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Apr 30th

“Maybe it is because I am totally and unrepentantly in the tank for Obama, but I...”

– John Cole - There’s more great quotes in this post.

Apr 29th

"Less" is better

dalasverdugo: jakoblodwick: I agree with some of the aims of the Green movement, but not the overall goal of prioritizing the health of the Earth while disingenuously ignoring the importance of human health & happiness. I think the word “Less” gets the point across with less convolution, and, if held as a value, would result in the achievement of many Green values anyway. Hunh? What...

Apr 29th

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“Kinda makes you wonder about that liberal media, doesn’t it? I mean, if the...”

– John Cole (Good Question)

Apr 29th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27) →

Rush Béla Fleck Miles Davis Ted Leo and The Pharmacists Led Zeppelin Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Apr 27th

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Foreign Affairs - How Biofuels Could Starve the... →

This might sound like nirvana to corn producers, but it is hardly that for consumers, especially in poor developing countries, who will be hit with a double shock if both food prices and oil prices stay high. The World Bank has estimated that in 2001, 2.7 billion people in the world were living on the equivalent of less than $2 a day; to them, even marginal increases in the cost of staple...

Apr 27th

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Apr 25th

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Excuse me, but...

vb: butterflyeffect: Aren’t Hillary and Barack supposed to be on the same side? I mean, you have to go around the whole country, spending a zillion dollars, having separate elections in X number of states just to work out who’s going to lead a party? Where I come from, all that crap is sorted out behind closed doors…. American politics does my head in. Should I even interject the fact...

Apr 24th

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Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study... →

Apr 24th

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Apr 24th

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Peak People →

Apr 24th

Watch

John Stewart sums up why I’ve become so disenchanted with Hillary. I started the year happy with either Hillary or Obama being the nominee. Hillary’s campaign has pushed me firmly into Obama’s corner.

Apr 24th

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Apr 24th

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I have to go to sexual harassment training today. I never realized it was something that could be taught.

Apr 23rd

peterwknox: kingstoned: […]can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: 29 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad...

Apr 21st

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“I have not read the news, watched the news, or read a blog for 48 hours, and it...”

– John Cole

Apr 21st

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What...the....fuck...

vb: So I was perusing the usual news outlets and felt like balancing the right wing FoxNews with the left with CNN to figure out what’s really going on (because you have to add both together to get a whole story) and I spied what looked like t-shirt icons next to headline names like this: So I’m thinking, wtf? So I click on one… CNN is (trying) to whore itself on t-shirts with the days...

Apr 21st

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-20) →

Led Zeppelin Yo La Tengo Leo Kottke Rush Mike Marshall & Chris Thile Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Apr 20th

“If the terrorists are smart, they will give up on trying to attack us and just...”

– TBogg (Dean Broder, I presume…)

Apr 18th

Apr 17th

Stereotypical Tumblr User Checklist

use a mac: iMac at home are twenty something: 36 take polaroids: occasionally live in nyc: no wish you lived in nyc: meh draw sometimes: doodle upload videos to vimeo to fit in: no have a muxtape: no work for collegehumor/vimeo/bustedtees: no are a vegetarian: the only meat I eat is steak, chicken, pork, lamb, duck, turkey, venison, buffalo, alligator, and fish are a photographer...

Apr 17th

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“I won’t be watching, because I don’t really care anymore. This primary has...”

– John Cole

Apr 17th

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Apr 16th

“Over the last month I found out that Barack Obama is a Muslim, that he is...”

– Tim F. (Impossible Things)

Apr 15th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-13) →

Rush John Fahey Johnny Cash Led Zeppelin The Detroit Cobras Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Apr 14th

“As a grandfather and a citizen of this community I think Barack Obama’s...”

– Dan Rooney (Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman). Read the entire endorsement letter here.

Apr 14th

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Apr 13th

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Apr 13th

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McCain’s bizarre reluctance on the new GI Bill →

Apr 11th

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Apr 9th

“Every time my internet goes out, which is something that is happening more and...”

– John Cole

Apr 9th

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Apr 7th

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“In the alternate universe in which Hillary supporters reside, not only is...”

– John Cole

Apr 7th

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“Some days I imagine a world where Serious People on my TV realize that staying...”

– Tim F.

Apr 7th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-6) →

The Mountain Goats Ted Leo and The Pharmacists Led Zeppelin Miles Davis Beck Imported from Last.fm Tumblr

Apr 7th

Nerd Notes

mills: What text editor do most of you serious Tumblr folks use? I’ve used Pagespinner for years and years, have dabbled with Coda (which doesn’t seem well-suited to Tumblr), and am just curious what’s preferred. Textmate mostly.

Apr 6th

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