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- 14 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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- 11 Jan 2009
- 6:05am EDT
- War & Peace
definition of chutzpah: south asia edition
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani opened his pus-filled noise hole and made some defensive grunting noises in the continuing saga in which India points a finger at Pakistan over the November 26th Mumbai attacks, and Pakistan points to “that thing over there in the tree.”
Drawing a parallel with the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Gilani accused the international community of double standards saying that it was more concerned about the Mumbai attacks than the killings in Palestine. “We have to see that the world does not have double standards. See how many innocent women and children have been killed in Palestine. Why is nobody talking about that? Why is the world silent on that?” said Gilani during a function in Karachi, adding that there was no need for the world to make so much noise over just one incident — the Mumbai attacks.
An old Bene Israel joke says that the definition of chutzpah is when an orphan helps kill dozens of innocent civilians, and then pleads an unrelated foreign policy matter as his defense while still having the gall to call himself a head of state.
I’m not normally one of the more jingoist, anti-Pakistan fellows out there, but Gilani is a giant plastic bag of choleric diarrhea who makes Clay “plastic bag of choleric diarrhea” Bennett look like a sweet-smelling rose bush.
- 10 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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links for 2009-01-10
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Soviet Realism used in a high-profile marketing campaign? The irony is delicious, and the campaign is well-done. Lenin has to be spinning in his mausoleum.
- 9 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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- 8 Jan 2009
- 3:08pm EDT
- Sport
Google ads are jerks
At least to Jets fans. From the sponsored ads on an article on ESPN.com:
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And now Mangini has left for Cleveland, where he can now coach a QB younger than he is.
- 8 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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links for 2009-01-08
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An urban transit map of the Milky Way, in the style of the London Underground map. (via Kottke)
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The Secret Service releases a list of reasons I'm hiding in my apartment on Inauguration Day.
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How Congressional legislation requiring lead testing will hit second-hand shops and small craft sellers.
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Members of the Military-Industrial Complex we can believe in.
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"At least 44 states were facing shortfalls midway through the fiscal 2009, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study released last month." And which states are doing best? Why those that weren't trying to squeeze their citizens of every last tax dollar possible. I'm looking at you, New York and Maryland. Both of you are now trying to solve your shortfalls with. . . more taxation.
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This is why his classes were my favorite in grad school: in one of those rants that he occasionally lets slip, he tears down MoDo for her utter inability to come up with a coherent argument in paragraph after paragraph of fluff.
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In which they study the hole in the middle of the lower case 'a' in various fonts. What were you thinking?
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A compilation of New York ethnic neighborhoods by borough and ethnic group. From S. Morgan Friedman, the creator of Overheard in New York, Smugopedia, and a million other handy sites.
- 7 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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links for 2009-01-07
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Love the 60s style Bank Job poster. Also the one for Funny Games. (via Design Observer)
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So tempting. (via Nico, who apparently wants me to provide a one-man economic stimulus package.)
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I think I've just found something new to do during PowerPoint-centric meetings.
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I particularly liked the little details, like the "Reinventing the Wheel" poster early on.
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The trailer for the upcoming film "Objectified", from the filmmaker who brought us the ever-so-excellent "Helvetica."
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I only found out about #11 shortly after graduating from college. If I'd known about it earlier, I'd have used it in all sorts of public finance papers, just to see what would happen.
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A few excerpts from Strunk and White to help you put together a better unsolicited email.
- 6 Jan 2009
- 10:30am EDT
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links for 2009-01-06
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A Typophile user gets a sans-serif tramp stamp. (via Design Observer)