Google Books Ngram of George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words via Hacker News
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“That offer from the Giants was a lack of respect. A total disrespect,” Renteria told ESPNdeportes.com Thursday from Colombia.
“To play for a million dollars, I’d rather stay with my private business and share more time with my family,” he said. “Thank God I’m well off financially and my money is well invested.”
” — Edgar Renteria says Giants’ $1M offer is ‘a total disrespect’ - ESPN
very small array » United States of America Map (via The Volokh Conspiracy)
“What bothers me is not that the kids are kept in prisons, but that (a) they aren’t told about it, and (b) the prisons are run mostly by the inmates. Kids are sent off to spend six years memorizing meaningless facts in a world ruled by a caste of giants who run after an oblong brown ball, as if this were the most natural thing in the world. And if they balk at this surreal cocktail, they’re called misfits.” — Paul Graham: Why Nerds are Unpopular
“So, we both agree that terrorists, in as much as they have a master plan, are not out to kill every single American. They are, in fact, just out to create fear in us: a persistent, nagging, every day fear that causes us to doubt everything we believe in, a fear that grinds at us until we’ve lost the joy of being Americans, and we’ll finally do anything to stop it.” — Call Me Fishmeal.: Q&A with TSA Chairman John Pistole
490 - Map of the World’s Countries Rearranged by Population | Strange Maps | Big Think (via kottke.org)
“Here was this blonde guy who wore his hair in his face, so you couldn’t even see him; what was the point of making a video? He was mumbling something about how it was fun to lose and to pretend, and then he just went, like, nuts, screaming that he was here now and needed to be entertained.” — Part 1: 1990: “Once upon a time, I could love you” | Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? | The A.V. Club
“In a democracy, if you don’t attend to the interests of the poor in an efficient way, you’ll just end up attending to those same interests in a less efficient way.” — Robert Frank on Inequality | EconTalk
What the fuck has Obama done so far? -
Be careful what you brag about:
Issued executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay
The Executive Order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay was one of the first things Obama did after taking office in January, 2009.
The order required the prison to be closed within one year. It’s nearly 2011 and it’s still operating.
“A “crotchal” area feel-up is certainly unappealing, there’s no question about it. However, it seems that perhaps the TSA hasn’t thought this through entirely. Their little game of molestation chicken could just blow up in their faces.” — One Foot Tsunami: Meet the Resistance