June 2011
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“If we lose the confidence of the American people, we really have lost most of...”
– EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson (via aifestival)
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The wrong John Wayne →
Ah, people with sort-of the same name! Causing trouble!
minnpost:
“Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo’s own John Wayne.
The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo’s John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne...
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“What this means, though, is that Federer has become something rarer and...”
– “The Long Autumn of Roger Federer” — Grantland
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Prepare to Have Your Email Read by the NSA →
theatlantic:
With a new major hacking incident seemingly daily, the Department of Defense is scrambling to find the right shield against future for attacks. But why hide behind a shield when you can charge onto the battlefield underneath the invisible but ironclad cloak of the National Security Agency? That’s exactly how the DoD is mounting it’s first strike back at the hackers—a preemptive...
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“People are always coming to me, ‘Michael, I have a secret, you’re...”
– Michael Scott, on “The Office” season 2 episode “The Secret” (also, my favorite “Office” quote ever)
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Toni Kukoc looks old, makes me feel old
Read more at ESPN.
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WatchThrice is a wonderful band for so many reasons, but two of them are on display here: The meaningful, even poetic lyricism, and the way the band’s songs allow for many presentations, each legitimate on its own. For instance, here’s the original of “Like Moths to Flame.”
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“You have these people who work for you, but they’re also people. They have...”
– Bill Keller, soon-to-be-ex-executive editor of The New York Times. Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/bill-keller-leaving-the-times-5851163#ixzz1OB4zbIYA
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