January 2011
16 posts
“there is no word in Italian for accountability”
“but each year in New York City had become too much like the last and I feared...”
– Hushed and Growing Dissent in Cairo: “It Is Going to Happen Here”
“What the Monsters of the Midway figure to do to... →
The Reagan bit of Kid Politics on This American... →
rowr
When Gervais introduced them, he announced: “What can I say about our next two presenters? The first is an actor, producer, writer and director whose movies have grossed over $3.5bn at the box office. He’s won two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes for his powerful and varied performances starring in such films as Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Castaway, Apollo 13 and Saving...
The storms lasted 45 days, creating lakes in parts of the Mojave Desert and, according to a survey account, “turning the Sacramento Valley into an inland sea, forcing the state capital to be moved from Sacramento to San Francisco for a time, and requiring Gov. Leland Stanford to take a rowboat to his inauguration.”
“One time we were playing St. Louis, and for some reason Abe hated the...”
– Rex Ryan is Abe Gibron
“Blood libel is typically used to describe the false accusation that Jews murder...”
– NYT
Watchyimmyayo:
Vivian Maier. Thanks to Johnny McGeorge.
Gap-year travel may broaden the mind – but who... →
