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Lines from Shakespeare Mistaken for 1990s Hip Hop Lyrics | HTMLGIANT

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:27:52 -0600

Lines from Shakespeare Mistaken for 1990s Hip Hop Lyrics | HTMLGIANT:

housingworksbookstore:

“I’ll teach you how to flow.” (The Tempest)

“He speaks plain cannon fire, and smoke and bounce.” (King John)

“I have within my mind / A thousand raw tricks of these bragging Jacks, / Which I will practise.” (The Merchant of Venice)

“That’s an ill phrase.” (Hamlet)

“Holla, holla!” (King Lear)

“I am the dog: no, the dog is himself, and I am the dog–Oh! the dog is me, and I am myself.” (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)

“You knights of Tyre / Are excellent in making ladies trip.” (Pericles)

“Just as high as my heart.” (As You Like It)

“Thou art raw.” (As You Like It)

“Our tongue is rough, coz, and my condition is not smooth.” (Henry V)

“Ay, on the front.” (Macbeth)

“Holla, you clown!” (As You Like It)

“Our cake’s dough on both sides.” (The Taming of the Shrew)

“Trip no further, pretty sweeting.” (Twelfth Night)

“Look, when I serve him so, he takes it ill.” (The Comedy of Errors)

Holla!

nevver: Reverend Cohen

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:20:14 -0600

nevver:

Reverend Cohen

tyleroakley:

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:17:13 -0500

tyleroakley:

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Mon, 14 May 2012 16:35:07 -0500

FACT: This year, national, state and local spending on higher education reached a 25-year low.

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:11:49 -0500

FACT: This year, national, state and local spending on higher education reached a 25-year low.

What everyone who uses the internet needs to know about CISPA

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:09:23 -0500

What everyone who uses the internet needs to know about CISPA:

think-progress:

Here’s a quick look at the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, with the full details at ThinkProgress.

CISPA’s broad language will likely give the government access to anyone’s personal information with few privacy protections.

The bill completely exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act.

CISPA gives companies blanket immunity from future lawsuits.

Companies can already inform the government and each other about incoming cybersecurity threats.

Most Republicans support CISPA, while most Democrats oppose it, and President Obama threatened to veto it.

The internet is fighting back.

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Tue, 01 May 2012 11:25:17 -0500

"Of course, all of us should be honored to be listed on the TIME 100 alongside the two men who will..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:51:01 -0500

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Of course, all of us should be honored to be listed on the TIME 100 alongside the two men who will be slugging it out in the fall: President Obama, and the man who would defeat him, David Koch. Give it up everybody for David Koch.

David, nice to see you again, sir.

Little known fact, David’s brother Charles Koch is actually even more influential. Charles pledged $40 million to defeat President Obama, David only $20 million. That’s kind of cheap, Dave.

Sure, he’s all for buying the elections, but when the bill for democracy comes up, Dave’s always in the men’s room. I’m sorry, I must have left Wisconsin in my other coat.

I was particularly excited to meet David Koch earlier tonight because I have a Super PAC, Colbert Super PAC, and I am — thank you, thank you — and I am happy to announce Mr. Koch has pledged $5 million to my Super PAC. And the great thing is, thanks to federal election law, there’s no way for you to ever know whether that’s a joke.

By the way, if David Koch likes his waiter tonight, he will be your next congressman.

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- Stephen Colbert rips on the Koch brothers to their faces at TIME Magazine’s gala (via thesoapboxschtick)

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:52:19 -0500

neil-gaiman: I just got out of bed, and snuck over to the...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:10:14 -0500

neil-gaiman:

I just got out of bed, and snuck over to the computer, and supported Amanda’s Kickstarter.

(Happy Birthday, darling.)

Watch the video. It will tell you everything about Amanda, that you could ever want to know. Also, it’s really sweet and funny.

our-little-talks: anderson: Anderson meets Meow, the 37-lb cat...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:24:52 -0500

our-little-talks:

anderson:

Anderson meets Meow, the 37-lb cat (the equivalent of a 600-lb person), today on “Anderson.”

This post for obvious reasons.

nevver: The Crib

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:44:08 -0500

nevver:

The Crib

8 reasons Romney is more conservative than George W. Bush

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:18:15 -0500

8 reasons Romney is more conservative than George W. Bush:

think-progress:

We’re a tease, so we’ll just give you a couple:

Bush passed a huge tax cut plan, mostly benefiting the wealthy. Romney’s tax cut plan is four times larger, more heavily weighted to benefit ultra wealthy.

Bush supported comprehesive immigration reform, a path to citizenship for 12 million undocumented immigrants and provisions of the DREAM Act. Romney opposes all of it.

Bush acknowledged global warming is caused by humans. Romney says “we don’t know.

"For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than..."

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:06:44 -0500

“For the first eight years of our marriage, [Michelle and I] were paying more in student loans than what we were paying for our mortgage. So we know what this is about.

And we were lucky to land good jobs with a steady income. But we only finished paying off our student loans—check this out, all right, I’m the President of the United States—we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago.”

- —President Obama in North Carolina today on why Congress has to act to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling (via barackobama)

When Obama was nominated, he got a lot of criticism for not having military experience. I think it’s more pertinent that he had the experience of not growing up wealthy and privileged in America. How can someone who’s never had to worry about money or loans create a fair policy about them? -Jess

(via stfuconservatives)

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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:52:24 -0500

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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:05:49 -0500

"Whatever happened to crying while eating?"

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:01:50 -0500

“Whatever happened to crying while eating?”

- Magnificent Ruin (via nevver)

think-progress: How unequal pay is even more unequal for some...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:20:56 -0500

think-progress:

How unequal pay is even more unequal for some women.

Stunning New Screw Portrait by Andrew Myers Andrew Myers, who...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:18:03 -0500

Stunning New Screw Portrait by Andrew Myers

Andrew Myers, who we first introduced you to back in February 2011, is back with a fantastic new piece called Fading Thoughts. This time, Myers wanted to take his work one step further by creating a scene that gives a sense of motion. “I don’t want that dead portrait look anymore,” he says. “So I want to actually make a scene, something that appears to be happening that isn’t really happening. So you’re not only getting the 3D effect that’s a lie, it’s an effect, because of the screws, but then you’re getting another effect that the fan is actually in motion and that something is actually blowing off the page.

“So it’s kind of a test to see how far I can push this material.”

Myers worked with filmmaker Benjamin Pitts to show us how the piece comes together in a beautiful, short documentary. While watching Myers bring it to life is amazing enough, listening to fellow artists describe his technique will give you a whole new appreciation for his work. “These are special,” one artist says, “and they’re very labor intensive. It takes many, many, many man hours. It takes a lot of hours to do an oil painting, but this is an oil painting and a sculpture. And painting on screw heads is not as easy as it is on a flat surface.”

Check out these photos Myers sent directly to us and make sure to watch the video, below. For those who are seeking creative inspiration, this video is gold.

Think Progress: SIX FACTS about the wage gender gap

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:22:14 -0500

Think Progress: SIX FACTS about the wage gender gap:

think-progress:

1. In 2010 women who worked full time, year round, still only earned 77 percent of what men earned.

2. For working women between the ages of 25 to 29, the annual wage gap is $1,702. In the last five years before retirement, however, the annual wage gap jumps to $14,352.

3. More than 40 percent…