Posts tagged as SERIOUSLY?
The Great Boy-Intellectual 9/11 Chin-Stroke-Off
"I’d suggest we start round two by addressing Michael’s question of whether one effect of 9/11 is a permanent counterterror 'archipelago' that, to state the obvious, is not a natural friend of liberal politics, democracy, or perhaps some other goals of the reaction to 9/11." READ MORE
Why Can't Johnny Read? A Bunch of Men on How Janet Malcolm Is Awful
"I’ve never read Janet Malcom [sic], and I doubt I ever will." READ MORE
Abandoned American Aid Worker Hits Five-Month Mark in Haitian Prison
Two weeks ago, we reported on Danny Pye, a Christian aid worker who has been wrongly imprisoned in Jacmel, Haiti since October, 2010. Numerous Haitian officials, including at the Ministry of Justice, have acknowledged that Pye should be released. The U.S. Embassy, aware of Pye's situation since the beginning, has done no more than write a strongly worded memo. Finally, last weekend, the Associated Press did a story on Pye. READ MORE
Receptionists: Just Another Budgetary Item To Cut
The next casualty of the recession: Receptionists, who are, as one expert quoted by the Wall Street Journal says, a "a nonproductive use of a person." (That the person who proffered said opinion is a management consultant resulted in me making one of those laugh-cry-sneeze sounds.) READ MORE
The Gold ATM Comes to America
It is, perhaps, the logical sequel to a decade in which Americans were encouraged to use their homes as ATMs: the recent announcement that next month will see the debut of the first gold-dispensing ATMs in the United States. As any casual Glenn Beck viewer will tell you, the gold market is booming; the metal eclipsed the $1,300-an-ounce threshold recently, the highest price it's reached in history. That's nearly double the price it fetched in 2008, and nearly four times its price when the current gold craze took off in the early aughts. READ MORE
Why Is American Selfishness So Widespread Now?
I have been feeling a good amount of despair recently. Not on a personal level-I'm generally as happy-go-lucky as a leprechaun with a head injury. (It's weird!) But the constant reminder of the American lack of empathy is astounding. It's everywhere. (Do we need to drag in the case of the woman who attended the Glenn Beck rally in D.C. over the weekend and her point of view that Jesus would hate welfare?) And so it was with great wariness that I approached the comments section at the end of this first-person story by a man in Nevada who, driven into destitution by disability, family medical bills, the current lack of work and shady landlords, will find himself homeless at midnight tomorrow. These comments: well, they did disappoint. They went from awful to judgmental to trashing to witch hunt. READ MORE
Upper West Side Jewish Family Found To Be "Left-Leaning"!
BREAKING: New York City Jews in the 60s and 70s discovered to be liberal, hard-working, concerned with education for their children and issues of social justice! What does this "new" "information" about Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan's family mean to us? A: Nothing! You're not confirming her nomination! Happy Juneteenth, everyone!
Halliburton's PowerPoint Template is a Human Rights Violation
Probably the most horrifying revelation of Halliburton's involvement with the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil rig (they did some of the deep water work, apparently!) is just how hideous their PowerPoint template is. Would you really buy a private army/gun/oil rig from that presentation?
We Regret Your Baby's Name As Well
Here's a little sentence that requires no real explanation: "At the age of eight months, Presley's parents started calling her Summer." Speaks volumes, doesn't it? "It took six visits to civil court but now the government calls her that too," explains the Times, in this little bit on regretting the wacko name you gave your baby. What did you ever expect? But this at least is an interesting age, in which nearly all always-popular names are less popular than ever, due to diversity in naming choice-due to our love of fun! And our worship of individuality, etc. This points us, of course, to the extreme rise and serious downfall of "Paris." Just like "Ashley" and "Gingerly," now Paris is totally a whorey name-and you don't want your kindergarten teacher to think you're raising an adorable little stripper.
