May 2012
“A fanatically micro-managed fiefdom where my own far-right agenda and personal sense of victimhood drive every aspect of the operation. And balanced.”
—Jon Stewart, on what Fox News’ tagline should be in the eyes of Roger Ailes, in response to Ailes’ comments that Stewart is a socialist who wouldn’t do well without Fox. (via reallyfoxnews)
“…its been getting worse. There’s a trend…The whole human race is thinking in shorter and shorter terms. The bright kids aren’t going into research; the investors aren’t putting their money into anything that doesn’t give them a quick return; governments and institutions aren’t funding basic research; we’re pulling back from space exploration- you name it, we’re doing it. We’ve giving up. Packing it in…Trouble with us humans is we keep forgetting we’re animals. You know what happens when an animals populations expands beyond what the setup will bear? Nature finds a way of cutting them back. Usually it’s plain starvation, but even when there’s food to go around something gets triggered inside them. They stop breeding or they eat their own babies or peck one another to death- there’s all sorts of ways. Us too. It’s in us. We can’t escape it.”
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-Eva, Peter Dickinson
I just went through the trouble of finding this quote in the book and typing it out on facebook, so I figured I’d put it here, too. This always stuck with me, and it seems increasingly, frighteningly relavent.
i visited the friend zone to see if i could make some friends but it was just a bunch of angry men’s rights activists in fedoras???
I Steal Forks From Restaurants: Zombie apocalypse coming soon →
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Zombie apocalypse coming soon
5/16: McArthur High School HazMat Situation
Students, Teachers Decontaminated After Breaking Out In Rash
5/19: No confirmation on chemical at Fort Lauderdale International Airport
5/21: Police: Man bites woman in Westchester
5/23: I-285 reopens after hazmat incident
5/23: Man Bites Cousin’s Nose Off
5/24: Second Broward school reports mystery rash
5/25: Hazmat Called After Kids Exposed To Pesticide On Bus: Hazmat, EMS Respond To Lake County, FL School
5/25: ‘Disoriented’ passenger subdued on flight in Miami
5/26: Naked Man Allegedly Eating Victim’s Face Shot And Killed By Miami Police
5/26: Florida Doctor Spits Blood at Highway Patrolmen After DUI Arrest
All in same week and same state…. may God be with you Florida.time to go lie down.
Southernish and I had a discussion last night about what should be done in the event that the guy that ate the other guys face off is actually Patient Zero. My domestic policy is this, I think, as a precaution, we should dig a trench from Jacksonville to the Gulf and set it on fire.
Other than that, I cordially invite my Tumblr buds to get in the car and follow us up to the Northwoods, where I have a easily secured house, plans that involve zombie boobie traps, an emergency row boat, some axes and a best friend that knows how to make beer.
This is only my biggest fear in the world, so it’s been a harrowing weekend in the mind grapes.
