Man, Ebert these days just has a writing voice like ... I dunno. He's come out into this sort of plainspoken-Midwestern hard-won-wisdom voice where even when he's making a pretty conventional point, it gets me in the gut.
xpost - the best part of that is the unfortunate wording of "we had four black families"
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
ebert's always been a very -- very -- gifted writer.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
I somehow never knew that Roger Ebert was such an all-around wonderful person, and not just "the movie guy", until like 6 months back. But he has quickly become a favorite.
― fuck being hard, suburbs are complicated (The Reverend), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
iirc, his movie criticism tends to veer into broader cultural criticism. he isn't frank rich, in that respect (i.e., made the jump from entertainment criticism to opinion pieces), but he's no stranger to addressing broader social issues.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Eberts the man!
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
He is a dude (and apparently dated my step-aunt in the '70s).
― WHEN CROWS GO BAD (suzy), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah. And I had no idea he was in SDS!
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
(that stands for Suzy's Date Society)
that ebert piece is very affecting.
watching the youtube of that radio host kinda made me sick.
― the dj screwtape letters (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Personally, I think it's pathetic," he says. "You have changed the ambience of that building to excite some kind of diversity power struggle that doesn't exist in Prescott, Arizona. And I'm ashamed of that."
worst line of all imo
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
some kind of diversity power struggle that doesn't exist in Prescott, Arizona
― All small bassoons have at one time or another been called fagottino (crüt), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
some kind ofdiversity powerstrugglethatdoesn't existinPrescott, Arizona
― All small bassoons have at one time or another been called fagottino (crüt), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 23:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
because having non-white people in a painting is obviously an attempt to create a "diversity power struggle"
ffs
― the other is a black gay gentleman from Los Angeles (contenderizer), Thursday, 10 June 2010 00:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Damn and now border patrol agents are killing Mexicans for throwing rocks over the border!!
― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 10 June 2010 02:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
T.J. Bonner, president of the union representing Border Patrol agents, said rock throwing aimed at Border Patrol agents is common and capable of causing serious injury."It is a deadly force encounter, one that justifies the use of deadly force," Bonner said.
― jeff, Thursday, 10 June 2010 02:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
This country is fucking embarrassing sometimes.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 June 2010 02:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
if you don't like it, leave, asshole
― akontenderizer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 June 2010 03:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
just kidding, this country fuckin blows
DUH IM AMERICA I DONT WANT SOCIALIST DOCTORS BECAUSE THE TEEVEE MAN TOLD ME SO BUT LET ME KEEP MY MEDICAID DERP DERP DERP
― akontenderizer (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 June 2010 03:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
now i'm not a racist individual
― fman29.5 (k3vin k.), Thursday, 10 June 2010 04:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
but seriously guys....
black people
― fman29.5 (k3vin k.), Thursday, 10 June 2010 04:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
is basically what he said
and then the classic "some of my best friends are black"
And he can't tell the diff btwn black people and mexican people. WTG guy.
― property-disrespecting Moroccan handjob (Trayce), Thursday, 10 June 2010 04:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
"some of the people I have are black friends"
― breaking that little dog's heart chakra (Abbott), Thursday, 10 June 2010 05:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
"'friends'"
I am no racist, but the artist KNEW those kids were Mud Peoples when he threw them all up in our lillywhite faces.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
man ebert is really a hero
― fman29.5 (k3vin k.), Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/arpaio_backs_az_state_treasurers_plan_to_create_te.php
Dean Martin, Arizona state treasurer and Republican candidate for governor, is pushing a plan that would create "tent cities" to house convicted illegal immigrants, modeled after notorious anti-immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio's set-up in his own Maricopa County.
In an interview with TPM, Martin described how the tent cities would provide "inexpensive temporary housing" that could save the state enough money to deploy troops down to the border.
― goole, Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Has anybody died of heatstroke in Arpaio's tent city? Seems inevitable.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
― fuck being hard, suburbs are complicated (The Reverend), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
Arpaio needs to go to fucking jail like YESTERDAY. Hate him so goddamn much.
― Blog is a concept by which we measure our pain (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Real talk.
― fuck being hard, suburbs are complicated (The Reverend), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
It's like God decided just for laughs to let a James Ellroy character exist IRL and gave him teflon skin just for good measure.
― Blog is a concept by which we measure our pain (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 June 2010 20:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
hi there. i'm state treasurer dean martin, and i'm running for governor.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 June 2010 22:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Reminds me of the vampire-hating preacher in True Blood.
― Blog is a concept by which we measure our pain (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 June 2010 22:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
reminds me of ricky gervais!
― oɔsıqɐɔs (s1ocki), Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
his name is sweet lips
― I am an old guy, and I prefer the late 90s. (Matt P), Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
aw ebert
― gbx, Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, it isn't racist, but still:
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh, he's reluctant to compare himself to george washington or abraham lincoln.
good to know.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 10 June 2010 23:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/25/arizona.immigrants.drugs/index.html?hpt=T1
Well, we all know that the majority of the people that are coming to Arizona and trespassing are now becoming drug mules," Brewer said. "They're coming across our borders in huge numbers. The drug cartels have taken control of the immigration.
"So they are criminals. They're breaking the law when they are trespassing and they're criminals when they pack the marijuana and the drugs on their backs."
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Saturday, 26 June 2010 04:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow! it would be so exciting if this was true. unfortunately she doesn't seem able to produce any sort of source, proof, evidence, factual basis, anything. which is surprising since you'd think arizona law enforcement would be able to produce all kinds of statistics given the proportion of the budget most arizona municipalities throw in. she's an idiot. she wasn't even elected. she's a godsend to the republicans in arizona.
― del griffith, Saturday, 26 June 2010 04:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol at this
― grin and ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ it (The Reverend), Saturday, 26 June 2010 04:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
Arizona republican primary is such a race to the bottom.
― grin and ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ it (The Reverend), Saturday, 26 June 2010 04:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Persecution against Japanese was against legal immigrants btw.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 June 2010 07:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/az-gop-mailer-dem-is-letting-illegal-immigrants-shoot-up-our-neighborhoods.php
― ENBBQ (The Reverend), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
mad photoshop skills
― ilxinho (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
It is so weird, there's all these totally homemade looking signs on many corners in town saying that some or another politician opposes SB 1070. For me that's a bonus but I'm pretty sure these signs are saying it is a reason to not vote for that politician.
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also, naturally I read these signs as saying "GIFFORDS OPPOSES SUGGEST BAN 1070."
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
i wonder why everyone is mad at joseph arpaio all of a sudden. that's strange.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 11 May 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha 'joseph arpaio.'
that reminds me of someone pointing out during the clinton scandal how you could tell what side someone was on when they referred to 'judge starr.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 11 May 2012 07:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.alternet.org/rights/155384/10_worst_things_arizona%27s_racist_sheriff_joe_arpaio_has_done/
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
1. Forcing Women To Sleep In Their Own Menstrual Blood: In Arpaio’s jails, “female Latino LEP prisoners have been denied basic sanitary items. In some instances, female Latino LEP prisoners have been forced to remain with sheets or pants soiled from menstruation because of MCSO’s failure to ensure that detention officers provide language assistance in such circumstances.”
2. Assaulting Pregnant Women: “[A]n MCSO officer stopped a Latina woman – a citizen of the United States and five months pregnant at the time – as she pulled into her driveway. After she exited her car, the officer then insisted that she sit on the hood of the car. When she refused, the officer grabbed her arms, pulled them behind her back, and slammed her, stomach first, into the vehicle three times. He then dragged her to the patrol car and shoved her into the backseat. He left her in the patrol car for approximately 30 minutes without air conditioning. The MCSO officer ultimately issued a citation for failure to provide identification.”
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't normally wish death on people but i hope someone fucking impales this worthless hateful excuse for a human with a rusty pickaxe
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
I have a friend who was on one of Arpaio's chain gangs back in the 90s. Yes, he's Hispanic.
― President Keyes, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
personally i think he's one of the best sheriffs this country has ever had
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's got stiff competition from a bunch of other racist yahoos tho
― President Keyes, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
― The Reverend, Friday, May 11, 2012 2:21 PM (1 hour ago)
thank you for focusing your reactionary hyperbole on a single lightning rod of a guy instead of an entire state made up of all kinds of people : )
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
you're very welcome XD
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
rev's (hyperbolically phrased) ire against this "single lightning rod of a guy" seems entirely warranted to me
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wouldn't really describe that reaction as hyperbolic, after Breitbart died I was thinking of the very few people i would really like to see dead, and Arpaio definitely makes the list.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
You guys remember the whole 'sloth' sequence in Se7en, right? So it makes sense if I say something like, "I want Joe Arpaio to get 'sloth'-ed", yeah? I just wanna make sure y'all would understand the context if I were to ever use that particular verb form in a sentence, is all.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 12 May 2012 02:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wouldn't really describe that reaction as hyperbolic
on principle, i think it's best to describe all death threats, no matter how vague, as "hyperbolic"
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
it was hyperbolic tbrr
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
There was a point not too long ago that it was almost all, aww, Sheriff Joe, how cute! Maybe around the 60 Minutes profile? Clearly he was horrific back then, but perhaps we were all in collective denial when they trotted out the prisoners in pink jumpsuits, eating bologna on white bread? I want to say it was before his xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric ratcheted up.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 May 2012 04:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
rev's (hyperbolically phrased) ire against this "single lightning rod of a guy" seems entirely warranted to me― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, May 11, 2012 4:28 PM (3 hours ago)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, May 11, 2012 4:28 PM (3 hours ago)
yes, contenderizzzzer, it is.
especially compared to:
fuck this worthless nazi state.― how's life, Thursday, May 3, 2012 3:57 AM (1 week ago)
― how's life, Thursday, May 3, 2012 3:57 AM (1 week ago)
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
JoeStork
― buzza, Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
who is how's life anyway (assuming it's a reg)
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
ILX2 NEW USERNAME TRANSLATOR COMPENDIUM
― ♆ (gr8080), Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
sorry zonies. your nazis are a pretty intense breed though.
― how's life, Saturday, 12 May 2012 10:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
damn, i don't think i've caught onto any of your names since, kkvgz. i liked that one anyway and never had the vajazzle association.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i've been fucking up all over with the screennames.
― how's life, Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
what a disaster
― ♆ (gr8080), Monday, 14 May 2012 00:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Arizona!
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/arizona_ken_bennett_obama_birth_certificate_birther.php
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Bennett, the state’s No. 2 elected official just below Gov. Jan Brewer (R), said his investigation isn’t personal. He said the reason he started looking into it is because he got more than 1,200 emails asking him to do so after Arpaio’s investigation came out.
Hey, can we coordinate an effort to send him 1,201 emails asking him to die in a fire?
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 15:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/20/554471/aclu-emails-from-author-of-sb-1070-prove-racial-motivation/
“Battles commence as Mexican nationalists struggle to infuse their men into American government and strengthen control over their strongholds. One look at Los Angeles with its Mexican-American mayor shows you Vincente Fox’s general Varigossa commanding an American city.”
― chain the color of am0n (The Reverend), Friday, 20 July 2012 18:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Varigossa"
― goole, Friday, 20 July 2012 18:42 (11 months ago) Permalink
“Corruption is the mechanism by which Mexico operates. Its people spawn more corruption wherever they go because it is their only known way of life.”“Tough, nasty illegals and their advocates grow in such numbers that law and order will not subdue them. They run us out of our cities and states. They conquer our language and our schools. They render havoc and chaos in our schools.”“We are much like the Titanic as we inbreed millions of Mexico’s poor, the world’s poor and we watch our country sink.”
“Tough, nasty illegals and their advocates grow in such numbers that law and order will not subdue them. They run us out of our cities and states. They conquer our language and our schools. They render havoc and chaos in our schools.”
“We are much like the Titanic as we inbreed millions of Mexico’s poor, the world’s poor and we watch our country sink.”
qfjfc
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 July 2012 18:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
“I’m racist because I don’t want to be taxed to pay for a prison population comprised of mainly Hispanics, Latinos, Mexicans or whatever else you wish to call them.”“I’m a racist because I believe the News Media has a duty to tell us the names and race of criminals.”“I’m a racist because I object to having to pay higher sales tax and property tax to build more schools for the illegitimate children of illegal aliens.”“I’m a racist because I dislike having to push one for English and/or listening to a message in Spanish.”
“I’m a racist because I believe the News Media has a duty to tell us the names and race of criminals.”
“I’m a racist because I object to having to pay higher sales tax and property tax to build more schools for the illegitimate children of illegal aliens.”
“I’m a racist because I dislike having to push one for English and/or listening to a message in Spanish.”
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 July 2012 18:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
"the emails, acquired through a public records request, are to and from the author of SB 1070, recalled Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce (R)."
are the quotes from Pearce, then, or are they excerpts from emails that were written TO Pearce?
― your friend, (Z S), Friday, 20 July 2012 19:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
good question, i didn't catch that
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 July 2012 19:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
i'm looking through the emails (http://www.azcentral.com/kpnx/pdf/Pochada-pearce-emails.pdf) and yep, he wrote all of that stuff. wow. people elected this guy. representative democracy.
― your friend, (Z S), Friday, 20 July 2012 19:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
the problem with representative democracy is that it looks like you
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 July 2012 19:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
at least the dude was recalled
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 July 2012 19:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
Fuck man this is annoying enough as a facebook meme, acting like having 3 seconds added to your IVRU message is some unparalleled burden, but as a reason to legislate something like this....asdgbv/oagbviujsfw vc ufraw
― in charge of refreshments tonight is (Abbbottt), Friday, 20 July 2012 20:52 (11 months ago) Permalink