December 2011
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JasenComstock: Can we all stop acting like... →
thepoliticalnotebook:
I mean, really? Talking about the possible dangers of the political rise of the Muslim Brotherhood or the Salafists or the Ennahda Party (particularly when it comes to social freedoms) don’t have to involve saying things like “Are the sceptics who said that Arabs…
Tea-party favorite O’Donnell endorses Romney →
labombaantieverything:
Poor Mitt…
An Italian far-right militant Tuesday killed two... →
charquaouia:
Juxtapose this with the coverage on the Belgium attack.
a season away.: Full list of companies that pulled... →
duckandpenguin:
zikrayat:
3M (Command, Scotchbrand tape), Airborne Vitamin, Amway, (says it has been misrepresented) Anheuser Busch Inbev (Select55), Art Instruction Schools, Bamboozles, Bank of America (Cash Rewards), Bare Escentuals, Brother International (Ptouch), Campbell’s Soup, Capital One, …
Here’s my new boycott list.
What the royal fuck.
What book should Matt read next?
mar-see-ah:
He just finished This Is Where I Leave You and found it highly entertaining but now wants to read something more serious.
He is considering either:
Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Or
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Which?
Ground Beneath Her Feet was fantastic.
THAT IS ALL: SPOILER ALERT: A QUESTION FOR YOU →
areasofmyexpertise:
If you have read the novel “THE ROAD,” would you mind scrolling down to read and then answer the question below? I am trying to remember something for an episode of “JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN”
If you have not read the novel “THE ROAD” here is another picture of @brianblessed. This one is Brian…
I don’t think he did find a gun, no.
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Boston Rally for Syria →
I also recently had a chance to attend the Syrian Americans for Democracy rally for Syria in Boston this past weekend. The link above is the pictures I took there.
This pic was my favorite though (this young girl spent about 20 minutes leading the crowd in anti-Assad chants, it was awesome):
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On Interfaith Cooperation →
I had an opportunity recently to talk to Eboo Patel, the founder and President of the Interfaith Youth Core (www.ifyc.org), a Chicago based non-profit that specializes in facilitating interfaith cooperation, especially on college campuses. Eboo is a visionary, but one of the many that I think America desperately needs these days.
Take a gander at the interview if you can, and then stop by the...
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No government in the world kills it’s own people, unless it is led by a crazy...
– - Bashar Al-Assad (via thejewishhippiewithabeard)
Truer words, ya hamar.
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"Are the dementors real, Daddy? What about Santa... →
This is how a recent morning started in our house. I was not prepared for the Santa discussion, especially not with the youngest child…
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Bobby Valentine has managed for 15 years and his teams have been in first place...
– red sox - In the end, Sox should have stuck with Francona - WEEI | Kirk Minihane
Last post about this absurd fucking move by the Sox. Maybe.
(via wentdog)
Yes. Let us speak of it no more. Please.
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Dancing in the shower... →
We spent the week of Thanksgiving in Virginia with my in-laws. My 7 year old decided, the day we got there, that it was about high time for the family to visit the ER of the new Stafford Hospital…
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