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Mayors of the Waffle House

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:06:06 -0500

See who goes to the Waffle House the most on Foursquare.

timelightbox:Donovan Wylie’s new book, Outposts: Kandahar...

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:34:06 -0500

Donovan Wylie’s new book, Outposts: Kandahar Province and an accompanying exhibition at the U.K.’s National Media Museum show us some of the tiniest bases in remote areas of southern Afghanistan. See more here.

A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:06:05 -0500

A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

nationalpostsports:Uh ohWhich one is real? Russia

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:26:06 -0500

nationalpostsports:

Uh oh
Which one is real? Russia

Felix: A couple of notes about that hotel suite

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:07:05 -0500

Felix: A couple of notes about that hotel suite:

pegobry:

felixsalmon:
Of course it’s a luxury suite, if it costs $3,000 a night.
No way was DSK — or the IMF — paying $3,000 for the suite. DSK, as a French VIP and the future president of France, would have booked a perfectly nice room and then gotten upgraded by the (French) hotel to the best suite they had.
DSK was on “personal business”, which not only means that he doesn’t have immunity, but also means that the IMF probably wasn’t paying for his room.
If you want an insight into what it means to be a real VIP, look at DSK’s deal with Air France, where he can rock up to the airport and automatically get a first-class seat on the next flight out. Who pays for that, and how much they pay, is surely highly confidential.
DSK will never stay at the Sofitel again. This is good for all concerned.
Accepting this kind of VIP treatment absolutely constitutes low-level corruption.
You can be a lech in France. But don’t mess with a New Yorker. Not even in a French hotel.
This is pretty unconvincing.
Why wouldn

arishahdadi:caro:Some beer styles are loved, some are ardently...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:39:05 -0500

arishahdadi:

caro:
Some beer styles are loved, some are ardently despised, but none is more divisive than pumpkin ales. Those who love them wait all year for their seasonal release; others can’t even broach the subject without foaming at the mouth.
The Atlantic: The Divisive Pumpkin Ale
Pumpkin beer lover for life. Haters gonna hate.

Masskara 2011

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:08:06 -0500

somewhereintheworldtoday:

The smiling faces of the Masskara festival 2011
love-andothershit:

cynicalidealists:All work stops when The Queen demands...

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:33:06 -0500

cynicalidealists:

All work stops when The Queen demands attention.

Photo

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:15:06 -0500

92y:youngmanhattanite:Rina sent me this pic of her nephew....

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:10:05 -0500

92y:

youngmanhattanite:
Rina sent me this pic of her nephew. What’s the male version of ovaries bursting?
Shabbat Shalom, lil macher! If anyone is looking for High Holidays services, we

newyorker:

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:31:05 -0500

newyorker:

"His concern was always what it is to be a human being - that is, how to be an actual person, someone..."

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:10:06 -0500

“His concern was always what it is to be a human being - that is, how to be an actual person, someone whose life is informed by values and principles, instead of just an especially shrewd kind of self-preserving animal.”

- David Foster Wallace on Dostoevsky (via maxistentialist)
I would argue most literature and film, even all art, deals with this issue. Recently, Terrence Malick

televisionwithoutpity:Rachel is Maria, and Blaine is Tony....

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:10:06 -0500

televisionwithoutpity:

Rachel is Maria, and Blaine is Tony. Santana is Anita (the role that Mercedes really should have gone for). Mike Chang is Biff. And Kurt is Officer Krupke. And that