January 2012
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Solitary Forager: Rocky's Letter to the Democrats →
rockyanderson2012:
Until the Democratic Party shows some spine and draws a line in the sand — that an end to the tax breaks for the wealthy needs to be part of any debt/budget bill — please take my name off your list.
Also, it is impossible for me to forget the words of Congresswoman…
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I'll stop listening to Yeasayer when I'm good and...
“Now, in contemporary industrialized democracies, the legitimate administration...”
– David Graeber (via bbcity)
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OK.
New rule.
Don’t drink whiskey while on pain medication.
Especially while writing a client letter.
Double especially while listening to Art Blakey and the State of the Union.
…
Oh goodness.
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“I believe the federal government has grown out of control, threatening the...”
– Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas • Describing why he decided to skip an event in which Obama honored the team for winning the Stanley Cup last season. While the event went off without a hitch, Thomas’ no-show has drawn a lot of controversy, as many felt that the move showed a lack of respect to the...
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Tooth is out.
Extraordinary pain throughout my gums, teeth, and head.
Wish they would have given me a prescription.
Ow ow ow.
“How strange it is. We have these deep terrible lingering fears about ourselves...”
– White Noise, Don DeLillo (via lo-phi)
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Pain pain pain.
Pain.
Pain pain.
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I was drifting, crying. I was looking for an island. I was slipping under. I’ll pull the devil down with me one way or another.
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I need to learn to shut my mouth.
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First semester grades were released today.
I anxiously waited until I got home to check them.
Took a double shot of Noah’s Mill bourbon as I clicked to open them.
Sigh.
With grades, like the dentist, I really am a baby.
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Pulling rabbits out of hats.
Don’t know how I keep this magic show going.
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Everyone needs a personal trainer!
me: Motivation for running please!
marites: Stop being fat, fatty.
me: OH GOD I'M SOBBING
marites: Or did you want positive reinforcement?
marites: Gotta maintain that hot bod!
me: OH GOD I'M BLUSHING
me: Kay. Gonna go run! Love you Lil B!
marites : love youuuuu
me: You + Your love + Your cruelty = Best personal trainer EVER.
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“No Mr Gruebel: there will always be criminals, there will always be people who...”
– John Hempton in Bronte Capital: Some comments on the UBS Rogue Trader
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Letters To My Country: The Disaffected Liberal →
letterstomycountry:
A Sullivan reader writes:
I read the Newsweek cover story, and I’m sure [Sullivan is] going to get quite a large volume of comments due to the article’s virtual “come and get me” stance. But I thought I should give it a try as I might be able to add to a possible discussion.
In [Sullivan’s] defenses of Obama against his liberal critics, [he] seem[s] to take it for granted...
Just had an unfortunately brusque and brief...
I think I was the first person he has ever accused of not knowing Smith, Locke, DeSoto, Hayek, and Mises who knew them better than he did.
Very smart, passionate, and honest advocate of Libertarian values and history nonetheless.
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“Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to...”
– Justice Brandeis, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357, 375-76, 47 S. Ct. 641, 648, 71 L. Ed. 1095 (1927)
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For every dollar a lobbyist invests in Washington,... →
mohandasgandhi:
Any other business would be investigated for a 22,000% profit.
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I'm drafting my law school's ACLU Student Group...
I am enjoying this WAY more than a normal human being should
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