January 2011
“So our liberal Tumblr users feel self-satisfied because they are keeping up with the latest images out of Cairo and our Bush apologists can feel like his entire foreign policy has been justified and our finest foreign affairs bloggers can happily argue with each other over Israel, as they always do, and meanwhile in Egypt thousands of people will fight for their fundamental human rights, a struggle that has very little to do with your opinions on anything.”
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Ohai, Pareene! (via peterfeld)
Everything always has everything to do with my opinions.
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.”
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Jimmy Dean (via douglasmartini)
Automatic ‘Dude’s sausage was actually pretty good’ reblog.
guess what?
I did this terrible thing.
But I’m not gonna tell you about it!
Ha ha.
Why didn't everyone tell me they were experts in Egyptian politics?
Well, I’m not an expert, just smarter than everyone.
Knowing Coves: Third World Protest as US Spectator Sport →
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zuky:
I’m not a fan of the US cultural habit of turning political turmoil in faraway lands into a gawkworthy spectator sport. I came to this realization in the aftermath of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square, as it gradually dawned on me that sheltered, largely clueless people who had no stake in what was happening had little business pushing their intrusive, hungry gaze into such multi-faceted, multi-context, volatile, dangerous matters.
The most disturbing aspect of this habit is, in my opinion, the undercurrent of bloodlust, which of course underlies all US “news reporting”, best summarized by the cliche “if it bleeds, it leads”. In the 1989 protests in China, organizers explicitly stated amongst themselves that the world’s eyes were watching and those eyes wanted blood. Protesters knew that if the demonstrations simply ended peacefully, the previously enthralled Western media would be disappointed. They knew that they had to push matters to the point of violence in order to make a lasting point. The Western gaze got what it wanted. As usual, it wasn’t Westerners who paid the price.
I’m not making any particular statement about uprisings in Tunisia or Egypt or Yemen or Lebanon or Xinjiang or Tibet or Myanmar or Thailand or Kenya or South Africa or Indonesia. And I’m definitely not saying that people should not be paying attention to important world events. As I often make clear in all my writings, I vehemently believe that US Americans need to pay much, much more attention to political events throughout the Third World — but not just when there’s a media melee to gawk at and cheer on, in the manner of kids rushing toward a crowd standing on cafeteria tables shouting “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
Summer of Megadeth: If you can read this, be thankful your country hasn't cut off internet service →
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It really makes you think.
If you can read this, be thankful someone taught you how to read.
If you can read…
If you can read this, why haven’t you reblogged it yet?
“President Ronald Reagan wanted Challenger in orbit with teacher Christine McAuliffe so that he could speak with her live during his State of the Union speech.”
—Booklist synopsis of legendary whistleblower and NASA analyst Richard Cook’s account of the decision to launch the Challenger despite warnings on Jan. 28, 1986, and the subsequent coverup. Some of us knew this at the time. (via peterfeld)
Sometimes being over 40 on Tumblr feels like being that dude hanging at his old school ball games in case anyone wants him to buy 'em beer.
That’s what I’m doing when I’m not here.
too sweet to die: On Shawna Forde and why you have no clue who she is →
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I’m really surprised* that so few people are familiar with Shawna Forde, the leader of Arizona’s Minutemen American Defense vigilante group who murdered Raul Flores and his 9-year-old daughter, Brisenia, in their house.
So here is some long-winded, rambling background on Shawna Forde,…
DE Rasso has the best hateboners.
BREAKING: TACO BELL MEAT ACTUALLY MADE OUT OF HAM
BREAKING: TACO BELL MEAT ACTUALLY MADE OUT OF HAM
I will be having ham tacos for supper oh yes I will.
