March 2012
12 posts
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If you support the Kony2012 Campaign, you might... →
neil-gaiman:
When I posted the #Kony2012 link on Twitter, a LOT of people sent me this. I’d already felt uncomfortable RTing something that called for direct military action, and this solidified my discomfort.
visiblechildren:
For those asking what you can do to help, please link to…
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/opinion/krugma... →
To put it in Romneyesque terms, it’s all about finding an excuse to slash programs that help people who like to watch Nascar events, even while lavishing tax cuts on people who like to own Nascar teams.
February 2012
13 posts
Squeezing My Mind Grapes: My Guide to Social... →
I was thinking of all the social networks we all use when something occurred to me about how they’re all inter-related.
Church Bans Girl Scouts →
In December, liberals were telling us not to donate to The Salvation Army because it’s anti-gay. Now conservatives are telling us to not support the Girl Scouts because they’re pro-gay. I can’t help but admire the symmetry.
Can we all at least agree that whatever political agenda you support, Girl Scouts cookies are delicious?
The Harshest Review of the Steve Jobs Biography... →
In the end Steve Jobs’ contempt for human life did not exempt his own. He sacrificed himself thoughtlessly in one final and meaningless act, an act of radical branding so brave and revolutionary the media listed the cause of death as pancreatic cancer.
Of course, as we learn in Steve Jobs, to attribute Steve Jobs’ death to pancreatic cancer is to libel the cancer. In 2003 Steve Jobs had a...
“There’s a war going on out there and your going to have to pick a side....”
– Jack Donaghy #30Rock 