December 2009
The hippopotamus is considered to be the most...
ohyeahfacts:
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Yet there’s no hippo mascot at the college level…
Ferruccio Lamborghini made tractors until he went...
ohyeahfacts:
(source)
Thank you, Enzo, for being a dick.
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Town Names That Are Fun To Say, Pt. 1:
notthatkindagay:
inothernews:
phunkyfresh:
inothernews:
“Quogue”
“Massapequa”
“Shinnecock.”
bangor!
Cheboygan and Ishpeming
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"Touchdown Jesus:" At Notre Dame, Anti-Choicers... →
(via katoleary)
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Dick Cheney, Conservative of the Year?
squashed:
So says Human Events.
I’m impressed by George W. Bush’s willingness to keep a low profile. He isn’t President anymore and he isn’t inclined to try to defend or rehabilitate his legacy by taking pot shots at the current administration. The same can’t be said of Cheney.
I can’t blame Cheney for being grumpy. Obama has been pretty relentless with his “I inherited” and “when I took...
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INTPs hate to think of themselves being in any way inadequate, at least in areas...
– This is Me, to a T. (via efilymsisiht)
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Three facts to memorize if you want to master...
talix18:
inothernews:
dorothymantooth:
mercurypdx:
talix18:
magicmolly:
Priam’s wife is Hecuba
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 is Eroica
Actor Esau is Morales
Mrs. Chaplin is Oona; Nick & Nora’s dog is Asta.
Ewer is a pitcher. An Ern is a sea bird.
Coach Parseghian is Ara. Architect Saarinen is Eero.
Orel is pitcher Hershiser; Orly is birther nut Taitz; Oral is dead...
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Sarah Palin's flip-flop on climate change →
notthatkindagay:
Sarah Palin is such a cold-eyed skeptic about the Copenhagen summit on climate change that it’s no surprise she would call on President Obama not to attend. After all, Obama might join other leaders in acknowledging that warming is a “global challenge.” He might entertain “opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” He might even explore ways to “participate in...
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quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in...
sincerelyandy:
craigeryp:
(via styleandsubstance)
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Hire and promote
first on the basis of integrity;
second, motivation;
third,...
– Dee Hock
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YOU LIE!
jasencomstock:
Joe Lieberman – standing up for his principles on health care is being viciously attacked by the liberal left…what a disgrace!
-John McCain, via Twitter.
John McCain is such an asshole. in 2008 John McCain’s “health care plan” called for finding inefficiencies in Medicare fixing them and using the savings to subsidize the purchase of health care for the currently uninsured. He...
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In their 2009 report to Congress, the Medicare trustees estimate that the...
– Weisberg, on the GOP’s health-care hypocrisy. (via newsweek)(via southpol)(via apsies) (via robot-heart-politics)
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I read once that the ancient Egyptians had 50 words for sand, and the Eskimos...
– Brian Andreas (via lovegeneration)
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Dance like it hurts / Love like you need money / Work when people are watching.
– Scott Adams (via crudmudgeon) (via lilliekins)