July 2009
June 2009
Don’t let me get out of this kiss...
“In Corpus Christi just a couple of weeks ago, a guy was found “… guilty of six...”
– Taylor Marsh: Is Madoff Worse than a Child Molester? (via apsies)
Things I love: lazy afternoons in coffee shops.
Nowhere to go, nothing to do. Lovely.
And the award for Most Horrific Site Design goes... →
jaredm:
Check this one out. Most ridiculous site design I’ve seen in months! I dare you to try and find other pages within ths site. The image encircling the page is such a sweet bonus.
Yvette’s is open until 6PM you guys!
AH MY EYES THEY BURN.
In other news, why are you gown shopping?!?
Sanford Was Harsh Critic Of Clinton Affair, Called... →
(via think4yourself:yeahmon)
Girl Who Does Not Age, Brooke Greenberg Baffles... →
notemily:
“Brooke hasn’t aged in the conventional sense. Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, in Tampa, says Brooke’s body is not developing as a coordinated unit, but as independent parts that are out of sync. She has never been diagnosed with any known genetic syndrome or chromosomal abnormality that would help explain why.”
Whoa.
1 tag
“We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic...”
– PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich on Obama swatting a fly
… … Yeah.
(via forwhenifeellikesharing)
Pulling in content from this blog into another...
Hooray!
bryonmcdonald:
Regina Spektor - Laughing With
I...
NY Times: Iran's Clerics May Be Key To Outcome Of... →
soupsoup:
inothernews:
So far the mullahs — a potentially critical swing vote — have remained largely silent, with the notable exception of a few prominent grand ayatollahs, including one who has attacked the vote count as “a gross injustice.” And few religious leaders have joined the tens of thousands of Iranians expressing their fury by marching through the streets of Tehran and other...
“Oh man, Tumblr is naughty!”
– My boyfriend explored the directory for the first time today.
“My generation is tired of being disillusioned. We refuse to accept the status...”
– “An Iranian born in 1984” via The Daily Dish, via the Tehan Bureau,
“[Obama]’s always a step or two behind where his supporters want him to be,...”
– Obama *always* stays “two steps behind them” « ACCUMULATING PERIPHERALS (via Andrew Sullivan)
“We didn’t want to rebel, but we want freedom, democracy and equality. We...”
– Hani, an Iranian woman who smuggled a video online out of Tehran.
Direct from Tehran, despite the crackdown | The Observers
Still think the internet and social media play little roles in all of this?
“Iran summons ambassador over “interventionist” U.S. statements:...”
– Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising
Dear Republicans:
This is why we watch what we say about situations in foreign countries. I feel I shouldn’t have to tell you this, but oh well.
Forever not yours,
Lindsey
“I am convinced that they just pulled it out of their hats. I am convinced that...”
– Professor Farideh Farhi, “whose decades of studying Iran has included poring over data from Iranian elections,” talks to the Christian Science Monitor.
Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising
Something I think people are forgetting about...
People are angry because their votes don’t appear to have been counted. Yes, Ahmadinejad is not well liked by a lot of the world. Yes, Mousavi (or any of the other candidates) may not be any better. But the Iranians still have the right to vote. Far too many observers are saying it’s likely the election was rigged, which just isn’t acceptable.
I keep seeing folks saying that...
“[S]omeone ought to bring the leader of the free world up to speed on the events...”
– James Taranto (via sds) encouraging Obama to get more involved in Iran.
Is there a concise way to explain to the right why Obama has (wisely) kept a fairly low profile on the Iran issue? Let me try.
They don’t generally call the President of the United States the “Leader of the Free World” in...
“They have arrested anybody they know. Some mullahs been arrested too, like...”
– Message from the friend of a Daily Dish reader.
Want Obama to end his 'silence' on Iran?
southpol:
Pick one:
A: Obama says what we’re all thinking regarding the travesty of democracy in Iran Net result: the clerics have just the talking point they need to couch this as The Great Satan interfering in Iranian affairs, the protest movement finds it harder to gain more sympathy and swell its numbers, and we all feel so proud of ourselves for ‘standing up for democracy’ at the expense...
“Andaki sambre kon, sahar nazdeek hast.”
– -message for Iranians on the streets with lionhearts
(“Hold on just a little bit longer, the dawn is near”)
(via asie) (via soupsoup)
“Well, we lead; we condemn the sham, corrupt election. We do what we have done...”
– Senator John McCain, when asked “How does the U.S. deal with an emboldened Iranian President Ahmadinejad?”
(HuffPo)
Does America lead? I don’t really remember that ever working in Iran.
“For the first time, I saw traffic police smiling at the crowd. Even the...”
– Roger Cohen of the New York Times, who has been in Iran since before the election.
(HuffPo)
“A Grand Ayatollah questions the election, supports peaceful protests. Grand...”
– Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising