September 2010
“On vacation recently, there were some Christian fundamentalists at lunch at the...”
– Rosanne Cash
“That’s what Goebbels did. That’s what Goebbels did. The truth didn’t matter.”
– Glenn Beck (via azspot)
speaking of the truth not mattering…
“Today Christians … stand at the head of [this country]… I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity .. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit … We want to burn out all the...
August 2010
“a new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research...”
– Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds
TIME
(via brooklynmutt)
I mentioned earlier that my grandmother turns 83 today. This it the part where I tell you she’s been a heavy drinker her whole life. We’ve always said she’s still alive because she’s pickled herself. I...
“Bill Clinton is determined to keep off the 15 pounds he lost for daughter...”
– Bill Clinton eats healthy at Babette in the Hamptons - NYPOST.com
“So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of...”
– Lindsay Lohan
“The Oval Office you’ll see tonight has had a “very modest”...”
– West Wing Report (WestWingReport) on Twitter
“Malia’s one issue for her father is saving the tigers,” Mrs. Obama...”
– First Parents Let Details Slip About First Daughters’ White House Lives
This show is absurd Bullshit and I am so glad I...
—Dina Manzo
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The Cast of Dancing with the Stars
Michael Bolton The Situation David Hasselhoff Kurt Warner Kyle Massey Rick Fox Brandy Margaret Cho Jennifer Grey Florence Henderson Audrina Patridge Bristol Palin
From October 10, 2008
The crisis isn’t the only scary thing going on. Something very ugly is taking shape on the political scene: as McCain’s chances fade, the crowds at his rallies are, by all accounts, increasingly gripped by insane rage. It’s not just a mob phenomenon — it’s visible in the right-wing media, and to some extent in the speeches of McCain and Palin.
We’ve seen this before. One thing that has...
"I can’t spend all my time with my birth... →
mandigray:yahoonews:(via today)
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you,...”
– Jodi Picoult
“There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more...”
– Sylvia Plath
“Throughout her career King has courted controversy as an advocate for the...”
– Alveda King Speaks at Glenn Beck’s D.C. Rally - ABC News
“Organizers pulled event permits for up to 300,000 people, and expected at least...”
– Glenn Beck rally drew a crowd. But how big? - Scott Wong - POLITICO.com
“What became apparent, as the masses moved slowly along the Reflecting Pool and...”
– David S. Broder - There was nothing to fear on Aug. 28, 1963 (via abbyjean)
“We will place the problems of the poor at the seat of government of the...”
– A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. (via abbyjean) (via vruz)
“LBJ needed Lady Bird like he needed politics. While he must have drove her crazy...”
– Dead Presidents: LBJ Day: Lady Bird
“I don’t think I’m any more obsessed with making a career out of this...”
– Levi Johnston: Bristol Palin Loves the Limelight Just as Much as I Do
“A 16-pound country ham fetched a $100,000-a-pound winning bid from two...”
– Country ham goes for $1.6 million in charity auction - State - Kentucky.com
“For those who hoped, in vain, to see a Clinton-Obama reunion this summer at...”
– Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton to Speak at Clinton Global Initiative
Is Barack Obama Muslin? →
“The reason I’m calling you out instead of all the other magazines that make...”
– one forty plus: Huffington Post FULL OF SHIT? (Yes!)
Hmm. Well. Those last two sentences are super classy insults, aren’t they? God forbid a law student dance for a little money to further their education. I mean that is just trashy, right? We should definitely shame those people.
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“America works because lots of people contribute lots of ideas —...”
– AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Palin responded to his speech via twitter: “Know our hardworking union friends (esp from my days as an IBEW sister, Todd IBEW & USW brother) aren’t sheep, they’ll ask: Trumka’s motive?”
“Think Trumka’s frustrations r...
Jason Pinter: Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner... →
elizs:
Jennifer Weiner:
“Nick Hornby, Jonathan Tropper, Carl Hiaasen, David Nicholls…all of these guys write what I’d call commercial books, even beach books, books about relationships and romance and families. All of them would be considered chick lit writers if they were girls. But they’re not, so they get reviewed (not always positively, but still), and they sell. If Nick and Jon and...
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“Sometimes – about Sarah Palin – you just have to laugh…. But it’s not really...”
– AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Union president slams Palin on her home turf
“She used to have a job, your governor. You knew her-or thought you did–I know I...”
– AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in prepared remarks for a speech in Anchorage
