magoo’s handicap were a near-autistic obsession...”
– Columnist Mark Hemingway asks: “Where’s the libertarian William F. Buckley?“ (via thedailyfeed)
He died recently. His name was William F. Buckley.
“Last week, a man in his late ‘50s came in to get a BSC while his daughter got a...”
– Why ‘Manscaping’ Isn’t Just for Porn Stars Anymore - The Daily Beast
I just barfed.
Putin's goal of benchmark Urals seen in Rotterdam... →
#strangebloombergheadlines
“Brooks writes that “companies are finding that they can get by with fewer...”
– Yglesias
“Ahh, Firing Line! If I leave a TV studio these days with what Diderot termed...”
– Christopher Hitchens, 2008 (via ayjay)
“I believe that we ought so to love and trust God in our lives, and in all the...”
– Bonhoeffer again (via ayjay)
“Weizsäcker’s book The World-View of Physics is still keeping me very busy. It...”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison (via ayjay)
“I enjoy an informative chat with Tomoshige Yamada. Polished, well briefed and...”
– 6.07: Features
Most technical problems run into social bottlenecks. (via ninakix)
“Call this a leftover 2012 prediction: like a forest getting older, our social...”
– There Is No Next Facebook: How Multiple Social Networks Will Peacefully Coexist - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic (via ayjay)
“I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.”
– Coco Chanel (via therosebones)
“Other places may give you a sweet and soothing sense of level; but in New York...”
– Dorothy Parker, How to Be a New Yorker (via rosiesiman)
“How did a nation that, aside from its mussels and chips, renowned chocolate and...”
– Belgium, a small, unremarkable country, brews world-reknowned beer. The country also makes a bigger range than any other—1,131 at the last count. Its hybrid history and culture are part of the reason why. (via theeconomist)
“It’s a safe bet that in the history of state funerals, no former president has...”
– Václav Havel’s Funeral: Why Truth Needs Love - Reason Magazine (via ayjay)
“I will personally burn everything I’ve made to the fucking ground if I think I...”
– Penny Arcade
Beware the once-bullied child. (This is the best explanation I’ve seen of my mentality.)
“The adjustable seat means your baby can face you rather than away from you. This...”
– The only stroller you’ll ever need.™ - Stokke® United States
A SENSE OF, even.
“Thatcherism was never a theory, of which there could be orthodox and less...”
– Reihan
“Fat-rich diets work in large part because people find them satisfying. Unlike...”
– Op-Ed: Lean the wrong way - WWW.THEDAILY.COM
“The reason we need to work out so much, or so we’re told, is that we’ve become...”
– Op-Ed: Lean the wrong way - WWW.THEDAILY.COM
“In 1960, the average American man weighed 166 pounds. Half a century on, he...”
– Opinion columnist Reihan Salam on America’s obesity problem and a surprising possible solution: fat-rich diets. (via thedailyfeed)
“Women cannot be expected to struggle alone against the forces of discrimination...”
– Benazir Bhutto in a 1995 speech in Beijing at the World Conference of Women. This is a beautiful speech, go read all of it. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
“Shapers are organized in a network of local hubs based in each major city around...”
– Global Shapers | World Economic Forum-Global Shapers
Ah, Davospeak. How I haven’t missed you.
(via felixsalmon)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
