This is fucking amazing.
Who would have guessed that Alec Baldwin wouldn’t be a fan of Senator Jim Inhofe?
(Source: politico.com)
"It is wholly appropriate to be sorry that Andrew Brietbart died. But in the relevant business, it is right to be sorry for how he lived."
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On Making Yourself Right
Ta-Nehisi Coates
h/t jeffmiller
Is this true? I mean, it is Alan the Chemist, so I should probably feel ridiculous for even questioning the accuracy of the statement. That being said, can anybody confirm, or am I going to have to watch Pulp Fiction again tonight?
(Source: twitter.com)
Actor Jason Alexander, famous for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld, responds to Mitt Romney’s continued invocation of the character he used to play.
h/t TPM
"Congresswoman, you saw what happened to Whitney Houston. Step away from the crack pipe."
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Eric Bolling, co-host of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, during a discussion with Rep. Maxine Waters(D-CA) about her use of tough rhetoric when discussing bankers. While his co-hosts attempted to rollback his comments, Bolling claimed to be joking and defended himself without apologizing to Rep. Waters.
See the video at ThinkProgress
Real Time: Bill Maher blasts Republicans for divisive tactics
Bill Maher Says GOP Is “Dividing America”: During last night’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’, the host lambasted Republicans for taking a divisive approach to politics. Saying the current crop of GOP candidates could save Americans time by simply disclosing “which parts of America they don’t hate”, Maher pointed out that members of the GOP regularly denigrate ”East Coast Elites and San Francisco Liberals” — among other groups — while simultaneously accusing the President of dividing the country. source
(Source: shortformblog)
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Some ghosts never go away.
As for the ideas tentatively proposed in that dystopian fantasy thirty years ago, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that whatever usefulness they afford modern radicalism is very satisfying.
In terms of a wildly uninformed guess at our political future, it feels something like V for validation.
"— Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta, in a BBC opinion piece on how his work has provided a sense of identity and inspiration to the Anonymous movement.
Friday Night Photography: Common & J Dilla Fine-Tuning Like Water For Chocolate in Studio A
This super rare picture, as well as several others, were recently unearthed by Tumblr’s own The Doctor’s Orders.
(Source: smokingsection.uproxx.com)
"I’ll pay higher taxes. I look at it this way. I can pay higher taxes and people can have jobs, or I can pay lower taxes and I have my kid’s teacher asking me for a loan, which is true."
— Actor/Comedian Chris Rock, when asked about Bill Gates’ recent comments regarding higher taxes, during an interview with the Associated Press at the Sundance Film Festival.
(Source: thinkprogress.org)
Shaver heard the criticism that Onward State was more interested in being first than in being right, but he doesn’t see it as either/or.
“I think that being right is more important than being first,” he said. “But they’re both values of any legitimate online news organization.”
"Look, for a long period of time the hard left, militant gay rights groups, militant — they call themselves civil rights groups, but I’m not sure they’re concerned about civil rights — people of color, Van Jones, these folks and others have been out to get Pat Buchanan off T.V., deny him speeches, get his column canceled. This has been done for years and years and years and it’s the usual suspects doing the same thing again. But my view is, you write what you believe to be the truth."
— Pat Buchanan, doubling down on his hate-mongering, during a radio interview with Sean Hannity. During the interview, Buchanan also claimed he has yet to receive a formal notification that he’s been taken off the air at MSNBC.
(Source: thinkprogress.org)
