January 2011
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The Container Store - Organized Teacher Discount... →
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NY TIMES: "In another sign that the (Egyptian)... →
mental_floss on tumblr: 15 Reasons Mister Rogers... →
mentalflossr:
1. Even Koko the Gorilla Loved Him
Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood…
“It’s a very troubling trend where officers are being put at greater risk than...”
– CRAIG FLOYD, chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, on the record rate of line-of-duty cop killings: ten police officers have been killed on duty this year, putting 2011 on pace to double LOD deaths in 2010, when there were 61.
Cue the “responsible gun owners who have...
Pope Blesses Social Media
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kirklove:
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict gave a qualified blessing to social networking Monday. (via NY Times) Whew… Thank God.
Big win for the Internets today.
“Our Father, who art on Twitter, hallowed be thy screenname, thy Facebook page come, thy reblog be done on Tumblr as it is in Heaven. Give us this day thy Daily Wh.at, and lead us not into...
“Let’s not lower our standards to the point where we think Keith Olbermann is the...”
– Soup: Juan Cole: Olbermann Departs, as Media Consolidate Further
(via bestrooftalkever)
Glenn Beck targets a female college professor as... →
inothernews:
Frances Fox Piven is a distinguished professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
At 78, she has taught several generations of students about how and why poor people don’t get a fair shake in the United States and how to increase their organizational power and encourage voter registration.
…
[Beck] accused her of...
“My good friend, the new chairman (of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...”
– Rep. ANTHONY WEINER (D - NY), taking to the rostrum yesterday to slam Republicans for “repeal” of the healthcare reform law.
He later said that he “eat this rostrum” if the GOP could “come back with legislation that will accomplish” all that has been accomplished in the current healthcare reform...
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“The chief investigator for the sheriff’s department here has for the first time...”
– From the New York Times article, “Video Captured ‘Calculated’ Gunman In Tucson.
Five senseless seconds. Six lives taken. 13 wounded. A nation shattered.
And people are still defending the right to buy and carry guns that allow a madman to mow down a group of innocent people.
(via inothernews)
So I’ve gotten two separate messages on Facebook from two separate women (I have never met) with profiles (w/pictures) wanting to pay $180 or $300 for my iPod touch (listed on Facebook’s Marketplace) so they can send it to their relative celebrating a birthday in Africa. All they ask for is my PayPal email…. Is this the new con?
“My dear and abiding friends, Ralph Abernathy, and to all of the distinguished...”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Our God Is Marching On!”
March 25, 1965. Montgomery, Ala.
“I read in The Star that the Perry Township school district is seeking a property...”
– Letter to the editor: Let tax burden rest with those who use schools | The Indianapolis Star
I understand property tax funding and tax referendums for funding schools is a hot topic, but this belief of “Not my problem, don’t have kids there,” really bothers me because it affirms that there are...
“Computer (n.): 1. A person skilled or trained in computing. 2. A machine which...”
– Thorndike-Barnhart Advanced Junior Dictionary, Second Edition (unknown copyright - page ripped out)
Also, let's not forget Sri Lanka
littleorphanammo:
Australia, Brazil, and now Sri Lanka is in dire, dire straits
325,000 people are displaced with the death toll at 27 and rising. Many have no access to clean water or food, with a fifth of the countries crops under water. The following agencies are currently providing direct aid to Sri Lanka, please consider donating.
Oxfam Emergency Response in Sri Lanka
UNHCR
Unicef
...
Never, ever use two spaces after a period. →
Never. Period. Ever. Done. What, are you stuck in the 1970s? Yeesh.
“President Obama gave a terrific speech Wednesday night. He movingly mourned and...”
– Excerpts from an op-ed by Arizona Senator JOHN McCAIN in today’s Washington Post.
Read the complete piece here.
(via inothernews)
Hey Tumblr activists - could you please reblog... →
RELEVANT Magazine - Death Toll Rises in Brazil... →
I’ve heard a lot about the Australia flooding, but don’t recall anything about this one. Raining since 1/1!
“The truth is that none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, in remarks delivered at a memorial service earlier tonight for the victims of the shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
(via the New York Times)
NY TIMES: "The term 'blood libel' is generally... →
inothernews:
Hey, conservatives: this is your presumptive GOP front-runner for the 2012 presidential elections.
Go on, keep defending her.
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Remember: One Year after Haiti Earthquake →
And I’m blabbering about the Verizon iPhone.
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Tim Cook: “We chose CDMA because the LTE chipsets forced some design concepts that we would not make.”
So it’s never going to 4G?
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Tim Cook’s on stage, wearing a suit. I’m guessing Steve’s not here. Too bad they didn’t announce a 4G iPhone. Then Steve would’ve been there, and they’d all be wearing black shirts and jeans.
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Nope, iPhone is officially on Verizon next month. But what’s the price and the data plan cost?
Wait, what do I care? I can’t afford either.
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Sounds like Lowell McAdam took some presentation cues from Steve Jobs.
Um… not “sounds” but “reads.”
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Now they’re saying the MC sounds like John Hodgman. This has to be a spoof or something.
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Ha. They just said Jon Oliver from The Daily Show is there. So, it’s a fake announcement?
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I’m so pathetic that I’m following a liveblog from the Verizon announcement titled “Live from the Verizon iPhone Announcement” on MobileCrunch. I will truly LOL if it’s not the iPhone.
“For another, Loughner actually did, in practice, what way too many members of...”
– Sean T Collins, “Real Life Horrors: special edition post you should feel free to ignore” (via bg5000)
“As I look out the window, I see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting...”
– Astronaut SCOTT KELLY, brother-in-law of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and twin brother of her husband, Mark Kelly, in a statement made from aboard the International Space Station; the crew had observed a moment of silence in honor of the Tucson shooting victims.
(Via the BBC)
“It would be really nice if the ramblings of crazy people didn’t in any way...”
– JON STEWART, addressing the shootings in Tucson, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
Gail Collins, as always, says it best. →
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Today, the amazing thing about the reaction to the Giffords shooting is that virtually all the discussion about how to prevent a recurrence has been focusing on improving the tone of our political discourse. That would certainly be great. But you do not hear much about the fact that Jared Loughner came to Giffords’s sweet gathering with a semiautomatic weapon that he was able to buy...
jonathanjschlosser.com: BREAKING NEWS: Three Wise... →
The Three Wise Men, the same bearded gentlemen who discovered Jesus Christ a few years back, are reportedly suing Magic Hat Beer. The Wise Men allegedly claim that their internet chat and advice network, Magichat.net, has had its domain name stolen by the Magic Hat brewing company; they are suing…
So I'm penniless and need work.
Being unemployed or irregularly employed for two years now, I’ve been toying the the idea of becoming a virtual assistant - someone who helps others with office/computer work on a contract or assignment basis. The thing is, I have no friggin’ idea about self-employment/laws taxes/etc. and have no startup cash, and that scares me.
Anyway, if you need anything done in Microsoft Office,...
Shooting suspect's nihilism rose with isolation -... →
Or “what we know so far…”