Sep. 15, 2012 at 5:35pm with 12,487 notes
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From hngrylikethewolf: When you know you suck at life.

From hngrylikethewolf:

When you know you suck at life.

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Aug. 29, 2012 at 12:12pm with 173 notes
Reblogged from theweekmagazine

nbcnews:

‘Meet the Superhumans’: Paralympians burst onto world stage

(Photos: Channel 4)

LONDON — A battlefield explosion sends troops flying, a speeding car flips over on a highway, a ”Murderball” player is knocked right out of his wheelchair, all set to a fierce Public Enemy soundtrack. 

“Forget everything you thought you knew about strength. Forget everything you thought you knew about humans. It’s time to do battle. Meet the Superhumans.”

Read the complete story.

Wow!

Aug. 23, 2012 at 10:33am with 52 notes
Reblogged from kohenari

I know two kids that will want these, too.

From kohenari:

It will be no time at all before you see photos of my child wearing one of these on his head. The big question, though, is whether to go with Ernie, Cookie Monster, or Elmo.

A secondary question, of course, is whether they’re warm enough to serve as proper hats. It’s still pretty hot most days, but winter is coming.

(via LaughingSquid)

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9:41am with 49 notes
Reblogged from guardian
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Remember when Princess Diana announced she was retiring from public life? She knew what she was doing. Everyone loved her for it. Prince Harry should follow in his mother’s not his father’s footsteps. Strip off his crown. Retire from royalty. Leave the firm and join the crowd.

Then we’d leave him alone.

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Time to strip Prince Harry of his title -

(via guardian)

Interesting. Except I remember Princess Diana died in large part precisely because you didn’t leave her alone. Whether you want it or not, whether he wants it or not, Harry is stuck with the title—and the paparazzi. 

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Aug. 22, 2012 at 1:23pm with 127 notes
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From doubleadoublek: New Custom Newsweek Tumblr GOP Cursors!

From doubleadoublek:

New Custom Newsweek Tumblr GOP Cursors!

Aug. 20, 2012 at 12:26pm with 191 notes
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It’s pop, not soda.  From npr: Tastes Like Home: As Regional Sodas Expand, Could They Lose What Makes Them Special? - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities Foxon Park and its peers — Moxie (Maine), Cheerwine (North Carolina), Vernor’s (Michigan), White Rock (New York), Big Red (Texas), Boylan’s (New Jersey), among others — were the sodas that time forgot. As the exhaustive consolidation of small brands produced standardized American consumer products from coast to coast, they remained, against all odds, regional favorites. Coca-Cola and Pepsi became titans of the American soda market, and yet these bubbly icons of regionalism endured. Locals treasured them, former residents pined for them, and the rest of us hardly knew they existed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mmmmm, Cheerwine! That’s all I’m saying about soda on here though, not another word. Nope. =:ox — tanya b.

It’s pop, not soda. 

From npr:

Tastes Like Home: As Regional Sodas Expand, Could They Lose What Makes Them Special? - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities

Foxon Park and its peers — Moxie (Maine), Cheerwine (North Carolina), Vernor’s (Michigan), White Rock (New York), Big Red (Texas), Boylan’s (New Jersey), among others — were the sodas that time forgot. As the exhaustive consolidation of small brands produced standardized American consumer products from coast to coast, they remained, against all odds, regional favorites. Coca-Cola and Pepsi became titans of the American soda market, and yet these bubbly icons of regionalism endured. Locals treasured them, former residents pined for them, and the rest of us hardly knew they existed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mmmmm, Cheerwine! That’s all I’m saying about soda on here though, not another word. Nope. =:ox — tanya b.

Jul. 25, 2012 at 12:54pm with 200 notes
Reblogged from theatlantic
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Why do we spend at least 1,000 times more money protecting ourselves from terrorism than we do protecting ourselves from gun violence? I’m not necessarily suggesting that we spend less on anti-terrorism programs. Like everyone else, I am grateful there have been no mass casualty terror events since 9/11. I’m just wondering, instead, what possible justification there could be for spending so relatively little to try to reduce the casualties of gun violence. […]


Our government has asked us consistently since 9/11 to sacrifice individual liberties and freedom, constitutional rights to privacy for example, in the name of national security. And we have ceded these liberties. Yet that same government in that same time hasn’t asked anyone to sacrifice some Second Amendment rights to help protect innocent victims from gun violence.

— Andrew Cohen, on terrorism and gun violence. (via theatlantic)
12:10pm with 21 notes
Reblogged from theweekmagazine
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Americans have repeatedly rejected an expansion of gun control because it doesn’t work. Look no further than Aurora, where both the city and the theater where the shooting occurred have rules forbidding the carrying of any firearms (the city statute was deemed unenforceable, however, because of the state’s concealed-carry permit statute). On top of that, no one can fire a weapon within Aurora city limits except at gun ranges — not even, apparently, in self-defense. Of course none of that stopped the perpetrator in this case from committing the murders.
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Ed Morrissey argues that gun-control has failed this country (via theweekmagazine)

Sorry, but that’s not “gun control” but merely laws about where/when they can be used. I think what most people have in mind is the banning of certain kinds of weapons and/or ammunition. For example, “drug control” means that certain kinds of narcotics are not allowed to be sold. Period. But that’s different than saying “you can buy any kind of drugs but simply can’t consume them in public” and calling that drug enforcement.

Jul. 18, 2012 at 2:55pm with 175 notes
Reblogged from theatlantic
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Have you heard this new movie, the Batman movie, what is it, The Dark Knight Lights Up or whatever the name is. That’s right, Dark Knight Rises. Lights Up, same thing. Do you know the name of the villain in this movie? Bane. The villain in The Dark Knight Rises is named Bane, B-a-n-e. What is the name of the venture capital firm that Romney ran and around which there’s now this make-believe controversy? Bain. The movie has been in the works for a long time. The release date’s been known, summer 2012 for a long time. Do you think that it is accidental that the name of the really vicious fire breathing four eyed whatever it is villain in this movie is named Bane?
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Rush Limbaugh’s latest conspiratorial musings. (via theatlantic)

Perhaps Limbaugh forgot that (a) the hero (Bruce Wayne) is one of the richest men on earth and (b) Bane has been around since 1993. But even Limbaugh’s usually tortured logic breaks down here. Notice he points out that The Dark Knight Rises “has been in the works for some time.” In fact, the movie was “in the works” since before 2008, with the rough storyline in place by 2008, with the villain Bane locked down in 2010. You know, long before anyone was sure that Romney would win his party’s nomination.

But if we’re on the subjects of conspiracies and candidates … did anyone notice that the greatest superhero of this summer’s blockbuster (two, if you include both Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne) is a rich playboy who everyone suspects as vapid and incompetent, but turns out to be a self-sacrificing idealist who puts the people first? It’s almost like there’s a conspiracy to make billionaires heroic, eh?

Jul. 17, 2012 at 6:25pm
How many votes would the PRI have had to purchase in the 2012 Mexican Election? A Response to Simpser — The Monkey Cage

Joshua Tucker, themonkeycage.org

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Tolga Sin­mazdemir, a Post-Doctoral Research As­so­ciate at Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty in St. Louis in the Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence, sends along the fol­low­ing response to Alber­to Simpser’s now very well read Mon­key Cag…

Pure speculation. But what the heck, eh?