October 2009
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September 2009
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“‘It called for a shift in IMF voting by at least 5 percent, although...”
– Foreign Policy & Reuters.
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“It must drive them nuts to see a clear, if limited, victory for a strategy that...”
– A reader of The Daily Dish writing in.
Modest Mouse - Guilty Cocker Spaniel
“…and if they ask why you left in the first place,
say ‘we were...”
– The Hold Steady, Killer Parties
“Publishers of all types, from news to music, are unhappy that consumers...”
– Paul Graham
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Eddie Izzard finishes 43rd marathon in 52 days,...
To the cheering of taxi drivers and the tooting of horns, the comedian and actor Eddie Izzard ran into London yesterday to complete his 43rd marathon in 52 days, a feat of jogging in which he had covered 1,100 miles.
Fighting blisters that have caused the nails on his smaller toes to fall off and his larger toes to swell into “alien monsters”, he sprinted up The Mall and into Trafalgar...
fleetfootedfox:
monkeyfrog:
““Americans, like Chicagoans — we don’t like to make small plans,” Obama said. “We want to dream big and reach high. We hope deeply. We want these Games. And if you choose Chicago, I promise you this: Chicago will make America proud, and America will make the world proud.””
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President Obama, speaking in favor of Chicago’s Olympic bid.
I love the Olympics. I love...
folkinz:
the velvet underground: stephanie says
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tumblelikeyougiveadamn:
In which the President...
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