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hellaposer: Love this Web Designer Layout Pad from BonGraf....

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:20:45 -0700

Love this Web Designer Layout Pad from BonGraf. Comes in 12 and 16 column versions.

Wishlisted.

thedailywhat: Follow Up of the Day: Good news: The...

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:51:58 -0700

Follow Up of the Day: Good news: The puppy-tossing teenager whose abhorrent antics were captured on film and uploaded to the Internet has been backtraced by Bosnian authorities. Better News: Five of the six puppies thrown into the Vrbas river were rescued by Grandma Rose Pavlović and are now up for adoption.

[thanks lowrider!]

theeconomist: Daily Chart: For decades, college fees have risen...

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:55:48 -0700

theeconomist:

Daily Chart: For decades, college fees have risen faster than Americans’ ability to pay them. For some, the past 40 years have seen the cost of attending a state college increase by a factor of 24.

Sigh.

The new Freitag Reference collection is lovely. This bag and the...

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:41:00 -0700

The new Freitag Reference collection is lovely. This bag and the big slouchy Shopper need to get in my closet now please. (via freitag reference, h/t swissmiss)

thedailywhat: Moar Meme Overload of the Day: Meme Overloading...

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:27:19 -0700

thedailywhat:

Moar Meme Overload of the Day: Meme Overloading is now a meme.

[thefrogman.]

Too many memes!

theoriginaljoefisher: Wookiee The Chew: Winnie The Pooh Retold...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:48:48 -0700

theoriginaljoefisher:

Wookiee The Chew: Winnie The Pooh Retold With Star Wars Characters

soupsoup: London Fog ridiculously photoshops away the curves...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:37:09 -0700

soupsoup:

London Fog ridiculously photoshops away the curves that make Christina Hendrick so sexy.

southpol: Saying you care about the constitution is cheap. What...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:10:56 -0700

southpol:

Saying you care about the constitution is cheap.

What happens when your feelings run smack into what the document stands for?

Open Left

section9: brooklynmutt: Jon Stewart: FOX Failed To Mention...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:53:22 -0700

section9:

brooklynmutt:

Jon Stewart: FOX Failed To Mention Co-Owner Is One They Accuse Of ‘Terror Funding’

The Daily Show Debates: Is Fox News Evil Or Stupid?

Making me smile today.

This is very excellent.

Al Franken building a movement to save Net Neutrality add your voice - just 3935 sigs to go until 100,000!

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:08:42 -0700

Al Franken building a movement to save Net Neutrality add your voice - just 3935 sigs to go until 100,000!:

(via soupsoup:mohandasgandhi:brooklynmutt)

AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:04:00 -0700

AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque:

Colleagues,

Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:

1. We should continue to avoid the phrase “ground zero mosque” or “mosque at ground zero” on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other news sources using the term.) The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “near” ground zero, or two blocks away.

WE WILL CHANGE OUR SLUG ON THIS STORY LATER TODAY from “BC-Ground Zero Mosque” to “BC-NYC Mosque.”

In short headlines, some ways to refer to the project include:

_ mosque 2 blocks from WTC site
_ Muslim (or Islamic) center near WTC site
_ mosque near ground zero
_ mosque near WTC site

We can refer to the project as a mosque, or as a proposed Islamic center that includes a mosque.

It may be useful in some stories to note that Muslim prayer services have been held since 2009 in the building that the new project will replace. The proposal is to create a new, larger Islamic community center that would include a mosque, a swimming pool, gym, auditorium and other facilities.

(via apsies)

"I believe that net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time — unless it’s freedom of..."

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:20:28 -0700

“I believe that net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time — unless it’s freedom of religion, which until last week I thought we had kinda worked out.”

- Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) (via savingpaper) (via think4yourself)

More comedians should get into politics.

"Nazis don’t have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington,” Gingrich..."

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:58:17 -0700

“”Nazis don’t have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington,” Gingrich said Monday on Fox News. “There is no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center.””

- Debate over mosque near ‘ground zero’ splits Republicans - latimes.com

Muslims = Nazis!

(via sexartandpolitics)

I may have already posted this, but even if I did, it is worth posting it again just to reinforce how ignorant and offensive this statement is.

(via robot-heart-politics)