I’m a litte late to this game (sorry), but last month Youtube user IAmArique made a whole album mashing up the entirety of Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” and Strong Bad’s classic techno anthem “Everybody to the Limit” and it’s just great. And yes you can download the whole thing!
Continue reading...March 2014
New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s comes from Paul \”The Little Professor\” Krugman, who in his column today, \”Jobs and Skills and Zombies\” writes: The point is that influential people move...
Continue reading...Alabama Republican candidate for Senate Will Brooke shoots ACA, completely rips off Sen. Manchin
A second quality advertisement today comes from Will Brooke, who is running in Alabama for the Republican nomination for the Senate race. Invoking the Second Amendment, he gets in his truck, taking a print-out of the Affordable Care act with him out to where he can shoot it with a handgun, a rifle, and finally in super-dramatic-slow-mo an assault rifle (that music!), before eventually putting the whole deal through a Will-Brooke-branded shredder. However, this is such a rip-off of Sen. Joe Manchin’s campaign ad from 2010:
Continue reading...Temperance Railway, next stop Cigaretteville
I love maps, I love transit, I love transit maps, I love historical documents, and I love all things drink. So, you can imagine that I love this map. It\’s pretty great. From 1908, and recently dug up by the Library of Congress, it shows all the stops you\’ll go through if you continue down your non-temperate life. Such places as Selfishburg, Hypocrisy Heights, Whiskeyton (my neighborhood), Treasondale, Malicefort, Cocain Park, Sing Sing, Dissipation Gap and Prizefight City. Here it is full-sized and huge in case you want to print me a present. <via>
Continue reading...Republican Iowa Senate Candidate Joni Ernst wants to castrate Washington’s spending and make them squeal or something
[Sadly this ad is no longer on the internet.] Oh, man, it’s finally that time in the political cycle where we get back to some quality advertisements. Here we have Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa who is running for the Senate. In this spot, she basically says that she knows how to castrate pigs, so she’ll know how to stop spending, all while we hear the squeals of pigs in the background. It’s all kinds of creepy. Enjoy. And she was just endorsed by none other than the Killa from Wasilla.
Continue reading...Rich guy wants five more Californias
It’s easy to look at California and imagine Churchill instead having said “Democracy is the worst form of government. No, really, it’s the fucking worst.” Between often electing unconventional politicians to high office, and a overly powerful ballot initiative system that makes it nearly impossible for even those few responsible leaders to govern, California is an example of democracy at its probable worst. And that\’s before you get to the eccentric rich people who like to exploit this system to do eccentric rich people things. This time it’s venture capital investor Tim Draper, who is funding a drive to...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from Thomas \”The Tank Engine\” Friedman, who in his column today, \”Putin and the Laws of Gravity,\” writes: Putin has basically bet his country’s...
Continue reading...Hamburger ingredients, ranked
19. Heinz ketchup (if you must) 18. Bun 17. Lettuce 16. Tomato 15. Mayonnaise 14. Milk (for panade) 13. Bread (for panade) 12. Red onion 11. Pickle 10. Garlic powder 9. Onion powder 8. Pickled jalapeno slices 7. Mustard 6. Guacamole 5. Cheddar 4. Bacon 3. Pepper 2. Salt 1. Ground chuck
Continue reading...Watch this excellent \”True Detective\” parody
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWLpJRlBYA] True Detective may be over for now (although I\’m a couple episodes behind!), but here\’s a terrific parody starring Community cast members Joel McHale and Jim Rash to help tide you over.
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log,” you may have once checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written. Today\’s is from none other than Thomas \”The Tank Engine\” Friedman, who in his column today \”Why Putin Doesn\’t Respect Us,\”** writes: To put it in...
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