2008

Jul

...that I will bear true faith and...

July 1st is always a doozy for me. Eleven years ago today (wow), at almost this exact moment, I was...

“Over the past few years, people from Goldman Sachs have...”
— David Brooks

“Of course the agreement is called a “free trade”...”
— Dean Baker on the Colombia...

Yes, because what NBA officiating really needs is to be run...

It’s a Boom Market Baron is leaving $17.8mm on the...

Jun

Supreme Court, Inc.

A generation ago, progressive and consumer groups petitioning the court could count on favorable...

Paintings From a POW Camp

[via] This story was written by Gail Delaney, the daughter of a Hong Kong prisoner of War. Her...

claudia: matthewb: Malt Liquor. (via Peter Nidzgorski)

“The most cynical interpretation of history cannot deny that...”
— Grattan O’Leary“The Right...

“You may ask why do I dwell so much on eloquence and words...”
— Grattan...

“Democracies operate by persuasion, and men are persuaded by...”
— Grattan...

“On the advice of some readers I picked up Jack Weatherford’s...”
— Yglesias (via hellofriend)

Journalist John Spivak took a series of photos at forced...

“Theory of Applied Batmatics: Insist on reality — no effects,...”
— Wired on Chris Nolan’s...

Phoenix - “Twenty-One One Zero” First track off their new album, due this fall. This...

Gabe and Aaron’s cat, Horace, and Gabe’s worms...

“I know George didn’t believe in heaven or hell. Like death,...”
— Jerry Seinfeld

Dept. of George Lucas Is A Giant Tool

“It’s no secret that Dipset is on the ropes. Dudes were...”
— The Fader

Obama backlash

hellofriend: jessicagoldharalson: It’s starting. Discuss. He’s moving, as all general election...

“In the absence of a major regulator overhaul, there is one...”
— Dean BakerBarack needs to put...

A snapshot of the shit you miss when you freak out and...

MGMT - “Electric Feel” (Aeroplane Remix) Claudia reblogged the Justice remix, which she...

Under John McCain's tax plan, the McCain...

Esther StockerInstallationsansicht geometrisch betrachtet,...

hellofriend: wtflickr: thx zeth0m4s Whoa.

“A tape exists of Michelle Obama saying the PLEDGE OF...”
— From Chris Beam’s Slate...

“I don’t sleep. I think it’s the cousin of death. As much as...”
— Lil Wayne on forming a...

Dear cyberspaces: please be less about...

…and more about the gaping hole in the center of the internets that is the void formerly...

The Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund...

Daily Show’s still got it.

"8:54: Duncan Sheik has a goofy (possibly...

Flex Sleuthor - “Duringling” (Ratatat & The Cool Kids) Don’t sleep on this.

(via thenewsouthern)

Tim Russert Dead, R. Kelly Free

(via whatthefuckdoineedtoknow) Coincidence?

“The Kobe-MJ thing … done. Over. Jordan never would...”
— Bill Simmons

June 12, 1943 From the shores of Mallard Point, to the...

Lil' Wayne - "Pussy, Money, Weed"

Lil’ Wayne - “Pussy, Money, Weed“ from The Carter 3 Sessions (Unreleased,...

“Trade policy in the last quarter century has been about...”
— Dean Baker

In The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama recalls being the only child at his school in Jarkarta allowed...

lazerfuque: Kobe and R. Kelly. Prodigiously talented,...

“I actually did that beat for the Shrek 3 soundtrack. I got a...”
— David Banner, RE: Carter...

Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Duke Dumont Reconstruction) this + this = Leather Mustache

The Cyclist's Map Of The City.

Annoyingly, David Brooks makes sense today. ...

After a long absence...

alexbalk: Alex Balk: If you stimulate the shaft root via “the skin between his balls and...

Dear Heather: The Jamie D. Chronicles, Part 2 of 10 h/t to Erinelaine, Sarah O, and Sam Cooke

We've all seen how well dreaming of...

alexbalk: Who’s more annoying: the idealistic kids who think Barack Obama will bring us into a...

“The referees referee an illusion.”
— The Zen Master (and he’s...

“In reality there is only one candidate. Barack Obama. In...”
— GOP Strategist Bay Buchanan...

June 8, 1968from Paul Fusco’s “R.F.K. Funeral...

weezyf: Lloyd Feat. Lil Wayne - Girls Around the World

Swing ‘em home, boys.

Note to self, for my new business...

The other night I was trying to gauge reaction to a business card that has my email address and cell...

New Dizzee Rascal…“Dance Wiv Me” (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome)

alexbalk: kabby

Truth in advertising. [via]

Ezra Klein: I had just watched an African-American capture...

CassiniThe Sun is on the opposite side, so all of Saturn is...

“Barack Obama lässt sich als Kandidat feiern”
— Berliner Morgenpost

shit. hellofriend had the same idea. and he had it first....

With Kanye promising to only get further out into space on...

Chris Stain, The Boss Needs You, 12” x 18”,...

“As long as you have black athletes making it to the...

[via] SI used to be so fucking cool.

Bosko - ”Love In This Club” Talkbox! [via]

Boring Photos | "Mankend" | Rhinebeck,...

[higher res @ flickr] Question: What happens when two men go into the woods?Answer: Not...

Boring Photos | Cercle Rouge | 5.29.08

May

from Iggy Pop’s tour rider (via thesmokinggun) (via...

Fantastic idea. Make this happen.

Jorge Ben - “O Plebeu” Off of 1976’s Africa Brasíl, and so perfect for...

Because I’m on a “Paradise” kick now, thanks to Young Chris and Weezy: I’m...

Young Chris Feat. Lil Wayne - “Paradise” [via]

“In pursuit of the “war on terror”, the USA and other Western...”
— Amnesty International - The...

“US Justice Department figures have indicated that American...”
— Amnesty International - The...

“For many years, US policy on the death penalty has run...”
— Amnesty International - The...

“In July, President George W. Bush gave the green light for...”
— Amnesty International - The...

“Most constitutions guarantee fundamental rights and most...”
— Amnesty International - The...

J.C.V.D. Brilliant.

SIGUR RÓS : Gobbledigook New Sigur Rós (who only know how to do one thing but do it really...

I’m throwing up Low Bee’s “Smooth Holiday” mix from a while ago, because...

Source: Baron Davis has made inquiries about...

“Big Five” - Prince Buster (Vinyl) 1967 I would have reblogged catbird, except that...

XO - ”Grind Baby” featuring Cee-Cee [via]

“Pork and Beans” by Weezer, featuring the internets. I’m both amused and...

This American Life: The Giant Pool of Money A special program about the housing crisis produced in a...

Top: hereBottom: my crappy camera phone on the Broad Street...

I snapped this photo for the name, because how fucking cool...

Apparently, the game of tennis will look a lot more like TRON by 2083. This is fucking awesome and...

“I had my dad’s broken-down four-track machine and a little...”
— ?uestlove, in an absolutely...

Nigel Godrich is producing Q-Tip's new...

“No sensible person believes that electing conservative...”
— Matthew Yglesias

Annie - “I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me” (Get Shakes Remix)

Making Musicals Rock

The Mismatch Problem

Beck - “Chemtrails” (produced by Danger Mouse) Oy. Midnight Vultures it ain’t. ...

“Three different survey questions all suggest that between...”
— Evolution and Creationism in...

1960s U.S. Polysci 101, distilled

hellofriend: Nixon was coldly mixing and pouring volatile passions. Although he was careful to...

Marsu Homme | SS 08

Usher (ft. Young Jeezy) - “Love in This Club” [Live @ SNL | 5/17/08]

Gaza Strip: Occupation / Endless War by Blu part of...

“Look around, it’s not just oil that is soaring. Almost every...”
— Fareed Zakaria on Marketplace,...

Dept. of Making It Right

Oscar Pistorius is gonna run. I was so glad to read the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned...

Everyone always talks about the “Common People” cover on Bill Shatner’s Has Been...

Alphabeat - “Digital Love” (Daft Punk Cover) [via]

Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment | May 14, 2008

from Raymond Geuss's Recollections on...

Achieving Our Country[] represented a step too far for me. The very idea that the United States was...

“Starting from the morning / when we became a conversation,...”
— Friedensfeier by Friedrich...

I first saw MORE, Mark Osborne’s brilliant animated short, back in 2000. I was living in St....

Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot gets me every time.

NARAL endorses Barack

2008 Obsidian SG-One Mustang This makes me so irrationally...

lazerfuque: The tennis season has now begun. At a BBQ on...

alexbalk: I wanted to call tomorrow’s feature “Because I...

Dept. of Don Quixote

According to the Energy Department, wind could supply 20 percent of America’s electricity...

Kent Rogowski / Untitled / 2” Letter Height / Neon...

“The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in...”
— Luiz Inacio Lula da...

Andy Huang’s “Doll Face” [2005] [via]

alexbalk: Whatever my reservations about Obama, I have to...

N.E.R.D. - “EVERYONE NOSE” (REMIX) feat. Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pusha-T [via]

RATATAT - "Shiller"

Birthday Card From My Grandmother

As I was walking down the streetI saw a little birdieWho whispered in my ear, he did,That you were...

Duncan Sheik performs “Song of the Human Heart” at the 2008 New Yorker...