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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:10:02 -0400

"While we may laugh at the idea of George W. Bush imagining himself a Jedi, it’s not much of a..."

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:45:47 -0400

“While we may laugh at the idea of George W. Bush imagining himself a Jedi, it’s not much of a stretch to paint him as the Dark Knight, the hero willing to go to extraordinary and illegal lengths (rendition, torture, wiretapping) in order to fight terrorism and make the “choice no one else will make,” as Alfred puts in one of his many wise soliloquies. At times the film feels more Chris Hitchens than Chris Nolan. Whitney claimed the analogy breaks down because Batman has an unbreakable moral compass, but the citizens of Gotham (proven to be cowards, willing to hide behind democracy and the safety of mass hysteria as opposed to the morally true criminals) have to put their faith in him and that one day he will recognize his own obsolescence and do it “just this one time,” as Morgan Freeman puts it.”

- bitten tongue.

sarahbeara: thewordunheard: Lego Stephen Hawking. …Oh, my...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:39:53 -0400

sarahbeara:

thewordunheard:

Lego Stephen Hawking.

…Oh, my god.

(via)

LOVE!

We momentarily suspend our no-pictures-of-fucking-Lego™ policy to bring you this gem.

awesome-everyday: Gwen Stefani in 1991! (I’ve posted this before...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:35:59 -0400

awesome-everyday:

Gwen Stefani in 1991! (I’ve posted this before but I’m in a time-travel mood)

Aw. What a sweetie. And, as I always suspected, so much better looking with her natural dark hair.

dtybywl: oobject » Apple II, First Apple TV Commercial...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:21:32 -0400

dtybywl:

oobject » Apple II, First Apple TV Commercial 1977

matthewb: My iPhone Interface for Tumblr in action. Slightly too...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:17:11 -0400

matthewb:

My iPhone Interface for Tumblr in action.

Slightly too much like hard work to implement, but a great idea. Tumblr just doesn’t work on the iPhone the way it should.

Just discovered tomorrow’s preview of The Dark Night is sold out. Now I’ll have to see...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58:08 -0400

Just discovered tomorrow’s preview of The Dark Night is sold out. Now I’ll have to see it with all the little people, ugh.

Wall-E tonight, The Dark Night tomorrow.

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58:08 -0400

Wall-E tonight, The Dark Night tomorrow.

Writing my first Wikipedia entry

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:58:07 -0400

Writing my first Wikipedia entry

"An Obama presidency would further legitimize the imperialist orientation of US foreign policy by..."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:38:37 -0400

“An Obama presidency would further legitimize the imperialist orientation of US foreign policy by inscribing it as liberalism or the “new kind” of progressivism. You know, the black is white, night is day kind. And, as he has shown most recently in his June 30 speech he will similarly sanitize the galloping militarization of the society that proceeds under the guise of “supporting the troops.””

- Professor Adolph Reed, Jr.

Kingdom of Justice.

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:15:15 -0400

bunnynico:

Justice is “not a question of philanthropy, but of rights… Hospitality means the right of a stranger not to be treated as an enemy when he arrives in the land of another. One may refuse to receive him when this can be done without causing his destruction.”

~ Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace

I met this woman recently, an American, who is married to a Mexican man. She lives here, while he lives in Mexico, and they only get to see each other a few times per year. For years, he had been trying to obtain residency in the U.S. so he can live with her (legally), and when he finally received the letter from U.S. Immigration granting him residency, the letter essentially said this:

Sir,

Congratulations on our approval for your residency here. Being allowed in the United States of America is an extraordinary privilege, and with that privilege comes an obligation to serve for the freedom that we offer to you. Before you begin your residency, you will be required to serve two years of your choosing in either Afghanistan or Iraq. [Choose wisely.]

This man was being drafted. U.S. citizens aren’t even drafted, but he was because he’s apparently considered not only dispensable, but manipulable. How disgustingly presumptuous to use marriage as a leverage to send non-citizens seeking U.S. residency off to fight and possibly die in a war that has nothing to do with them. Mexico is a neutral country to the war, and it prides itself as such, yet evidently our government is not above sending neutral foreigners off to do our dirty work, and when they won’t, refusing to allow them to live here with their spouses.

The man chose to not fight in a war, so he and his wife remain thousands of miles apart.

Still, it all makes me wonder where these wars (and the U.S.) would be if the draft had been implemented for U.S. citizens, men and women, from the very beginning.

Words fail me.

"Inspiration of the fuck."

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:33:54 -0400

Right on, brother.

topherchris: Well uh, umm, you- you- you’re stupid. Enjoy the...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:08:57 -0400

topherchris:

Well uh, umm, you- you- you’re stupid. Enjoy the traffic. SIKE!

TT, which I’m guessing is the latest topherchris toy, was, in fact, my new Favourite Thing On The Inter-Net. Until I saw his reply to Frangry.

hilker: toomuchawesome: Is it weird that I expect to lose followers for describing The Dark Knight...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:07:31 -0400

hilker:

toomuchawesome:

Is it weird that I expect to lose followers for describing The Dark Knight as underwhelming? I feel like that’s one of those things about which We-Shall-Speak-No-Ill-On-Tumblr, like Obama, Rock Band, and Feminism.

Add J*k*b L*d*w*ick (remember him?) to the list. Marco unfollowed me after I reblogged a jokey “fuck off, douchebag” post following his tearful departure from t’internet, exiling me from the Radar evermore.

sarahbeara: edatrix: adeandabet: bg5000: R.I.P. Estelle...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:04:40 -0400

sarahbeara:

edatrix:

adeandabet:

bg5000:

R.I.P. Estelle Getty. No one has done a better sassy Italian grandmother since.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

why, sophia, WHY!??!

I feel so confused and alone. Is this what it was like when John Lennon died?

Are you mad? This is worse. MUCH worse. Let’s all just be there for each other, OK?

"If you can’t get your kids to eat vegetables, why is it my job?"

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:42:00 -0400

“If you can’t get your kids to eat vegetables, why is it my job?”

- Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald’s, in SmartMoney. (via boutofcontext) (via hilker)

With all due respect, the fact that this quote has been reblogged 45 times, mostly without comment or criticism, makes me want to switch off the internet and lock the rebloggers in a library for a week.

First, noone ever claimed that it was the job of the McDonald’s CEO to get kids to eat vegetables (although its latest UK ad campaign seems to suggest otherwise). But at the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, McDonald’s uses its market power and dominant share of the public space, and spends millions on psychologists, advertising creatives and promotional tie-ins, to lure children and - crucially - their parents to eat their fatty products. That situation - which McDonald’s, not the parents to whom he addresses his quip, created - makes him accountable, if not responsible. In short, he made it his job.

A propos of this, the twat behind the t-shirt is also quoted as...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:00:36 -0400

A propos of this, the twat behind the t-shirt is also quoted as saying “I can’t stand Obama [because] “he is a Muslim”.

Photo from Apollo Braun Store

The Perfect Part

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:39:50 -0400

The Perfect Part:

robot-heart:

WaPo fawns over Cindy McCain for being shy, retiring, “ethereally slender,” and the perfect wife and mother.

*gag*

Robot-Heart is my favourite Tumblrr this week. Pure gold, every post.

“These big vagina ladies are getting away with...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:25:33 -0400

“These big vagina ladies are getting away with murder.” (via saultrain)

lonelysandwich: Channel 4 Promo for The Stanley Kubrick...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:34:16 -0400

lonelysandwich:

Channel 4 Promo for The Stanley Kubrick Season

To promote the 10 day Kubrick festival, they recreated a behind-the-scenes of The Shining from the Kubrick’s POV, using his favo(u)rite lens, the 25mm Cooke.

Watch it here in H.264 (Kubrick’s favourite codec).

via Quipsologies

Can I just say I hate Stanley Kubrick? He forced the best cinema in London to close down, because they had the temerity to show A Clockwork Orange against his wishes. What a cunt.