February 2012
15 posts
“Thursday’s vote moves the project one step closer to securing an $8.33...”
– Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Wins First Reactor Construction Permit In A Generation
“I do not address the application of strict scrutiny review to Proposition 8.”
– Judge N. Randy Smith, in his dissent in Perry.
OK, well, fuck you too then.
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Susan G. Komen backs down on Planned Parenthood -... →
There are two possibilities here: one, that Susan G. Komen was really just following its own rules and didn’t think cutting funding for Planned Parenthood was a big deal (in which case they are inept and don’t deserve your money) or two, that Susan G. Komen really did cave to conservative pressure and tried to hide it under the auspicies of following its own rules (in which case they...
"The Netflix of [Anything]" Is a Bad Business Plan →
gawker.com
This week, Time Inc. announced that it will be closing down its three year-old Maghound service—billed at its launch as “The Netflix of magazines.” Seemed like a decent idea at the time. Turned out not to be. The Netflix business model is n…
Wait a second, there was actually a service that sent you used magazines? For three years?!
Why Don't Millions Of Americans Have ID? - The... →
25% of African Americans don’t have ID?!
“The recession was Obama’s fault. Unemployment is all Obama’s fault....”
– The Specter Of Bush - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
January 2012
52 posts
This is why New York needs open primaries
This was the voter registration form I sent in last month:
This is the confirmation I got back:
“Consider radio. Radio regulation until today was based on the idea that the...”
– Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing - Boing Boing
“So, our regulators go off, they blithely pass these laws, and they become part...”
– Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing - Boing Boing
“The important tests of whether or not a regulation is fit for a purpose are...”
– Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing - Boing Boing
“What really makes the iPhone work isn’t the hardware. Sure, the glass—designed...”
– The Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Coming Back - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
Here, here!
“Thanks to psychiatrists in the 1880s and 1890s — a part of the medical...”
– The invention of the heterosexual - Salon.com
“Then Daniels has the absolute nerve to blame the divisiveness of modern politics...”
– The Daniels Response, Ctd - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
“It definitely gives the Republican case against Obama as a big government...”
– Live-Blogging The 2012 State Of The Union Address - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
“The Democratic Party more and more sees itself as the party of conscientious...”
– Amazon.com: Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right eBook: Thomas Frank: Kindle StoreAdvanced
A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter →
Sounds like they could manufacture domestically and still be pretty damn profitable.
parislemon:
Remember back in October when after a rare “miss” by Apple (which was only a miss because analysts are stupid and lazy), the early signs pointed to the potential of a $40 billion quarter? Some thought that was insane given that Apple had never even had a $30 billion quarter before. Well, turns out...
“I heard someone say it would be news if she didn’t get diabetes.”
– Paula Deen Shocked By Lack Of Public Support Following Diabetes Announcement
“My position is on the right. I know that. I’m not a redistributionist. But...”
– Tax Reform, Mr President, Tax Reform - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
Broadcast Yourself. →
youtube.com
Did you know that if you guess Ron Paul’s name he has to spin your straw into gold?
“Technically you’re not asking your wife for an open marriage if...”
– Dan Savage on Newt Gingrich: Doing Monogamish Wrong | Slog
“The road to ending piracy is to provide what consumers want, when they want...”
– Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh: Bipartisan Support Of SOPA & PIPA Smacks Of Money - The Consumerist
9 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Learn From... →
Al Jazeera: America's Best News Network? - The... →
Absolutely agree. Don’t forget that it’s essentially commercial free (as much as PBS is, at least) and is the ONLY cable news network you can watch live on your iPad with no streaming restrictions whatsoever. Have you tried to watch CNN on your iPad? It’s the least user-friendly experience imaginable requiring you not only to authenticate yourself through your cable provider but...
WATCH: President Obama Delivers A Rousing... →
queerty.com
The President of the United States takes a page from the leader of the gay nation, Lady Gaga. Our one complaint? He sounded a little tinny.
@barackobama lady gaga is not my leader. But cool!
Mad Men's Return Has a Date →
Eric Randall, theatlanticwire.com
Fans will rejoice to hear that the much-delayed fifth season of AMC’s Mad Men will finally debut on March 25, 2012, according to its star Jon Hamm.
I look forward to pirating this on March 26. And for the record, I have $50 set aside for AMC should they choose to let me download the new season legally (before December or whatever).
“I am getting somewhat annoyed at this latest meme, whereby Romney is supposedly...”
– Defending Romney’s Role At Bain - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
Except he didn’t just fire people. He lobbied for and exploited loopholes that allowed him to buy companies but not their labor contracts so he could forces employees re-apply for their jobs at cut rates...
