no. 499

"It still wasn’t particularly easy, but she’d reached the point where she could delve around in a murdered corpse for an hour and then go have a hamburger without feeling any guilt or nausea. The key, as when one interacted with kindergartners, was not to acknowledge the immeasurable horror of what you were dealing with."

From Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

no. 498

“When Hamilton wanted to start a national bank, Madison told him that it was unconstitutional. Both men had been in the room when the Constitution was written. And now today there are politicians and judges who claim that they know the original meaning of the Constitution. Are you kidding?”

Ed Asner

no. 497

“Judith hated nostalgia. It was just the waiting room for death.”

Paul Cornell, Witches of Lychford

no. 496

"TED talks are the k-cups of thinking"

Unknown (by me, at least)

no. 495

"There is no group in the United States less attached to its own ideals or more eager for its own exploitation than religious conservatives."

Michael Gerson

no. 494

"I always wanted to know why Hermione didn't just use the Time Turner to also take more naps so she wasn't so strung out."

from a site about Harry Potter plot holes.

no. 493

Pence: "We need more non-abortion alternatives for women"
World: "Like contraceptives, affordable healthcare, daycare, family leave?"
Pence: "lol fuck no, I meant like, ultrasounds and calling them whores."

Gin and Tacos

no. 492

"We created a whole new huge Department of Homeland Security with a $70b budget after 14 lunatics killed 3300 people in 2001. Yet we witness the daily slaughter by guns in our country and do nothing but pass more laws to give citizens more guns. What are we doing?"

- Melinda Carroll