March 2010
Naomi Wolf likes the Tea Parties →
nbr:
What do you know. Never one to shy away from a controversy, is she.
Justine Sharrock: First off, is your book still relevant under Obama?
Naomi Wolf: Unfortunately it is more relevant. Bush legalized torture, but Obama is legalizing impunity. He promised to roll stuff back, but he is institutionalizing these things forever. It is terrifying and the left doesn’t seem to recognize...
“language isn’t just an internal process. Rather, linguistic components overflow...”
– The Progressive Ingression of Intelligence into Matter | h+ Magazine (via wildcat2030) (via montycantsin)
I believe that the foundation of language was Homo’s ability to strike with an object, or better yet to throw one at, a target. It’s not possible to do so accurately without...
Earth’s Coolest Concept Albums →
Watch“Our President Is Deceiving the American Public”: Pentagon Papers Whistleblower on President Obama and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Europe's electricity could be all renewables by... →
A “super-smart” grid powered by solar farms in North Africa, wind farms in northern Europe and the North Sea, hydro-electric from Scandinavia and the Alps and a complement of biomass and marine energy could render carbon-based fuels obsolete for electricity by 2050, said the report by services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers.
City Critic - Seeing Green at the Battery Park... →
lizlilac:
Of course, I would post a photo of the bathroom. But seriously, the modernist design of this library is delectable.
Emory University Saves Rushdie’s Digital Data -... →
americansatori:
lizlilac:
How did I miss this last week? Oh yeah, I was on vacation.
But like most Rushdian paradises, this digital idyll has its own set of problems.
“The Democrats and their liberal apologists are so oblivious to the profound...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
Oh, Chris, lead us into battle! Or, Err…. , you DO have a plan for victory?
“AMY GOODMAN: You know, it’s quite remarkable. If a priest is discovered to be...”
– Dissident Female Catholic Bishop Calls for Pope to Resign over Sex Abuse Scandal (via curate)
“It may have been good for some of my farmers in Arkansas, but it has not worked....”
– Bill Clinton (via vruz)
You know Bill could have said the exact same thing about Mexican corn, or in fact every subsistence farming culture on the free trade planet.
“This is what life does. It lets you walk up to
the store to buy breakfast and...”
– Eleanor Lerman, from “Starfish” (via airwalker & rememo) (via crashinglybeautiful)
“The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is...”
– Italo Calvino “Invisible Cities”, 1972 (via etctatic)
reminds me of (The Approach to Al-Mutasim ) (via rhea137)
This is the best description of delusion & realization I’ve ever read. Viva Calvino!
Gravity Emerges from Quantum Information, Say... →
vruz:
h/t @brainpicker
The new role that quantum information plays in gravity sets the scene for a dramatic unification of ideas in physics
One of the hottest new ideas in physics is that gravity is an emergent phenomena; that it somehow arises from the complex interaction of simpler things.
A few month’s ago, Erik Verlinde at the the University of Amsterdam put forward one such idea...
Falkland Islands oil disappoints for Desire... →
Bringing peak oil to us all one failed well at a time.
“Am I the only one who senses it might be America’s turn to go nuts? I don’t mean...”
– James Howard Kunstler (via azspot)
I’d be more inclined to take JHK seriously if he didn’t predict Armageddon every Monday. (via jhnbrssndn)
Kunstler is the voice we need to hear when the voice of authority is telling us: Nothing to see here folks; move along.
Who created God??
danielholter:
jazcdny:
God, as creator of time, is outside of time. Since therefore He has no beginning in time, He has always existed, so doesn’t need a cause.
It’s difficult to argue with such manifest logic.
Let’s define God in a way that makes your question nonsense, which is fair treatment for anyone who is stupid enough to try subjecting God to logic.
“Today, Royal Dutch Shell is holding back the tears no more. Shell apologises to...”
– Shell apologises
This appears to have backfired as an awareness-raising stunt since it seems quite a few people are taking it at face value. (via loopier)
What happens if the Iceland volcano blows →
azspot:
The potential eruption of Iceland’s volcano Katla would likely send the world, including the USA, into an extended deep freeze.
“When Katla went off in the 1700s, the USA suffered a very cold winter,” says Gary Hufford, a scientist with the Alaska Region of the National Weather Service. “To the point, the Mississippi River froze just north of New Orleans and the East Coast, especially...
European English
mfs:
bitchville:
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will...
“Barack Obama, presently, is the brilliant, charismatic, smiling, friendly face...”
– Cornel West (via crowth) (via jhnbrssndn)
“The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you...”
– Ken Kesey (via motionsensorsoundtrack) (via poortaste)
When I tell people that I’m bored with the answers because I’m fascinated with finding the best questions, this is exactly what I mean.
“According to an American general, the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is...”
– John Pilger: Have a Nice World War, Folks (via kateoplis) (via jhnbrssndn)
“The torture sequences were misleading, Mr. Danzig said, because they contributed...”
– For Fox’s ‘24,’ Terror Fight and Series Near End - NYTimes.com (via rubenfeld) (via katharinec)
“I think the most important thing the progressives need to figure out is tax and...”
– Amy Dean (via azspot)
Absolutely true; and absolutely not going to happen. Anyone trying to use state or federal government to accomplish anything will be appalled at the wreckage.
Suburban Anarchist: A Note of Appreciation from... →
bradicalmang:
iisabelle:jhnbrssndn:politicsprettygirlsphotography:resmc:
Let’s be honest: you’ll never win the lottery.
On the other hand, the chances are pretty good that you’ll slave away at some miserable job the rest of your life. That’s because you were in all likelihood born into the wrong social class. Let’s face it — you’re a member of the working caste. Sorry!
As a result, you...
