Andymatic

Month: May 2011

  • Fanboys Punk Out, Players Play

    “Americans want to talk about killing and watch violent movies and play violent video games, and watch fighting sports. But it’s all about simulacra. Hence the popularity of things like the UFC gym franchise where you can “train like a UFC fighter,” without actually sparring. Which is sort of like spending all your time doing […]

  • Even Without the Diary

    “It’s a shame he was an antisemite. He could have learned from a thing or two about secret annexes.” Commenter on Gawker, Bin Ladens Hadn’t Left the House in Five Years.

  • My jaws hurt from eating

    There's a sub-Reddit called First World Problems. Here's my favorite: My jaws hurt from eating

  • Former Military Interrogator on How Torture Delayed Finding Bin Laden

    “One of the things that people aren’t talking about is the fact that one of the people that was confronted with this information that bin Laden had a courier is Skaykh al-Libi, who was held in a CIA secret prison and was tortured and who gave his CIA interrogators the name of the courier as […]

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  • Shitstain Limbaugh

    “One of the standard conservative talking points from Limbaugh I’ve seen bubble up online has been that Obama tried taking too much credit for the strike, as evidenced by his alleged overuse of personal pronouns in the announcement (direct quote: For the record, ladies and gentlemen, in his brief announcement last night President Obama used […]

  • Fast Five is a Superhero Movie

    “In each of these films, the characters can do things in cars that defy both logic and the laws of physics. And when outside of their garishly colored vehicles, they prove impossible to kill by conventional means: bullets never find their targets, explosions merely singe their clothes, jumps from preposterous heights simply piss them off. […]

  • Chinese Hackers Used Backdoor Created for Law Enforcement to Access Gmail

    “Google made headlines when it went public with the fact that Chinese hackers had penetrated some of its services, such as Gmail, in a politically motivated attempt at intelligence gathering. ..  In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what […]

  • Potency of the Moment

    “The potency of the moment is Obama’s to lose. … So historic is the shift, in fact, that all Obama really has to do now is let the astonishing details of the clandestine operation trickle down and word of his direct, daring involvement penetrate the collective consciousness, and not only will any current agenda items […]