December 2010
“If a guy gave me a gift and I didn’t get him anything, I would feel good....”
– E.G., aka Denise
“Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be...”
– Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden (via thecookieateu)
“Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The...”
– Daniel Webster (via alexanderclarence)
“Nick Rad, a Brooklyn based artist, answered the question most succinctly in a...”
– Finding a Use for Tumblr - NYTimes.com (via washingtonexaminer)
TRUTH.
“And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel...”
– J.D. Hayworth (via fuckyeahstateofisrael)
“Everyone says he or she is for “bipartisan consensus,” but usually this...”
– Dump the Bipartisan Mush: Here’s How You Do It for Real — The American, A Magazine of Ideas (via conservatarian)
“… the middle is always evil.” ~ A.R.
TSA Misses Luggage That Explodes After Flight |... →
combattant-de-la-liberte:
The alarming event caps a series of never-ending TSA blunders that have severely compromised national security in the last few months. While the 50,000-member agency harasses honest citizens with invasive, genital-groping personal searches, it ignores real threats and persecutes its critics.
-And this will happen more and more as the TSA continues to harass small...
“There’s not a supermom out there who wouldn’t think about trading...”
– Lynette Scavo
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.”
– Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (via quote-book)
“I never strayed too far from your heart. Its both a burden and a pleasure.”
– Chris (via themusician)
prettystuff:
“We believe elegance can be casual. We believe gratefulness is compatible with fits of laughter. We believe it’s completely acceptable to be sexy. We believe in dinner parties, charity parties, beach parties, dance parties, and parties in general…We believe in living a colorful life.”
Lilly Pulitzer
"How Can You Defend Israel?" by David Harris →
thecookieateu:
“No, I’d never say Israel is perfect. It has its flaws and foibles. It’s made its share of mistakes. But, then again, so has every democratic, liberal and peace-seeking country I know, though few of them have faced existential challenges every day since their birth.”
“The data also clearly indicate that successful attempts to balance budgets rely...”
– Biggs, Hassett and Jensen: The Right Way to Balance the Budget - WSJ.com
Wow - couldn’t have seen that coming…
(via k9rescueguy)
“In case you haven’t heard, Obama’s FCC has passed new rules requiring private...”
– Capitalism Magazine - Net Neutrality: Obamacare for the Internet (via conservatarian)
The American Spectator : Why the Palestinians... →
freeisrael:
(via Instapaper)
The American Spectator : Why the Palestinians... →
freeisrael:
(via Instapaper)
“Tonight I missed your hand, your smooth, well kept touch always calmed me on...”
– Chris (via themusician)
“Never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary.”
– Oscar Wilde (via quotewhore)
“University students rioting against tuition increases on both sides of the...”
– Reflections on the Passing Scene - Thomas Sowell - Townhall Conservative (via conservatarian (via blacksurf)
“I could die for you. But I couldn’t and wouldn’t live for you.”
– Ayn Rand (via paintyourbrain)
“Poetry is also excessive in the sense that it seems to belabor the obvious. “Why...”
– Peter Leithart: On Poetry (via sds)
“Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...”
– FA Hayek (via coeus)
“Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of truth, intensification of...”
– Gandhi
The Oral Historian of Israel’s Terror War by... →
garbanzotoons:
MJT: Let’s talk about your title. Some potential readers might think comparing Israel’s victims of terrorism to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust is a bit much, not least because the scale is so different in size. I thought so myself at first, though that feeling went away by about page 8 or 9. Perhaps you could say something about it for those who haven’t read to page 8 or...
Gazan crowd chants 'Death to America,' 'Death to... →
thecookieateu:
It’s the same story as the previous link. I want to think that peace can be real and legitimate. However, things like this make me concerned. There is no environment for peace there.
Gazan crowd chants 'Death to America,' 'Death to... →
thecookieateu:
It’s the same story as the previous link. I want to think that peace can be real and legitimate. However, things like this make me concerned. There is no environment for peace there.
