April 2011
“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with...”
– Tom Waits Quotes (via vnvobit)
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“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (via lwtus)
Sometimes I need to be reminded.
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“If you want to know a little more of Andre, let me say this: When I spoke to him...”
– THE GUN by C.J. Chivers
Thought Experiments Gone Wrong: A Letter To A... →
I remember riding my bike one day and stopping by the side of the road to get a drink of water. An old man sitting an ancient horse cart called me over. I thought he wanted water, but when I offered he refused. He just wanted to talk to me about how he was going to die soon.
That sort of raw honesty about life and its disappointments, as you know, is omnipresent in Bulgaria. As a man who thinks...
THE GUN by C.J. Chivers: More Components of... →
cjchivers:
These were also, judging from their markings, part of the second production lot at the Instalaza SA plant in 2007. The following year Spain banned cluster bombs. That didn’t prevent the weapons from being used in civilian neighborhoods in Misurata in recent weeks. The bright red streamer makes…
Well done, Europe! Well done, Spain! In 2007 Qaddafi wasn’t saner.
Our original Libyan misadventure - War Room -... →
You would weep, sir, were you on the spot, to witness the unbounded confidence placed in the American character here, and to reflect that this confidence must shortly sink into contempt and immortal hatred.
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Obama Is Missing - NYTimes →
More broadly, Mr. Obama is conspicuously failing to mount any kind of challenge to the philosophy now dominating Washington discussion — a philosophy that says the poor must accept big cuts in Medicaid and food stamps; the middle class must accept big cuts in Medicare (actually a dismantling of the whole program); and corporations and the rich must accept big cuts in the taxes they have to pay....
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Warum ich das Geheule der Ärzte nicht mehr hören...
w0nk0:
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Eine Statistik (aus glaubwürdiger Quelle) sagt mehr als 1000 Worte.
Es ist mit Sicherheit kein Zufall, daß Ärzte sich immer über alles mögliche beschweren, aber komischerweise dabei NIE mit absoluten Einkommenszahlen argumentieren. Der nächste Arzt, der sich bei mir beklagt, darf sich gern weiter beklagen, nachdem er mir verraten hat, wie viel er im letzten Jahr brutto auf...
Why didn't Textpattern catch on like WordPress? -... →
You only need to read Destry’s great analysis.
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Skype rant (permanently continued)
There are some very funny interface designers working at Skype. I don’t know how they come up with the chat window that insists on taking half of my laptop screen, or the “home” window that basically never shows anything new but an advertising pop-up, despite the fact that I am a paying user. Or, am I missing something?
Either way. Today I foolishly updated to their brand new...
Woman is the Nigger of the World →
Just popped up in a conversation.
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Bicycle Tutor - Bike Repair Video Tutorials →
If I ever decide to get my arse on a bike again, mine is in the basement and needs repairs.
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CES: A Symbol of Global Vandalism « Helen Walters →
We live in a world in which I constantly hear designers earnestly describe how committed they are to environmental responsibility. 20,000 products isn’t responsible. It’s vandalism.
Migrants forced to fight for Gaddafi - Features -... →
Certainly Gaddafi uses mercenaries from abroad and from the foreign community in Libya. In Misurata, there are reports that the Africans are on the frontline, but the snipers are foreigners, mostly from Belarus, Eastern Europe
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Inside Gaddafi's brutal prison: Ghaith... →
“Being dead is not worse than not being born.”
– Gore Vidal
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