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Excerpt from “The Wise Man’s Fear”

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:42:30 -0400

Excerpt from “The Wise Man’s Fear”

Maya Rudolph’s tribute to her mother, Minnie Riperton, on SNL.

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:42 -0400

Maya Rudolph’s tribute to her mother, Minnie Riperton, on SNL.

“I tend to think about these things (anxieties) in a...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:24 -0400

“I tend to think about these things (anxieties) in a semi-militaristic way. It’s like— check your equipment, get ready. Lives are saved by tough drill instructors. In the absence of one, you have to be your own.” — Robert Downey Jr., Off Camera with Sam Jones (x).

An abandoned Atlanta school’s bathroom is slowly reclaimed by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:31 -0400

An abandoned Atlanta school’s bathroom is slowly reclaimed by ivy and kudzu.

inkgreenworld: My minimalist poster for The Fountain

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:42 -0400

inkgreenworld:

My minimalist poster for The Fountain

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Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:36 -0400

Truth: NBC names SNL's Seth Meyers as new host of 'Late night' when Jimmy Fallon takes over 'The Tonight Show' in 2014

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:49:28 -0400

Truth: NBC names SNL's Seth Meyers as new host of 'Late night' when Jimmy Fallon takes over 'The Tonight Show' in 2014:

nbcnightlynews:

Press release:

NBC NAMES SETH MEYERS AS HOST OF ‘LATE NIGHT’ WHEN JIMMY FALLON TAKES OVER ‘THE Tonight Show’ IN 2014
LORNE MICHAELS WILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCE ‘LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS,’ MICHAEL SHOEMAKER WILL REMAIN ON AS PRODUCER

NEW YORK - May 12, 2013 – NBC names the…

uowgs101: Benefits of contraception use in the US context

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:42 -0400

uowgs101:

Benefits of contraception use in the US context

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Sat, 11 May 2013 23:05:26 -0400

quickhits: Boehner’s not the leader of House Republicans, he’s...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:01:07 -0400

quickhits:

Boehner’s not the leader of House Republicans, he’s the spokesperson.

Talking Points Memo: If you feel like the inmates have taken over the asylum in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) wants you to know that your suspicions are totally correct.

At his weekly Capitol briefing Thursday, Boehner faced questions about two aging and increasingly questionable elements of the GOP’s legislative strategy: repeated votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act and continued efforts to extract partisan concessions from Democrats in exchange for increasing the debt ceiling.

In both cases, Boehner acknowledged that the conservative wing of the House is driving the agenda.

“We’ve got 17 new members that have not had the opportunity to vote on the President’s health care law,” Boehner said, referring to next week’s ACA repeal vote. “Frankly they’ve been asking for an opportunity to vote on it, and we’re going to give it to them.”

And the debt ceiling? Same basic story.

“Our conversations have begun,” he said. “We’re going to have a big conversation with our members next week to talk about a way forward — what do our members believe is necessary to allow them to vote yes on increasing the debt limit?”

It’s yet more evidence that the party’s national and legislative strategies are driven by rank and file conservatives, not party leadership.

Just yesterday I brought up a trend in punditry that held that Pres. Obama was supposedly the problem in Washington, because he isn’t “leading” Republicans. The idea is that Obama needs to grab up the secret White House Magic Wand and make extremist Republicans into reasonable moderates.

Something like that anyway. It’s not really clear on what he’s supposed to do specifically, because they never actually explain it. They just say “leadership” because they’re lazy and dumb and saying Republicans are the problem would just be “media bias” (which has come to be a synonym for “reality” these days).

Anyway, none of these deep thinkers ever accuses John Boehner of not practicing leadership, even though the case is much better in his case. Like Obama, Boehner can’t just wave a magic wand and suddenly get people to do everything he says. But unlike Obama, Boehner rarely even tries to get people to follow him. Where the President actually proposes legislation, the Speaker mostly reacts. When he holds a press conference, it’s like he gathers the other House Republicans around and asks, “So what do you want me to tell these guys?”

If there’s any lack of leadership in Washington, it’s coming from the Speaker’s office, not the White House.

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Sun, 05 May 2013 23:42:59 -0400

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Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:30 -0400

ninelivesremember: The Walking (And Talking) Dead — Bad Lip...

Thu, 02 May 2013 22:48:20 -0400

ninelivesremember:

The Walking (And Talking) Dead — Bad Lip Reading

** Oh my God, I actually can’t breathe I’m laughing so hard right now.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:46 -0400

"American Horror Story": Gabourey Sidibe Joins the Coven

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:27 -0400

"American Horror Story": Gabourey Sidibe Joins the Coven:

anotsosadsong:

The coven is welcoming a new member! Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe is joining the third season of…

Ecstatic but terrified.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:44 -0400

chescaleigh: Mad Men, “The Flood” So awkward.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:47:46 -0400

chescaleigh:

Mad Men, “The Flood”

So awkward.

unpluggedoutlet: THIS IS EVERYTHING!! I have loved Kate...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:48 -0400

unpluggedoutlet:

THIS IS EVERYTHING!!
I have loved Kate McKinnon since day 1 on SNL!! I wanna be BFFs with this woman!

gatsbymovie: Stream The xx’s new song, “Together,” from The...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:46 -0400

gatsbymovie:

Stream The xx’s new song, “Together,” from The Great Gatsby exclusively on Mashable: http://smarturl.it/XXTogether

Also, pre-order the soundtrack on iTunes to receive Lana Del Rey’s “Young & Beautiful” instantly: http://smarturl.it/GatsbyMusic

hellogiggles: THE 6 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN LINE AT STARBUCKS by Mia...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:00:26 -0400

hellogiggles:

THE 6 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN LINE AT STARBUCKS

by Mia Galuppo

http://bit.ly/10dkhhK