December 2011
22 posts
“Higgins had a simple message for travelers this winter: Throw a case of water...”
– Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post
“In experiments where a minority of fish was trained to swim toward a yellow...”
– Why Ignorant Voters Matter
The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
“Wall Street, it turns out, has the worst tippers in Manhattan, averaging just...”
– Map of the Day: New Yorkers’ Tipping Habits Revealed - Arts & Lifestyle - The Atlantic Cities
“Most of all: stop and ask yourself seriously why the church took nearly two...”
– Section of one of the many great pieces from Christopher HItchens
The Gospel According to Mel | Hollywood | Vanity Fair
I adored his wit and blazing intellect. At a reading in San Francisco, I asked if he were concerned about a possible fatwah, given his incendiary opinions in God is Not Great. He smiled, and said 'they (Muslim fanatics) have much more to be worried about from me, not I from them." I feel much sorrow today at his passing - a man I didn't know. But I have a lovely fantasy of him being met in some celestial pub by C.S. Lewis, another literary giant, with Lewis gently welcoming him to a place he didn't believe in. Hitch said he liked surprises, and am sure he'd appreciate a cosmic joke on him. Rest in peace, you extraordinary man.
POSTED 12/16/2011, 3: 48:20PM BY SONOMAWRITER
“Elvis: fat
Ringo: friend
Yoko: love
Howard Cosell: ham
George: lost”
– Lists of Note (John Lennon 1976)
“Trump thanked Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum for agreeing to take part in the...”
– Donald Trump Pulls Out of NewsMax Debate | The Wrap Media
“ultimately, whether a new company continues growing and creates permanent jobs...”
– Finally, A Rich American Destroys The Fiction That Rich People Create The Jobs
“For the current orthodoxy among Republicans is that we mustn’t even criticize...”
– All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos - NYTimes.com
“So what do we learn from this story? Not that Mitt Romney the businessman was a...”
– All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos - NYTimes.com
“As nearly everyone who has ever worked with him knows, he would severely damage...”
– The Gingrich Tragedy - NYTimes.com
“It seems Governor Perry wants to be theocrat in chief, not commander in...”
– Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post
“The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and...”
– Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don’t Watch Any News: Study
“We on the committee are resigned to all elite universities becoming breeding...”
– Michael Lewis: Advice From the 1%: Lever Up, Drop Out - Bloomberg
“Fully half of all Upper Ones believe themselves to belong to the Lower 99.”
– Michael Lewis: Advice From the 1%: Lever Up, Drop Out - Bloomberg
“Newt’s ring-tone is ‘Dancing Queen.’”
– The Gingriches Endorse Meryl Streep; Alec Baldwin’s Mayoral Two-Step - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire 