Monthly Archive: January 2016
“Yes, since the expectations are so low.”
Unbelievable: the entire Jeb Bush campaign in a nutshell, via @SpideyScouting. pic.twitter.com/Zg7uJIL9oK
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) January 29, 2016
Trumpless in Iowa: OT Live Tweeting List and Open Thread
Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver…
Porn film accidentally shown at funeral service for father and baby son – The Guardian
“The television screen which showed the inappropriate content was recently installed, replacing a screen which was broken. We are trying to establish if the new screen – which is a smart television – could...
What Would a Trump Victory Tell Us About the Republican Party?
If Trump is the nominee, we will have learned something about American politics. But what?
What It Was Like Recording ‘Blackstar’ With David Bowie | Observer
Originally this space was to be occupied by a Q&A with all five brilliant jazz musicians who helped David Bowie, seemingly unbeknownst to them, craft his last goodbye to Planet Earth: The challenging, satisfying and uncompromising Blackstar.
Greg Sargent: Can Bernie Sanders’s ‘revolution’ break the GOP? – The Washington Post
American Horizon | Bernie SandersWatch this video on YouTube To win back the House, given the current distribution of seats, Wasserman calculates that even if Dems hold all their seats and win a number...
Joan Walsh: Why I’m Supporting Hillary Clinton, With Joy and Without Apologies | The Nation
I support her, enthusiastically, this time around. I stand with a lot of women who feel the same way, including my daughter, and we won’t be erased.
Robert Gates: Republicans’ grasp of national security is at a child’s level | The Guardian – h/t @AkhiPill
An ex-CIA director who first joined the White House under Richard Nixon, Gates joked that if frontrunner Donald Trump wins the presidency, he would emigrate to Canada. He condemned the media for failing to...
Are kids more economically literate than adults: Snow Day edition
Do kids have better senses of self-worth than adults?
Trump says he won’t participate in GOP debate on Fox News – The Washington Post
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump abruptly announced here Tuesday that he would not participate in Thursday’s scheduled debate, escalating his off-and-on feud with Fox News Channel and throwing the GOP campaign into turmoil. Trump’s...
This New Yorker Cover Perfectly Explains the Problem With Donald Trump | Mother Jones
And Abe Lincoln—okay, let’s not speak ill of the dead; that man slayed vampires.
Twitter: Roundtable on Authority & Rebellion
Subjects who waited at red pedestrian lights with no one else in sight behaved more prosocially in economic games. pic.twitter.com/5rE5F7EOP0
— Rolf Degen (@DegenRolf) January 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/WAWilsonIV/status/688826626818195457
@GabrielRossman He claims that those who wait at red lights at 2am with no cars are also more likely to be genocide accomplices.
— Will Wilson (@WAWilsonIV) January 17, 2016
@GabrielRossman He vividly describes fantasizing about going to a group of Germans waiting at a red light and begging them to break the law.
— Will Wilson (@WAWilsonIV) January 17, 2016
@GabrielRossman "You need to practice breaking stupid rules when it's costless and obviously a good idea, so you're ready when it matters."
— Will Wilson (@WAWilsonIV) January 17, 2016
