February 2012
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Going Home
As I walk around, I’m perpetually reminded of people or places. It’s usually just little things. I look at a hill and it reminds me of a girl I went hiking with last year. I can still hear her calling me “old man.”
Some 5 years ago or so I used to idly fantasize about bringing the various friends of my life together. There are friends from my time in Jakarta, in the US,...
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Catching up on Chuck
Don’t want spoilers from anyone, but I’m on episode 5 season 5 and…
I just want to say: Dammit Chuck, TRUST YOUR WIFE. 5 years after you met her and she saves your life a thousand times AND YOU STILL DON’T.
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“Even though she had been to so many conflicts, so many front-lines, she never...”
– CNN’s Anderson Cooper reflects on his interview with journalist Marie Colvin hours before she was killed in Syria. (source)
I’m reminded of the film “City on Fire” (released in come countries as “5 days of war”) which centers on the job and motivations of war...
“In America today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard...”
– Ken Miller, Biology Professor from Brown University and Roman Catholic, on America’s Darwin Problem (via crookedindifference)
“A Denver family was supposed to be in Belize this week enjoying a beach getaway...”
– Denver family stranded after passport denied because of crease | KDVR.com is the website for KDVR Television, FOX 31 News in Denver, Colorado
You know, few enough Americans travel as it is. In most countries it is an entitlement to have a passport.
This attitude that the ability to travel...
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stupidiamaxima a réagi à votre lien : Mosquebusters: When there’s something Muslim in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? Meet the British lawyer fighting Islam, one parking ticket at a time.
:( I hate that this gets to be so unquestioned. As a society we accept that Racism is wrong, but if you desguise it as bein anti a religion suddenly you can be as prejudiced as you want to
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Mosquebusters: When there's something Muslim in... →
The Mosquebusters, or the Law and Freedom Foundation as they’re officially known, are part of a new wave of anti-Islamic campaigners in England with links to more established anti-immigrant groups such as England Is Ours and Stop Islamisation of Europe. Like many of these groups, the Mosquebusters fear that traditional British culture, laws, and values will disappear with the changing face...
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French reporter Edith Bouvier asks for Syria... →
The French journalist who was wounded in an attack on the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday has asked to be evacuated from Syria quickly.
Edith Bouvier was injured in the attack that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in the Baba Amr suburb.
In a video posted online by opposition activists, Ms Bouvier says she has a broken femur and needs an operation.
She says she needs a...
BBC Article: American 'illegals' in Mexico →
leftist-linguaphile:
thenoobyorker:
So it begins…
and about damn time.
Oh BBC. Thank you for reporting about things that American journalists won’t.
dear america, re: Jeremy Lin →
mizmlee:
allthatremainsislauren:
Dear America,
I’m sending you a plea on behalf of all Asian Americans. I know you’re caught up in Linsanity just like we are. It’s a beautiful thing to watch you gaze with jaws dropped at the exploits of the first Asian American marquee player in NBA history. But we really need this to continue, so it’s very important that you let us help you learn how not...
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“C’est l’histoire d’un homme qui tombe d’un immeuble de cinquante étages. Le mec,...”
– Hubert Koundé, La Haine (1995) (via wearediamonds)
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kileyrae a réagi à votre billet : Oh, look, Republican debate.
Welcome to America?
While all elections have their share of drama, America is on a whooooole other level.
French, British, German… hell, even Italian politics is not as silly as this.
I don’t see the point. The election race has started to sound a lot more like a sporting season. You get the media offering endless...
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Oh, look, Republican debate.
And these all end up being exactly the same anyway. Someone makes a gaffe, all of them say stupid things. Maybe one will be less stupid than the rest. We focus on the gaffe because it’s funny. Maybe there are several gaffes we have to choose from.
It parades around Tumblr as a meme for a few days until something else ridiculous in this soap opera of a primary election happens.
I’m...
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"The Last Man on Planet Earth" →
This was an impressively stupid Sci-Fi B Movie. I don’t remember when I saw it. It was a hotel room a long time ago, and frankly I’ve stayed in a lot of hotel rooms over the years and they do blend together.
But I somehow managed to watch this straight through. Despite that it was ridiculous, I have to admit I was curious to see how it turned out.
I was reminded of this when there...
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i-am-hy a réagi à votre billet : There are small ways in which I am glad I gained experience in Hospitality
you are a scary, scary man. you are like two steps away from being a gangsta leader. ‘cos if you ever chose that route, next thing ya know, “i’ve talked kids into trying marijuana. i’ve talked crackheads out of shooting me for crack i don’t have. “
Hahahaha nothing like that.
I did...
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warumkannsnichtperfektsein a réagi à votre billet : I’m quite disappointed with the college I…
I agree- I currently go to a private university charging me $45k a year, which is supposedly a uni only known for PT, Studying Abroad, and International Studies/History (which I do now). There’s little to do with a degree from here otherwise.
It just hurts. My family paid private school tuition...
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There are small ways in which I am glad I gained...
Some are common manifestations: an appreciation of wine, of food, of travel.
Some aren’t so common.
My dad had a phone interview today. He’s not sure it went well, and of course I hope for the best for him.
He practiced with himself a lot though. He wanted to make sure he was communicating clearly, getting his pronunciation right, things like that.
It occurred to me that after...
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I’m quite disappointed with the college I graduated from. It hasn’t been easy, looking for future study programmes with that, because most of the places I’ve applied to don’t recognize my degree.
A friend of mine went back to Croatia, but that state doesn’t recognize it at all, and the general assumption for most of his job interviews is that he only has a high...
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Short Term America
There are days I think the whole problem with America, as a state, is short term thinking.
Out here in the world we’ve talked about it before. Generally, European companies have (historically, though this has changed) looked to long term planning. American companies have tended towards short term profits.
They look from quarter to quarter, at best from year to year. As long as they meet...
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You know when it seems like half your friends are getting married? And not just that, but moving onto promising careers, advancing, settling, all that adult stuff.
I gave it some thought, and it occurred to me that only my university friends were really doing that.
The real judge is from my high school group, my graduating class then. In 2003 we had about 33 graduating students (including...
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Stories of Vietnam from my Family
Being of Vietnamese heritage of this generation is a mixed bag.
On the one hand, the whole world remembers Vietnam for being the country which humbled a superpower. People with an uncomplicated knowledge of the conflict consider it to be simply that.
It was actually a civil war though, and civil wars, more than other wars, are heartbreaking as they turn a country in on itself.
So while...
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Your Daily Spanish Lesson
leftist-linguaphile:
Ojalá = Hopefully/I hope/I wish
Examples:
Ojalá pueda ir al concierto. = Hopefully I can go to the concert.
Ojalá vivas feliz. = I hope you’ll live happily.
¿Vendrás conmigo a comer? - Ojala! = Will you come with me to eat? - I wish!
I actually really wanted to know this word.
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leftist-linguaphile a dit : all. the. time.
It’s amazing when they even skip over whole words or sentences, and you’re like “Heyyyy… that changes the meaning a little.”
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When you listen to the words and read the subtitle...
Like a boss.
Especially if it’s a language you’re not fluent in.
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There's a scene in 'Joyeux Noel'...
Where a German woman reunites with her love from before the war. She wants to hug him, but he warns her that he has lice. In a romantic moment, she immediately doesn’t hesitate to embrace him. The message is, of course, that lice or not, she loves him.
The film continues not to make a big deal out of it, but I’d have rather liked a scene where she notices “Oh crap, I got them...
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“Mitt Romney tries to be a regular guy. Like, he puts on jeans, but you know he...”
– Jon Stewart (via lucasshanks)
So true. Romney is the most awkward automaton guy ever. It would be entertaining to watch him try to talk like a “regular joe” if it wasn’t so painful.
(via foulmouthedliberty)
Most politicians look odd when they’re trying to be “of the people.” W...
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“You know what I despise about part of contemporary liberalism? Its...”
– Sullivan (via huskerred)
My parents tend to watch CNN International, because it’s what they’ve always watched. On CNN I figure that Fareed Zakaria’s GPS is probably the only show with patient interviews between intelligent people who make cogent arguments. Domestic American TV is...
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