December 2011
48 posts
Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas →
brooklynmutt:
Christopher Hitchens on why the Puritans found the holiday suspect—and we should, too
Mr. Hitchens, who died on Dec. 15, was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of “Hitch-22: A Memoir” and “Arguably,” a collection of his essays. This is a previously unpublished essay commissioned by the Journal, an abridged version of which appears in the print edition of...
Hitchens takes a break from battling cancer to utterly dominate at a debate.
brooklynmutt:
Christopher Hitchens destroys David Berlinski’s assertion that the Nazi party was Darwinistic or in anyway secular.
Taco Bell Doritos Taco: Chain Claims New Shell... →
Ew. But yes.
robotindisguise:
Here’s a new clip of Portlandia, courtesy of EW.
Portlandia premieres on IFC January 6 at 10pEST.
huffpostcomedy: [via ifc]
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s ‘holiday’ tree... →
Rhode Island was founded in an attempt to escape religious nut jobs. Clearly, that has not worked out as planned.
Amazing Space Photo →
And I thought and I thought my love life was the biggest black hole in the universe. HEY-OOOOooooooooooo… :-/
Hat tip El Toro
If A Christmas Carol was performed by the “Tea Party Dramatic Society,” it would...
– Bill Maher. (via wisconsinforward)