Nora, insent.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 21, 2010 5:58:30 am PDT #859 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Daisy Jane - May 21, 2010 5:58:46 am PDT #860 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I agree with #3, and the only way I can see #4 is that it defaults to #2.
Ginger - May 21, 2010 5:59:00 am PDT #861 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I may have gone a bit heavy on the libertarian snark myself, but I was Ayn Rand libertarian myself for many years. I didn't agree with the Libertarian party platform, mostly because I thought its opposition to the draft was actually at odds with the libertarian view of the role of the central government.
In general, having a libertarian viewpoint makes one a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, which I generally am. However, when the Republicans got in bed with the religious right, they became what I saw as the bigger threat to my basic principles, including that the government has no place in social policy.
Also, I got older and realized that shit happens, no matter how self-sufficient you think you are. Whether or not it was at odds with some of my principles, I didn't want to live in a society where people are forced to live under viaducts or choose between food and medicine. Also, as became even more glaringly obvious from the behavior of executives at places ranging from Enron to Goldman Sachs, lack of regulation does not lead to a golden age. It leads to nature red in tooth and claw.
Barb - May 21, 2010 6:02:20 am PDT #862 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Speaking of shoes, I just got these and these on the super cheap at Nordie's Rack yesterday. I lurves me some Nordie's Rack.
Daisy Jane - May 21, 2010 6:02:40 am PDT #863 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Oh, Amy, they're not all heels, they have a lot of flats. These for example [link]
brenda m - May 21, 2010 6:06:32 am PDT #864 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Google logo is made of awesome today.
tommyrot - May 21, 2010 6:09:52 am PDT #865 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Google logo is made of awesome today.
Cool. 'Cept I hate pages that make noise all on their own.
Amy - May 21, 2010 6:09:57 am PDT #866 of 30001
Because books.
brenda, it is! And there are sound effects!
I just browsed through all the sandals, too, DJ. Thanks!
tommyrot - May 21, 2010 6:13:10 am PDT #867 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So who or what is a Gundam? A transformer? Anyway, this is cool:
From Chop Shop comes this fantastic "Gundam Calling" t-shirt playing on the Clash's London Calling album cover which itself was a tribute to the design of Elvis's self-titled first album. Available in men's and women's sizes from the Boing Boing Bazaar! "robotRock (or Gundam Calling) Tshirt"
You know, I'd totally buy one of these if only it was a Cylon....
P.M. Marc - May 21, 2010 6:19:40 am PDT #868 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ginger is pretty much me!
In short, I think that yes, he is a sexist, racist tool and his "principled beliefs" don't hold up past the most surface level of examination.
Yeah. And because he's second gen, I don't think he's ever really held them up himself past the most surface level of examination.
It's really a shame that the hardcore economic libs, many of whom are also social conservatives, are making up the walls of the echo chamber these days.
Though Wilkinson's still an interesting read from time to time. [link]