December 2009
“FEARFUL of a public backlash against Vietnamese refugees, Margaret Thatcher...”
– Margaret Thatcher asked Australia to help buy an island to resettle Vietnamese refugees
“I don’t give a shit what people like Ann Coulter think of me.”
– Paul R. Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University, discusses the benefits of stirring up controversy and “knowing how to pick a fight.” With the right people - i.e. not Ann Coulter.
— In Seed Magazine, from London.
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With all due respect…
If...
Am I the only person alive who doesn't like Zooey...
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NO.
“Our current response to terrorism is a form of “magical thinking.”...”
– Bruce Schnier Is aviation security mostly for show? - CNN.com
Found via Slashdot.
“FUCK you Americans do everything the most retarded way possible. You MAIL your...”
– Erin’s Blog
We had this ‘conversation’ yesterday. That is pretty much verbatim.
Erin is astoundingly accepting of the ranting when it’s anti-American. I think she gets that it comes from love. Like when a cousin crashes his car and has no insurance, and you slip them a...
“We express strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition over the groundless...”
– Akmal Shaikh: China warns Britain as row over executed Briton intensifies - Telegraph
When China ‘talks’ it sounds like the stock child character from a mob film who will later on turn out to be Frank Nitti or something.
Or Darth Vader from that wholly inexplicable nonsense on Bespin....
I think responding to people’s ‘SECRET TUMBLR MESSAGES’ is an ok thing to do because they are totally all about me.
Secret Tumblr Message
tiffanyjmoore:
I haven’t known you long nor do I know you very well, but I do know that you’re lovely and kind and an all around wonderful person. Your generosity and support astound me.
And for that, I am infinitely grateful.
YOU ARE TOTALLY WELCOME.
“Thousands of Australians travelling to North America will now be individually...”
– Personal searches for US air travellers
Aaaaaah, fuck. I was actually looking forward to my flight to SXSW.
I do not care for any aspect of the Dalai Lama. Until he specifically repudiates his claim of divinity, he is a manifestation of everything bad about what happens when religion and politics mix.
There are plenty of old dudes in your neighbourhood who have smarter and nicer ideas than this old fascist. Go talk to them some time.
STAY TUNED 4 MOAR LYFHAXING TIPZ
#212 Give all of the women in your life the same nicknames – makes infidelity easier.
It's a fact
If you remember to smile before you answer the phone, you will have a better conversation.
THAT’S LIFEHACKING BIATCHEZ.
My take on the ‘Chilean’ brouhaha.
daniellei:
How do you pronounce Chilean?
Please...
“In the latest campaign, the Government spent more than $1 million on TV ads that...”
– Taxpayers ‘funding Labor ads’
“VICTORIA is set to record its lowest annual road toll since records began, with...”
– Victoria’s road toll at record low
“It’s the uncanny valley of morality.”
– Matt Langer:
“Mölkky is a Finnish throwing game which originated in the Päijänne Tavastia...”
– Mölkky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Thanks, pikkutiikeri!)
“If you look at the websites of security firms, you might think we were engaged...”
– Cameras’ beady eyes put locals in spotlight
Christmas Table Dialogue
Grandmother: It's been a lot harder for Erin than it was when you had your tonsils out.
Me: Uh, I never had my tonsils out. I still have my tonsils. Want to see them?
Grandmother: Tonsils grow back. I should know, I took you to the hospital, made you jelly and ice cream and looked after you while you were a kid and your parents were swanning off in America.
Me: Nan, trust me. I have never had my tonsils out. I have never even seen an Ear Nose and Throat specialist. I have my tonsils.
Grandmother: I would bet my life on the fact that you had your tonsils out.
Me: Well, I like the stakes of that bet.
A thing I like about when China is involved in international negotiation is that they refuse to stop playing to stereotype. There is nothing quite so inscrutable as a Chinese diplomat.
Consider this Mashup your Christmas present.
...
I'm one curmudgeonly bastard,
but I do wish you all a Happy Christmas and hope that if you travel, you travel safely.
“Some sources claim that the aircraft could stay in the air for around 48 hours,...”
– Tupolev Tu-119 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Third, this episode offers another revealing glimpse at Obama’s diplomatic...”
– The Lessons of the Failed Climate Change Conference | Stephen M. Walt
“They seemed to understand it all, at least the clip-clop part, and they are...”
– Garrison Keillor - Salon.com
Sure, I’m Dan Savage’s bitch. Whatever.
“Nature is about continuation of the species — in other words, children....”
– Garrison Keillor - Salon.com
I have noticed that, almost universally, people who advocate some kind of return to what Hobbes called the ‘State of Nature” (where life is ‘nasty, brutish and short’) are the people who would last the least amount of time in such a situation.
“Today we have launched Twitter SMS in Australia with our partner Telstra. As...”
– Twitter Blog: SMS Tweets for Telstra Australia
I CALL BULLSHIT.
They left Erin and Ross off the list.
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