January 2012
“Of course, whenever people discover that other folk are going out of their way...”
– N.T. Wright (via azspot)
preach, preach
(via tiffanyb)
“Many people in the Bush administration were insisting [it] was not torture at...”
– Writer Cullen Murphy, on waterboarding, which was used in the Inquisition against possible heretics. [complete interview here] (via nprfreshair)
“…making money from art is not a human right. It so happens that technological...”
– Jonathan Coulton (via azspot)
So maybe we can please stop trying to kill one to save the other and find ways for them to coexist, hm?
(via tiffanyb)
Severed head found below Hollywood sign in Los... →
The story itself is odd, but not tremendously odd. Still, I’m trying to imagine the scene when it was discovered. You and your friend see your dogs playing with something in the brush, and when you go to take it away from them, it turns out to be a human head in a plastic bag.
I suspect some doggie kisses are going to be rebuffed for a while.
barackobama:
“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”
- The White House, responding this morning to a petition on SOPA and online piracy
December 2011
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Oh, Tiffany…?
“Our first filming destination was Matamata, where eleven years ago Gandalf the...”
– Ian McKellen | The Hobbit | Blog | 29 November 2011
“The Christmas story has been hijacked by a dominant culture. Places of power and...”
– War on Christmas? Sign This Minister Up. - (via tiffanyb)
Theaters Adding Twitter Sections for Social Media... →
I don’t even know what to say.
Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape... →
oforganon:
I get it—you’re a decent guy. I can even believe it. You’ve never raped anybody. You would NEVER rape anybody. You’re upset that all these feminists are trying to accuse you of doing something, or connect you to doing something, that, as far as you’re concerned, you’ve never done and would never…
Read this. It is really well said, and makes its point clearly and without...
November 2011
Secret panel can put Americans on kill list' |... →
wilwheaton:
American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security Council, several current and former officials said....
