February 2012
49 posts
One More Post About "It Can't Happen Here"
It turns out that novel about a fascist dictatorship setting up shop in the US It Can’t Happen Here (which is amazing) was adapted for television in the eighties. NBC thought the original script was too smart for American audiences, so they had it re-written to feature man-eating aliens. They named the adaptation V. As in, the series that they recently tried to resurrect. Crazy, huh?
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Is it just me
motoroboto:
or does drinking coke without whiskey (or rum) in it always feel like a waste?
The real waste is drinking whiskey with coke in it.
“My friends, whether they be homosexual or not, know me, and they know that I’m...”
– Chris Christie • Regarding his recent veto of a bill that would have legalized gay marriage in New Jersey. Politicians who oppose marriage equality use this defense a lot, because hey, it’s easy to speak on behalf of your unnamed gay friends and say that they’re cool with your anti-gay marriage...
“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
– John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
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First Edition!
The copy of It Can’t Happen Here I’m reading is a first edition! Now I feel terrible about accidentally ripping that one page…
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A Little Walt Whitman For The Night →
I draw you close to me, you women,
I cannot let you go, I would do you good,
I am for you, and you are for me, not only for our own
sake, but for others' sakes,
Envelop'd in you sleep greater heroes and bards,
They refuse to awake at the touch of any man but me.
4 presidents' quotes for President's Day
think-progress:
“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve alone” - LBJ
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” — JFK
“The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women” — Barack Obama
“We demand that big business give the people a square deal” — Teddy Roosevelt
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11 Points On Community →
Mike D gets respect, opportunity to vote on AT&T's...
shortformblog:
They didn’t say anything about cash or jewelry, but the SEC did side with three AT&T investors — including the Beastie Boys’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond — who believed that shareholders should have a vote in the company’s net neutrality policy, because it has become part of the national debate. AT&T argued that the vote would “directly interfere with its network management...
“I been silent so long now it’s gonna roar out of me like floodwaters and you...”
– Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (via conniecannibal)
woothesaloon asked: You should be online right now.
Anonymous asked: Where are you? You didn't die did you?
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So I met the Carolina Hurricanes today you guys
betsybliss:
and I sat beside Jeff Skinner,
and outside I was all.
but Inside:
I love the Hurricanes, but sometimes I feel that I’m missing the raw enthusiasm girls feel for the 19 year old Skinner (who is amazingly talented for his age, to wit). But seriously, the fan girl worship for Skinner is unnerving.
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A Little Noir
I’m listening to the blues, drinking a merlot that’s well on its way to vinegar. And yet, her sharp eyes and long legs won’t let me catch a wink of sleep. Her challenge keeps me awake. That challenge that she implicitly forwards. Somewhere out there, she has the answers I want. She could relent, and let me have everything I need to know. But she’s better than that. Instead,...
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My work is utterly incomprehensible and is... →
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Max Landis Is Doing An AMA. He Is Pretty Awesome →
I think I’m going to go see Chronicle based solely on the report Landis has garnered with this amazing review of Superman’s death.
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If You're Saving The Fallen Women, Save One For Me
It Can’t Happen Here is connecting with me on a deeply personal level. I just love it so much.
woothesaloon asked: So, how's life?
fuck the super bowl
motoroboto:
I just had a super bowl of philosophical debates. It was really good. I enjoyed it. Also, the super bowl was great too.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. Also, the commercials are my favorite...
It Can't Happen Here
I’ve just started reading It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. So far, I adore this book. The book was written in 1936, and it follows the rise of a fascist dictatorship in the US. Fun stuff. So far, he doesn’t handle the topic with a maudlin tone. He’s more snorting in sarcastic indignation, saying, “Oh, yeah. Germany and Italy are totally cool, we should be like...
woothesaloon asked: So why did you have to shave your beard, anyway?
Good Tidings
I went to the calzone place to get a pre-work calzone. After I ordered the guy who runs the place asked me if I wanted some wings on the house because they had this big order. I thought he meant he had some extra wings that were made on accident. Whathemeant was that I could have this order of 50 wings because nobody came to pick it up. So, for lunch today I had a calzone and 50 wings.
Based on...
Breaking: Trump to Endorse Newt Gingrich Tomorrow →
You know what they say, crazy loves company!
January 2012
160 posts
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I Have To Shave My Beard.
Any words you would like to say in memoriam would be greatly appreciated. I am accepting floral arrangements as well.