July 2011
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Village Voice Staff Stages Walk-Out →
newsweek:
realvillagevoice:
At exactly 4pm this afternoon, a creaking of chairs could be heard across the 3rd floor of 36 Cooper Square, and then an eerie silence as over 50 union employees and sympathizers walked off the job at the Village Voice, as a sign of dissatisfaction over the lack of movement by management at the bargaining table. Their contract expires tonight at midnight.
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The real problem is the dickishness of our mainstream political analysis,...
– James Fallows, “The Real Dickishness Problem.” (via marathonpacks)
Put this man on every morning show.
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I HEART TAXES!: Taxes Are Delicious: Supporting... →
taxesfightfires:
Thanks to taxes, American farmers’ markets help get fresh, healthy food to kids who might otherwise have to go without.
The produce stalls at the City Heights Farmers Market last week were lined with strawberries so fresh they shined. Some still carried their delicate vines.
Ayan Mohamed,…
I heart gas taxes.
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"Favoritism"?
notracistbut:
What does that even have to do with that link…?
Ah, that tenuous little space between laughter and depression.
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Oh Frack. →
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Butterflies, butterflies, butterflies,...
Drowned in wine.
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Me: So, why do you think the moon orbits the earth?
Kid: Love.
– From my teacher friend.
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BGA on Blago: Final Week: Blago Has Left the... →
bgaonblago:
BY JACK CONATY
Blago 2.0 is over.
The convicted defendant is “stunned”, the U.S. attorney is vindicated and the jury seems oddly self-satisfied, having returned a verdict that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is guilty on 17 of 20 counts, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate…
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Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in...
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my slight problem with Bon Iver
agrammar:
Is discussed over here — in a few brief paragraphs. Negativity!
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One of my responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief is to keep an eye on robots.
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...but the Massachusetts liberal and Texas... →
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I’ve tried. Over the past 14 years, I’ve graduated from high school and college...
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I don’t give a shit! It must be Cecil Taylor. Right? I don’t care...
– Context:
There’s a lot more to Davis’s vastly complex aesthetic psychology and artistic transformations and conflicts. It’s enough to note that he knew he needed something from Dolphy and Taylor—and that he needed it more than they needed, at that point, anything from him—and that this would have...
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Amish Sexter Sought Buggy Sex With Girl, 12 →
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I take more time in nature, with art. I feel closer to children and parents. I...
– On shrooms.
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Sometimes when I read new fiction, I feel that the writers of it, myself...
– The always astounding George Saunders. (A tip of the hat to Harper’s.)
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