June 2008
16 posts
WatchSupreme Court Rules That Death Penalty Is ‘Totally Badass’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba's Young Communists - The... →
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Swingin' Medallions – Double Shot (Of My Baby's... →
This song was on a mix tape I got in 1995, medley’d for some reason with Pepino The Italian Mouse and labelled only as that song. I loved it so much and fancied it made just for me. That tape is long gone, and over the years when I remembered it, I thought that maybe I’d imagined the second part of this weird hybrid song (it was, after all, so amazing, it couldn’t have been...
“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom...”
– Abbie Hoffman (via affremblequotes)
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WatchDenis Leary | The Daily Show
Beautiful. Just beautiful. I have loved this man for 15 years.
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WatchThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart | The media treats Hillary Clinton like a Hooter’s waitress, so Kristen Schaal strips to the Indigo Girls to end the sexism.
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WatchAriel Levy Pt. 1 | The Colbert Report
Ariel Levy is such a massive hero of mine; anyone who’s spent enough time with me in any sort of genuine context knows—if not by name—how much she has informed my current feminist views and has given voice and words to things which have infuriated me since childhood.
I have written about her ideas a few times: A New Burlesque Of Parody:...
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WatchAmy Sedaris | The Colbert Report
It goes without saying that Amy Sedaris is an inspiration to all of us not-hot-presenting (“hot” as in Ariel Levy’s definition, which is, essentially, “fuckable”) women and entertainers in particular, who’d just as soon be successful on their own merits rather than how well they conform to beauty standards and offer themselves...
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WatchBrian Greene | The Colbert Report
I sent this video to my mom; our e-dialogue went like this:
Vee: I want to hang out with this guy. Mom: why? ‘cause he’s adorable? ‘cause he’s smart?or just ‘cause he laughs funny…? Vee: Adorable smart and great laugh, yes, and he’s got this amazing energy in general and on the smartness point, I love it when people get...
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WatchInterview - Van Jones | The Colbert Report
The bio from his Huffington Post blog: “Van Jones is working to combine solutions to America’s two biggest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction.” I read an interview with him while catching up on my Sun back issues: Bridging The Green Divide: Van Jones On Jobs, Jails, And Environmental Justice
“[The term] elite is vague, and in a way that compliments people who think...”
– The Disappearing Upper Class
Vee: I loved Howard Dean! Not necessarily for President, but I loved him. He was crazy.
Laura: If you hugged, you would have hugged him.
