June 2009
45 posts
“I remember how, as the night went on and the crowd grew, we were surrounded; as...”
– J.E. Freeman, SFGate Letters to Datebook, Friday, June 26, 2009
listening to "Head Full of Steam - The... →
104* degrees….(I’ll use any excuse to blip this piece of perfection but it WAS 104* today)
““What’s going on in Iran, really?” Clinton asked. “They...”
– Bill Clinton on Iran,
via Nico Pitney, Huffpo
“It’s not about Katy Perry. It’s about this song and its innocence on her part....”
– Beth Ditto, on why she doesn’t care if Katy Perry is “impressed” with her or not
Fuck. Yes.
via
(via girlfriendisahomo)
listening to "Dogs of L.A. - Liz Phair" →
This song bubbles up out of my subconscious every summer.
Not nothing, but not enough
[my wednesday post @First Draft]
I used to have this great therapist. She asked me to name the core beliefs, principles, feelings that I was totally, without a doubt, completely committed to, that meant the most to me, that I was certain of. As sessions went on, she would, fairly frequently, point out when my words, thoughts or actions seemed to be at odds with my commitment to those things....
listening to "Mayor of Simpleton - XTC" →
@Ali_Davis Finally figured out what “Queen of Dorking” reminds me of
Iran's political coup →
Juan Cole VIA
garysick:
If the reports coming out of Tehran about an electoral coup are sustained, then Iran has entered an entirely new phase of its post-revolution history. One characteristic that has always distinguished Iran from the crude dictators in much of the rest of the Middle East was its respect for the voice of the people, even when that voice was saying things that much of the...
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“I know that principles are “out” these days and pragmatism is all the rage. And...”
– Hullabaloo (via igather)
“The steadfast, ongoing refusal of our leading media institutions to refer to...”
– The NYT’s nice, new euphemism for torture - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com (via ayse)
listening to "Losing Your Affection - Future Bible... →
I would rather be the queen at the guillotine in a bloody insurrection…
What she said
“The stuff you care about doesn’t become any less the stuff you care about because a guy who doesn’t make you ashamed to be a mammal is in the White House.”
Athenae, First Draft
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thedailywhat:
Well This Is Something You Don’t See Every Day of the Day: A few dozen bald eagles congregate in the back yard of a man’s Unalaska, AK, home.
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“Show me you have the courage, show me you have the courage to produce change...”
– Robin McGehee to President Obama
