April 2010
It’s amazing how quickly a complicated situation can resolve i… More for Aries http://twittascope.com/?sign=1
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“A chair is still a chair,
even when there’s no one sitting there....”
– “A House is not a Home” (Glee version)
For Dustin.
Immigration enforcement is working. Now we need to... →
Forget the hyperventilated furor over the new Arizona immigration law and consider this overlooked fact: The number of illegal immigrants getting into the country has slowed to a relative trickle.
Let's keep banks from growing too big to regulate →
Wall Street executives and newspaper editorial boards argue that it’s not size but the systemic risk and the interconnectedness of “too big to fail” banks that matter [“Bailing out of bailouts,”…
Five years later, a stronger intelligence... →
Commentators noting the fifth anniversary, this month, of the launch of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have largely paid more attention to shortcomings than to what has been…
The latest national security threat: obesity →
Are we becoming a nation too fat to defend ourselves?
Leaving the euro behind? →
Two months ago, his back against the wall, the finance minister of Greece chose a strangely honest metaphor to describe his country’s prospects: “We are basically trying to change the course of the…
Courtesy of Sue Lowden: A chicken in every... →
If you haven’t heard the name Sue Lowden, brace yourself. She is a Republican who might well become a U.S. senator from Nevada, and judging by her idea for containing health-care costs — critics…
The U.S. must defend the integrity of Iraqi... →
Concerns over delays in the formation of a new Iraqi government and the prospects for meeting President Obama’s announced timeline for withdrawal are clouding views of a more urgent matter: The…
Hillary Clinton's abortion grenade →
The culture war is breaking out in American foreign policy. And the main culture warrior is not a ranting televangelist but America’s secretary of state.
No one is online to message me…I hate the world. I obviously need to learn to do work during the day, rather than doing it at 3am…
I have the weirdest taste...
My Tumblr crush is a little ridonk…it’s a new one, too, y’all.
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Words and I are not friends.
I used to think I was a good writer. Now I am realizing that this is not the case. I obviously wasn’t made to be an academic. Oh well…politician is always a good second choice!
tuffghostevan:
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
I am so tired of news. Well…bad news. When there aren’t any oil spills or racist laws being passed, someone call me.
“When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living...”
– Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV) (via jonathan-cunningham) (via jasencomstock)
Hey hey, ray-ray!
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Guys...the new netbook has 8.5 HOURS of battery...
WHAT THE HELL DO I EVEN DO WITH THAT MUCH?!
This wouldn't be Tumblr without some...
so I’ll begin the festivities. CHEERS!
Watchjasencomstock:
le-tigre:
Whoa.
robotindisguise:photojojo:
So… This is what happens when your video camera shutter speed syncs with helicopter blades. (via) Amazing!
Yup. Today is a GOOD fucking day!
You are eager to show others how easygoing you can be now, but… More for Aries http://twittascope.com/?sign=1
Heading off to bed in 3…2…1…GOODNIGHT!
The VAT may resolve debt crisis, but for... →
Charles Peters, the editor of the Washington Monthly, the lovable but financially challenged magazine where I got my start, had a slogan that he used in direct-mail solicitations: “If you’re not…
Want to save capitalism? Regulate it. →
Maybe the next time someone calls Barack Obama a socialist, the president shouldn’t issue a denial. He might instead urge his accuser to read the hearing transcript of this week’s congressional…
How Congress botched immigration reform →
Many in the media, including my Post colleagues Eugene Robinson, Richard Cohen and Michael Gerson have written powerful and appropriate columns decrying the action of the Arizona legislature and…
Why Obama should not have checked 'black' on his... →
I have always considered Barack Obama to be biracial, and I had hoped that his election would help our country move beyond the tired concept of race. Unfortunately, the president is not getting with…
How Goldman might seek redemption →
I don’t know which was more pathetic or depressing Tuesday: three Goldman Sachs bankers who squirmed mutely when Sen. Susan Collins pressed them as to whether they had a “duty to act in the best…
RT @risings: I’ve definitely reached the conclusion that a giant ego is my biggest pet peeve. Get over yourself. You are not special.
OK I'M DONE!
:)
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