random ramblings

Google Disables Gmail SMS Text Chat After It...

Jun 30th

AP Newsbreak: SC gov 'crossed lines' with...

Jun 30th

“A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into...”
— Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry...

Jun 30th

Drudge Report

Jun 30th

Summary: The OECD’s campaign against “harmful tax...

Jun 30th

“The scenario was eerily familiar. A long real estate bubble...”
— Turning Japanese:...

Jun 30th

"I Won."

jeffmiller: southpol: All of the things progressives have achieved, every battle won for women’s...

Jun 30th

Am I the only one who has been having to...

Jun 30th

“The looming deadline has also created enormous fear and...”
— Jubilation in Iraq on Eve of...

Jun 30th

“In a meeting last week with five governors — including...”
— To Pressure Congress, Obama...

Jun 30th

It is finished.

Atlas Shrugged, that is.  At 1,069 pages in size 6 or 7 font for the Signet paperback version, it...

Jun 29th

Will scandals inspire evangelicals to stray...

Jun 28th

The "Piece Church"

Jun 28th

“Today is an historic opportunity to pass truly meaningful...”
— Al Gore (via azspot) ...

Jun 28th

“It is well established that climate change is occurring...”
— Clean Energy Act: What does it...

Jun 27th

“Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the...”
— Strassel: The Climate Change...

Jun 26th

Congress's Quixotic Push to Repeal...

Jun 26th

“Instead of “Use your words,” I would say, “See if you can...”
— Figures of Speech - Teach a...

Jun 26th

“The first disadvantage of an elite education, as I learned...”
— The Disadvantages of an Elite...

Jun 26th

California budget balancer

Jun 26th

marco: (via rosiesiman, laurakaypea, creator unknown) ...

Jun 26th

Michael Jackson Rushed to Los Angeles...

Jun 25th

“Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like...”
— Bodyshock: The Amazing Story...

Jun 24th

To some, Barack Obama might seem like a modern-day JFK, FDR,...

Jun 24th

Vacation really punishes you in the Tumblarity department. ...

Jun 24th

“In “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” a...”
— Movie Review:...

Jun 24th

“THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY ALLINGHAM 1896: Born. 1901:...”
— Henry is world’s oldest...

Jun 24th

“Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned from an elite...”
— Sonia Sotomayor resigns from...

Jun 21st

View from the balcony.

Jun 20th

via www.destin-florida-mls.com So, probably won’t be...

Jun 20th

Pocket knives now in feds’ gunsights

Jun 19th

“One in four men in South Africa may have raped someone -...”
— BBC NEWS | Africa | South...

Jun 18th

soupsoup: winstonwolfe: bagcoffee: 6 months ago when...

Jun 18th

“Tip #864: It’s not SPAM, it’s advice people...”
— Increase your Twitter...

Jun 18th

needtherapy: brooklynmutt: Judge Scalia and Sonia...

Jun 18th

At my in-laws’ last night.

Jun 18th

Nunchucks

Jun 17th

Alex Trebek's favorite animal is the...

Just thought you should know.

Jun 17th

“Weren’t we promised some methodical and deliberate...”
— What’s the Hurry?: The...

Jun 17th

“From the first catch-phrases flung at a child to the last,...”
— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (via...

Jun 17th

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an...”
— Robert A. Heinlein, qtd. here...

Jun 17th

ohnotheydidnt: Fallen Princesses: Disney Just Got Real ...

Jun 17th

kari-shma: Photographer: Ross Campbell | Official Website ...

Jun 17th

“Louis Susman has one thing in common with many of his...”
— Bloomberg.com: News

Jun 17th

azspot: Andy Singer

Jun 17th

Holy Schamoly. This is one big universe.

Jun 17th

E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in...

Jun 17th

“The Obama administration this week will propose the most...”
— Obama to propose strict new...

Jun 17th

squashed: On another note, I understand it’s hip to hate the media. And I’m quite aware of some of...

Jun 17th

“The basic point is that the recession of 2001 wasn’t a...”
— Paul Krugman, writing in 2002...

Jun 17th

jeffmiller: “The grant agreement for each FTA ARRA grant...

Jun 17th

“In 1987, Mike Hayes, a freshman at the University of...”
— Common Cents - Our Daily Bread

Jun 17th

The O'Reilly Procedure

Jun 17th

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill,...”
— John F. Kennedy, as quoted in...

Jun 16th

“Hamas said it foiled an attempt by Palestinian terrorists to...”
— ‘Hamas thwarted Carter...

Jun 16th

Nazi Propaganda by Joseph Goebbels 1933-1945

Jun 16th

Tumblr theme help

sds: {block:following}<div id=”following”> {block:followed} <a...

Jun 15th

“James Dobson made some comment that 40 percent of the votes...”
— Exclusive: Grover Norquist...

Jun 15th

“[Last week’s] shooting, in which police allege James...”
— Holocaust Museum Shooting...

Jun 15th

“The AP reports Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday on Meet...”
— USNews.com: Political...

Jun 15th

City digitally adds black guy to Fun Guide cover to make it...

Jun 11th

sds: talix18: thedailywhat: Flowchart of the Day: Make...

Jun 11th

National Counterterrorism Center 2008 Report...

Jun 11th

Don't hit "reply all" when you are only...

Please.

Jun 11th

“The stakes are enormous. The nonpartisan budget office was...”
— CBO Director in the Hot Seat...

Jun 11th

onemoretimewithfeeling: At last I can sleep peacefully. I...

Jun 11th

“The responsible white separatist community condemns this. It...”
— John De Nugent (via azspot) I...

Jun 11th

0.000000435%

crazynutjob: continuum:dihard: is roughly the percent of GM that each of us own. $362 is what...

Jun 11th

“This is like quitting drinking, but making an exception for...”
— Maya MacGuineas of the...

Jun 11th

The underworked American: Children are...

Jun 11th

“THE worst global economic storm since the 1930s may be...”
— The biggest bill in history:...

Jun 11th

“DIA: In writing about the intellectual decline of...”
— Do Republicans Need Their Own...

Jun 11th

“Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student.”
— George Iles (via livejamie)

Jun 11th

“One of the biggest benefits of that reality is that I now...”
— privacy through identity...

Jun 11th

“Redemption means actually being liberated from the...”
— Walter Wink (via azspot) ...

Jun 11th

“My story couldn’t happen in most countries, in most...”
— Pete Peterson as quoted in...

Jun 11th

azspot: Jimmy Margulies He should get Blue Cross Blue...

Jun 11th

There are Right Wing Extremists and...

notthatkindagay: Right wing extremists are those who hate people because of their race, ethnicity,...

Jun 11th

“On yesterday’s episode of Glenn Beck’s Fox program he told...”
— The Daily Doubter (via...

Jun 11th

Hey all you laptop owners

Given a choice between HP, Dell, or Toshiba, what has given you the best experience?  (Or worst?)

Jun 10th

un: rocketjumper: (via whateveryoucallit) heh… heh. ...

Jun 10th

needtherapy: modiddy: The new WWF This cracked my...

Jun 10th

In Windows Vista, you can control volume...

So yes, I can turn up the volume on my dvds while turning off the annoying clicking sound for each...

Jun 10th

I just scored 40 Louis L'Amour...

sds: Two words: library book-sale. Read ‘em and weep, bellatoris. I have about 90, most of...

Jun 10th

Oil: A History

Jun 10th

Classics in 140 characters

Les Miserables: Jailed. Escaped. Stalked by creepy cop. Now foster daughter is dating revolutionary....

Jun 10th

axinomancy: Marx’s letter to Abraham Lincoln “Sir: We...

Jun 10th

“And let’s face it: Our culture has lost the ability to...”
— Jay Heinrichs in “How to Teach...

Jun 10th

hilker: davidkendall: complicatedshoes: ...

Jun 10th

“And for what? Imagine, as a thought experiment, that this...”
— The Man Can’t Tax Our...

Jun 10th

“It seems possible that Aversa subscribes to the Evan Thomas...”
— Best of the Web Today:...

Jun 10th

“Even among the psychological and psychiatric literature on...”
— Dave Grossman (via azspot) I...

Jun 10th

The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention

Jun 10th

“I think God has planned the strength and beauty of youth to...”
— J. Robertson McQuilkin as...

Jun 10th

““The pay-as-you-go rule is very simple,” Obama...”
— Obama Seeks Spending Rules...

Jun 9th

“The new product, which is co-branded with the Kraft Jell-O...”
— Cold Stone Creamery Intros...

Jun 9th

Why the Right Should be Wary of Twitter

Jun 9th

Mr. Googlemaster

The nickname given me by my co-worker for my (apparently shocking) ability to find answers on the...

Jun 9th

“If we win the argument but lose the lost we’ve not won.”
— Destiny Christian Blog »...

Jun 9th

“Of course, Mr. Federer upstaged Mr. Soderling completely,...”
— Roger Won, but Rafa Still...

Jun 9th

Suppose you were working on a photobook of 40 year old pictures, and suppose you were cleaning up...

Jun 9th

“In 1907, Duncan McDougall, a medical doctor in Haverhill,...”
— Peter Leithart, in this book,...

Jun 8th

“I have called Mr. Obama a bound man because he cannot win...”
— Sotomayor and the Politics of...

Jun 8th

The rich welcome the humble-looking abode - Los Angeles...

Jun 8th

“Enough already. I’m not interested in getting an education,...”
— ~ Preston Jones, professor of...

Jun 8th

“After GM’s bondholders last weekend refused to answer...”
— Obama’s America: Too Fat...

Jun 8th

Democratic candidates adopt anti-Bush...

Jun 8th

U.K.'s Labour Suffers Blow in Election -...

Jun 8th

Chris Hedges’ piece, referenced earlier by azspot, has...

Jun 8th

“Center-right parties hailed European Parliament election...”
— The Associated Press:...

Jun 8th

“Muslim rage is stoked because we station tens of thousands...”
— Chris Hedges (via azspot) ...

Jun 8th

jeffmiller: The May Unemployment Numbers are Here, and...

Jun 8th

“In the 1960s, private railroads wanted to dump their...”
— Is GM the New Amtrak? - The...

Jun 8th

“THE RUNNING joke in Washington is that nobody has read the...”
— Buried Code -...

Jun 8th

Friday Funnies: Just another day at Obama Motors - Reason...

Jun 7th

Photographs of D-Day These men were amazing.  For more: ...

Jun 6th

funnyassstuff: (via mayonegg) This scene is, easily, my...

Jun 5th

sds: f—kyeahbeer: Guiness Ice Cream Float from the Alley...

Jun 5th

Sending text messages from my Gmail?

Oh yeah.

Jun 4th

House Republicans offer $23B list of spending cuts (AP) House Republican leaders float $375 billion...

Jun 4th

azspot: The Intersection of Social Media (via Kruse...

Jun 4th

What’s more annoying than a Tickle-Me-Elmo or similar toy? How about a musical diaper, that...

Jun 4th

“Respect is a two-way street. Recent polls suggest that about...”
— EDITORIAL: Obama in Cairo -...

Jun 4th

EXCLUSIVE: IRS files $800,000 lien on '04...

Jun 4th

Man rescued after getting leg stuck in road...

Jun 4th

“We didn’t see President Obama’s big...”
— Best of the Web Today Pretty...

Jun 4th

I’m getting pretty tired of hearing commercials about buying gold - especially when there is...

Jun 4th

shawnblog: 101mg: visualizeus: thebackdoor: ...

Jun 4th

Argentina: The superpower that never was

Jun 4th

“Mrs. Obama said when she arrived at Princeton, “I was...”
— Sonia Sotomayor, Nancy Reagan...

Jun 4th

“My cynicism had peaked, but later that summer something...”
— Lost in the Meritocracy - The...

Jun 4th

Joe Pags is driving me nuts.

Jun 4th

azspot: An Atheist Tract (via Bruce Droppings, Green...

Jun 4th

“When we talk about innovation and global competitiveness, we...”
— How Twitter Will Change the...

Jun 4th

“The recession is driving the safety net of government...”
— Benefit spending soars to new...

Jun 4th

President Obama's Cairo speech text -...

Jun 4th

Obama: America "One of the Largest Muslim...

Jun 3rd

? Ok, that’s enough screencaps for one day.

Jun 3rd

“got a call from this number. Caller said this is a warning,...”
— (954) 515-5728 / 9545155728 ...

Jun 3rd

Yeah.

I just figured out how to block the robocaller who has called me 3 times today.

Jun 3rd

zackchristenson: mikehudack: ...

Jun 3rd

“NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United...”
— The White House - Press Office...

Jun 3rd

“As for Obama administration officials, I suspect they will...”
— The GOP Ain’t Dead Yet -...

Jun 3rd

“Conservatives did change government, and their long...”
— The GOP Ain’t Dead Yet -...

Jun 3rd

“Americans now are thinking more favorably of Bush, Cheney,...”
— Poll: 4+ months into Obama,...

Jun 3rd

I don't need a summer reading list. I've...

sds: amindy07: (via sds) Whatcha got queued up to read? Currently reading, in no particular...

Jun 3rd

“Unaware of his incoherence in the redundancy in this...”
— Best of the Web Today: Does...

Jun 3rd

“…there’s a growing realization that the starting point for...”
— Robert Parry (via azspot) The...

Jun 3rd

Obama: America "One of the Largest Muslim...

Jun 3rd

usambassadortunisia: Thursday, June 4th…mark you calendar!...

Jun 3rd

Sharks can be cuddled like dolphins, say...

Jun 3rd

In Tumblr’s suggested people for me to follow, I...

Jun 3rd

“I miss Ronnie a lot, an awful lot. People say it gets...”
— Political Bites: First ladies...

Jun 3rd

“There is no congressional constituency for an overhaul [of...”
— Help Wanted: Massive...

Jun 2nd

Help Wanted: Massive Bureaucracy Promises...

Jun 2nd

A columnist is calling for President Obama to resign: We expected broken promises. But the gap...

Jun 2nd

“We almost think Sotomayor deserves to be confirmed just for...”
— Best of the Web Today

Jun 2nd

“At one of our dinners, Milton recalled traveling to an Asian...”
— Missing Milton: Who Will Speak...

Jun 2nd

sds: What goes on in those clinics is institutionalized homicide, often for financial profit. ...

Jun 1st

“Violence is a logical outcome of the extreme...”
— On Faith: The Killing of...

Jun 1st

“Empathy is at the heart of progressive thought. It is the...”
— George Lakoff (via azspot) A...

Jun 1st