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By the way, would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of barroom vernacular, this is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive. The method may not be perfect, but it is all I have. I think your proofreader is kindly attempting to steady me on my feet, but much as I appreciate the solicitude, I am really able to steer a fairly clear course, provided I get both sidewalks and the street between.
Posted on May 25, 2013 with 2 notes
Source: brainpickings.org
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The former Klansman, who agreed to answer questions by e-mail on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Kathy Ford was close to the movement, but he said he couldn’t recall meeting any of the Ford brothers. He described hanging out in the Fords’ basement and being snubbed by Doug Sr. when Ms. Ford invited him to a party on the family boat. Her father, the former Klansman said, clearly did not approve of his beliefs, while she was engaging and fun but hardly a committed soldier in the race war.
Globe investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing - The Globe and Mail
The Globe’s investigation into the Ford family’s links to drug dealing is the most delightfully outrageous thing you will read on the scandal.
Posted on May 25, 2013 with 7 notes
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(via Getty Images: I-5 Bridge Collapses On Skagit River In Washington)
I hope I don’t sound too much like Thomas Friedman here when I say, dammit America get it together and upgrade a bridge once in a while. Tax the rich. Increase deficit spending. Just do it.
I’ve driven over this piece of junk too many times. Also, HIGH SPEED RAIL. Also, have you ever driven into New Jersey from New York? It’s like driving into Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. The Casimir Pulaski Skyway will be the death of us all.
Posted on May 24, 2013 with 3 notes
Source: google.com
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The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded a weapon was half that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered a weapon in one out every 49 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 71 stops of Latinos and 93 stops of African Americans to find a weapon.
From an analysis of the NYPD’s own data done by New York City’s Office of the Public Advocate. Also,
The likelihood a stop of an African American New Yorker yielded contraband was one-third less than that of white New Yorkers stopped. The NYPD uncovered contraband in one out every 43 stops of white New Yorkers. By contrast, it took the Department 57 stops of Latinos and 61 stops of African Americans to find contraband.
Posted on May 22, 2013 with 15 notes
Source: thinkprogress.org
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Toronto is an ambitious city, eager to join the world’s top civic brand names alongside New York, Washington, Paris, and Beijing, instead of being forever relegated to the B-list with Helsinki and Lima, Peru.
My irony detector is malfunctioning. Brrrrrrrrp.
Posted on May 22, 2013 with 3 notes
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Deep Thoughts, with actual member of Congress Steve King (R-Iowa).
You gotta admit, he has a pretty eloquent Twitter style.
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You can change the direction this train is moving just by thinking about it.
This frightens me.
(via blownspeakers)
Posted on May 20, 2013 via BuzzFeed with 15,309 notes
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Heems - “Soup Boys” (Official Music Video) (by pitchforktv)
Posted on May 19, 2013 with 1 note
Source: youtube.com
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Wow hi there new marketing strategy, facebook. I hate this a lot obviously but it’s probably the best marketing idea facebook has ever rolled out, in terms of people will actually buy this.
Having gotten that out of the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON!!!!!
Thanks for the Frappucino Jen!
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Instead, we are left with a shiny color-coded “fascinating map” on the Washington Post site that sends a strong message of Western, Anglo-Saxon moral superiority, assorted with a mystifying portrayal of the rest of the world, and accompanied by near-gibberish interpretations – all based on a methodological process that fails pretty much every standard of social-science design and data hygiene. In other words, pseudo-analysis that ends up, whether by design or by accident, playing into an ideological agenda.
Posted on May 18, 2013 with 2 notes
Source: africasacountry.com
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This conversation.
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I’m f——-g right wing,” Ford mutters at one point. “Everyone expects me to be right-wing, I’m…” and his voice trails off.
At another point he is heard calling Trudeau a “fag.” Later in the 90 second video he is asked about the football team and he appears to say (though he is mumbling, “they are just f——-g minorities.Posted on May 16, 2013 with 1 note
Source: thestar.com
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Here is what the video shows: Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, is the only person visible in the frame. Prior to the trip, I spent a lot of time looking at photographs of Rob Ford. The man in the video is Rob Ford. It is well-lit, clear. Ford is seated, in a room in a house. In one hand is a a clear, glass pipe. The kind with a big globe and two glass cylinders sticking out of it. In the other hand is a lighter. A slurred voice off-camera is ranting about Canadian politics in what sounds like an attempt to goad Ford. “Pierre Trudeau was a faggot!” is the one phrase the lodges in my mind. Ford, pipe in one hand and lighter in the other, is laughing, and mildly protesting at the sacrilege. He seems to keep trying to light the pipe, but keeps stopping to laugh. He is red-faced and sweaty, heaving with each breath. Finally, he finds his moment and lights up. He inhales.
Posted on May 16, 2013 with 4 notes
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(via For Sale: A Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoking Crack Cocaine)
I actually, genuinely, hope this isn’t true.
Posted on May 16, 2013 with 2 notes
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