Category Archives: Quotable Quotes of the Quoted

When 99% just aint enough

Posted on June 27, 2013 by kamper

Thanks to Charles Pierce for calling our attention to Ross Douthat’s latest column, which offers a near perfect distillation of the inexhaustible persecution complex that drives right wing thinking. Douthat, responding to the DOMA decision, worries that, now that teh … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Sugar, Reason #798

Posted on May 21, 2012 by kamper

If your tear ducts need a workout, go read Sugar’s latest over at The Rumpus. When I was eleven, my brother and sister and I went to visit our father. We traveled to the place he lived a thousand miles … Continue reading →

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Yes. This.

Posted on February 25, 2012 by kamper

Charles Pierce: Far from me to tell the president what to do, but now would be a really nice time to fire up the old speechwriting team and produce a direct and unequivocal defense of women’s rights in the field … Continue reading →

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Teller’s Advice to a Young Magician

Posted on February 20, 2012 by kamper

Magician Brian Brushwood shares some advice he got when he just wee lad from Teller of Penn & Teller. It’s good advice no matter what your field. Here’s a compositional secret. It’s so obvious and simple, you’ll say to yourself, … Continue reading →

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An Inspirational Message Just for You

Posted on February 6, 2012 by kamper

A few months ago, I somehow got put onto the email list of a woman named Stacy whom I’m certain I’ve never met or interacted with. I have one of those email addresses that is easy to mix up with … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on January 17, 2012 by kamper

My father always said to me, “All the things that I went through during the Holocaust are within your spectrum of emotion. You know what it is to be afraid. You know what it is to be cold. You know … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Stephen Maturin

Posted on December 14, 2011 by kamper

‘People say unkind things about Lord Sandwich,’ observed Stephen as they sat down, ‘but I think mankind is very much in his debt for that genial invention . . .’ – Stephen Maturin in The Reverse of the Medal by … Continue reading →

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Match the Republican Presidential Candidate to the Snark

Posted on November 11, 2011 by kamper

In the span of just a few short months blogging at Esquire’s The Politics Blog, Charles Pierce has emerged as the web’s preeminent snark machine. But can you match up the following Pierce-penned snark to the correct Republican presidential candidate? … Continue reading →

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Snicket on OWS

Posted on October 18, 2011 by kamper

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance 1. If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are successful because you worked hard, just as if you are … Continue reading →

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Minchin? Make that Tim Menschen

Posted on June 24, 2011 by kamper

Dan Savage has a great interview with Tim Minchin around edgy material and specifically his song “Do Not Feed Donuts to Your Obese Children.” But you don’t want to bully your own audience. And a satirist’s job should be to … Continue reading →

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