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jessehimself: Happy Birthday Malcolm X May 19, 1925 - Feb 21,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:53:23 -0400

Happy Birthday Malcolm X

May 19, 1925 - Feb 21, 1965

(Ossie Davis’s eulogy for Malcolm X from the ending of Spike Lee’s film, Malcolm X)

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Sat, 18 May 2013 18:45:50 -0400

The Gravity Trailer

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:15:00 -0400

The Gravity Trailer:

I am consumed by the excellence.

Vulture’s infographic guide to summer movies.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:48:00 -0400

Vulture’s infographic guide to summer movies.

colchrishadfield: A somber Spring night in Boston.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:36:05 -0400

colchrishadfield:

A somber Spring night in Boston.

All available thumbs up to the new RogerEbert.com.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:36:38 -0400

All available thumbs up to the new RogerEbert.com.

Reminder: 2,053 nuclear bombs were detonated between 1945 and...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:23:32 -0400

Reminder: 2,053 nuclear bombs were detonated between 1945 and 1998.

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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:20:00 -0400

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Gerald R. Ford and Pelé

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:19:43 -0400

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Gerald R. Ford and Pelé

No win streak can hide the truth.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:47:48 -0400

No win streak can hide the truth.

If you're planning to bet some cheddar on who'll succeed Pope Benedict, learn the odds here

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:19:04 -0400

If you're planning to bet some cheddar on who'll succeed Pope Benedict, learn the odds here

"In a Sept. 15, 2012, story about Notre Dame’s college football victory over Michigan State that..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:00:27 -0500

“In a Sept. 15, 2012, story about Notre Dame’s college football victory over Michigan State that highlighted linebacker Manti Te’o’s performance, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he played in the game a few days after the death of his girlfriend, who had a long battle with leukemia. Other AP stories through Jan. 3, 2013, also contained references to the girlfriend’s death, including some directly quoting Te’o and his father, Brian Te’o, about how he played through personal grief. On Jan. 16, Notre Dame officials and Manti Te’o said there was never a girlfriend or a death, and that Te’o was victimized in a hoax. Others have since come forward to say Te’o was duped in a series of phone calls and online messages purporting to be from a girl he never met in person.”

- The blanket correction the Associated Press is putting on all stories regarding Manti Te’o’s dead girlfriend, a story which was later proven to be falsified. (via shortformblog)

This still is, without a doubt, the most entertaining sports story I’ve heard in as long as I can remember.

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Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:00:28 -0500

When we hear that the President thinks he can kill Americans, which Americans do we picture?

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:49:13 -0500

When we hear that the President thinks he can kill Americans, which Americans do we picture?:

newyorker:

Amy Davidson on the Obama Administration’s rationale for killing American citizens without any proper due process, and which Americans are targets: http://nyr.kr/UBnOuE

"Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada,..."

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:30:28 -0500

“Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.”

- The 54 foreign governments that helped the CIA torture, detain, and transport suspects in the years following 9/11, according to this detailed report. (via motherjones)

"[The Obama targeted killing paper argues] a single ‘high level-official,’ whose authority is..."

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:00:29 -0500

“[The Obama targeted killing paper argues] a single ‘high level-official,’ whose authority is undefined, can approve a death sentence for an American citizen as long as the target is too difficult for the US government to capture and the loss of civilian life that would result from a targeted killing is not deemed excessive.”

- Obama Targeted Killing Document: If We Do It, It’s Not Illegal (via motherjones)

Drone strikes are my number one least favorite thing about our president. I read all sixteen pages of this memo, and it scared the shit out of me. I hope you read it too, and hate it, and do your part to tell our government that you’re not okay with this.

newyorker: “The blackout lasted thirty-four minutes. During...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:00:29 -0500

newyorker:

“The blackout lasted thirty-four minutes. During that time, CBS acted as if it possessed no news division… there were an estimated one hundred and eight million Americans watching the broadcast. The network’s obligations to such a vast viewership should have led it to privilege the imperatives of journalism over those of commerce.”

Steve Coll on CBS’s failure to appropriately report on the Super Bowl blackout: http://nyr.kr/WMCyp0

The blackout was the most interesting part of “the game” in my eyes, and this made me re-consider it in a whole new light.

Yes, I needed to watch this.

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:54:26 -0500

Yes, I needed to watch this.

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Dustin Hoffman and Eminem,...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:30:26 -0500

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Dustin Hoffman and Eminem, 1999

I’ve been on the fence about seeing Quartet, because on the one hand I want to catch as many theatrical releases as I can this year, while on the other hand it looks like boring drivel about elderly white British caricatures in a nursing home. But seeing how it’s Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut, and seeing as how I now know about this photo’s existence, I think I’ll give it a shot.

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Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:00:15 -0500