Monthly Archives: January 2011

Quote of the Day

I spoke to help people, and I’m getting bludgeoned from one end to the other. -Don Schmierer in response to the murder of Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato. Schmierer was one of the U.S. evangelicals who visited Uganda in … Continue reading

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#goodmorning

If anyone knows if there’s a transcript of this, let me know and I’ll link to it. So true. I only have one memory of being skeeved out after being nice to someone. Lots of people in south Texas smile … Continue reading

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Tweet of the Day

Courtesy of the Border Patrol’s official union, the National Border Patrol Council: Classy. If you click on the link in the tweet, you’ll see that the actual headline reads, “Parents of dead Mexican teenager sue U.S. government“. The tweet is … Continue reading

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Blast from the Past

Girls ought to be active and diligent; nor is that all; they should also be early subjected to restraint. This misfortune, if it really be one, is inseparable from their sex; nor do they ever throw it off but to suffer more … Continue reading

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Why I love my sister

Because she made me watch this to see if I’d recognize it (which, duh. I got it within the first 2 seconds): So then I made her watch this: …which then led us to lament how no one dances in … Continue reading

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Um…WHAT?!

Diane von Furstenburg on Chinese people: The Chinese people are very individual. I mean, they are not like the Japanese that are obedient. They’re very — they’re like Jews, really, except that there is a lot more of them. And … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

Michael Steele on his favorite book: Hmmm…War and Peace, you say? Because that quote is from A Tale of Two Cities. Doh!

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