February 2012
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Semi-coherent thoughts on Tinker Tailor Soldier...
An excellent spy movie: subtle, and kept me guessing till the end
Everything was beautiful: the music, the clothes, the sets, the shots, Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones
Gary Oldman was perfect in this - still, expressive, and so measured in everything he did. GIVE HIM AN OSCAR ALREADY.
Just to get this out of the way: the entire cast was blimming amazing and knocked it out of the...
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January 2012
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Brb going to England with the father
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Our growth is generally dependent upon our ability to obtain new contracts to...
– Corrections Corporation of America, 2005 annual general report. This firm has turned making people miserable into a money-spinning capitalist enterprise, and is the largest of those that now run American prisons.
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Zach Florrick is on White Collar. What is Zach...
Silly Zach, you should be in Chicago winding up your mother.
chrryblssmninja asked: Happy Belated Birthday!
braided asked: HI R U ON TUMBLR WHAT'S UP
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If corporations are people, then I can guarantee you that a government of those...
– Stephen Colbert, on super PACs.
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Over the years, the privileges granted to these state-created private tyrannies...
– Noam Chomsky, Hopes and Prospects (via cultureofresistance)
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My brother just got a brand new Galaxy S2 because...
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Ladies don’t drink alcohol! Trust me, I know these things!
– My father, upon seeing me leave the house with a crate of beer.
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The Legislation That Could Kill Internet Privacy... →
This is not SOPA or PIPA, but The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. This would mean:
under language approved 19 to 10 by a House committee, the firm that sells you Internet access would be required to track all of your Internet activity and save it for 18 months, along with your name, the address where you live, your bank account numbers, your credit card numbers, and...
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Well, I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly...
– Rob Gordon, High Fidelity