Chris Grinolds

The Most Anti-American Thing I Can Think Of — Editor's Picks — Medium

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:53:39 -0700

The Most Anti-American Thing I Can Think Of — Editor's Picks — Medium:

Guns are one of the greatest forces of inequality that I can think of. They give power to those who wield them over those who don’t. The idea that we should all get armed in response to this is about as sensible as suggesting that we should all get infected with HIV so we can stop wearing condoms.

This discussion has moved to the back burner, but that doesn’t make it any less important. Sadly, we’ll probably see another tragedy in the next few months that will make the conversation flare up again, and even more sadly, it’s likely that nothing will be done. The NRA has roughly 5 million members, but they’re so vocal and spend so much money lobbying that their opinion outweighs the 270 million Americans who want to hold gun owners accountable. When will the nonsense stop?

"Never mind that the higher house of our bicameral farce is one in which 40 percent of the American..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:55:02 -0700

“Never mind that the higher house of our bicameral farce is one in which 40 percent of the American population choses 60 percent of the representation; that millions of New Yorker or Texans, say, are represented and served to the same degree as thousands of Montanans. And never mind that the lower house has now been gerrymandered to a point where a majority of American votes are guaranteed to achieve a minority of the representation — ignore, for the sake of argument, the ridiculous and antiquated structural impediments to popular will ever achieving a popular outcome. Don’t worry that mess. Just focus on the fucking money.”

- David Simon | Dead children and monied politicians.

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Something Else to Talk About

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:59:59 -0700

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Something Else to Talk About:

I’m safe. You are safe. 99.999999% of the country is safe. But there never is a completely safe, and there never will be.

Boom. Take a step back and think about the fact that at any time, anywhere something insane like this could happen. Then, go back to living your life. No sense in stressing out about things you can’t control or anticipate.

merlin: Please reblog if you feel like strangers sometimes try...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:50:21 -0800

merlin:

Please reblog if you feel like strangers sometimes try to manipulate you for selfish and personally debasing reasons.

Now, run into traffic on the busiest street you can find while buck-ass naked, heavily-oiled, wearing an elaborate wig made of shrimp- or pork-flavored ramen noodles, and dancing a spastic and deranged Hokey-Pokey as you hopelessly shriek, “I AM THE KWISATZ HADERACH!” to the tune of your favorite sea shanty.

Then, send all the information about your checking account to an exiled Nigerian prince, watch a full season of She’s the Boss, and put half of your clothes back on.

Do NOT, under any circumstances, wash off the oil for one month, or you’ll be cursed with seven years of bad luck and will instantly develop excruciating pus-filled butt shingles.

If you instantly develop excruciating pus-filled butt shingles, please re-reblog.

Thank you Jon Stewart for bringing this to my attention. The...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:31:57 -0800

Thank you Jon Stewart for bringing this to my attention. The cows don’t even care!

Truck full of cows crashed (by Claudio P)

The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament Just. Got. Real. - The Triangle Blog - Grantland

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:59:49 -0800

The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament Just. Got. Real. - The Triangle Blog - Grantland:

Grantland gives the Leonard Cooper story like only they can.

My vote for Benny’s replacement.

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:10:34 -0800

My vote for Benny’s replacement.

So Good At Being In Trouble (Official Video) (by UMOVEVO)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:32:29 -0800

So Good At Being In Trouble (Official Video) (by UMOVEVO)

CBS won’t air this during this Sunday’s consumerist...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:54:56 -0800

CBS won’t air this during this Sunday’s consumerist extravaganza with football breaks becuase it’s too harsh on two of their biggest sponsors: Coke and Pepsi. Which sucks, because it makes a great point.

Amazon Q4 profits fall 45 percent.

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:02:59 -0800

Amazon Q4 profits fall 45 percent.:

Amazon, as best I can tell, is a charitable organization being run by elements of the investment community for the benefit of consumers. The shareholders put up the equity, and instead of owning a claim on a steady stream of fat profits, they get a claim on a mighty engine of consumer surplus. Amazon sells things to people at prices that seem impossible because it actually is impossible to make money that way.

It’s really insane, the model they’ve managed to work out. Makes you wonder how long Wall Street will continue to play, and more interestingly, what happens then. Amazon’s far too large, with way too much intrinsic value to simply disappear.

Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior - NYTimes.com

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:01:49 -0800

Rescued by a Bailout, A.I.G. May Sue Its Savior - NYTimes.com:

“A.I.G. doesn’t owe loyalty to the government,” a person close to Mr. Greenberg said. “It owes loyalty to its shareholders.”

Fuck you Maurice Greenberg. I hope you get laughed out of court.

David Simon | The Audacity of Despair

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:13:00 -0800

David Simon | The Audacity of Despair:

Newtown, Conn.A gun lobby that no longer even has the need to hold to its empty credo that guns don’t kill, people do. Now, we are excusing the people as well, eschewing even the personal responsibility that conservatives so often exalt. Now, guns don’t kill and neither do people. Now, shit just happens, with our freshest legalisms simply rationalizing our preference for pride and property over human life.

Ignoring the issue doesn’t make it go away.

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Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:40:00 -0800

NYC GOV: Statement from Mayor Bloomberg, Co-Chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns on Newtown, Connecticut Shooting

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:50:18 -0800

NYC GOV: Statement from Mayor Bloomberg, Co-Chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns on Newtown, Connecticut Shooting:

nycgov:

“With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to that. Not even kindergarteners learning their A,B,Cs are safe. We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun…

"Drink a fucking beer!"

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:04:00 -0800

“Drink a fucking beer!”

- Pete Townshend at the Concert for Sandy Relief

ihatepeacocks: Obama is sending Hillary Clinton to Israel to...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:19:19 -0800

ihatepeacocks:

Obama is sending Hillary Clinton to Israel to help resolve the conflict in Gaza.

And one day later, they’ve reached a truce.

E-commerce 2.0 // Jeff Jordan

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:50:18 -0800

E-commerce 2.0 // Jeff Jordan:

[T]oday we’re proud to announce that we’re leading an $85 million round in zulily, an event sales site that offers daily deals for moms, babies and kids.

So….. we’re doing….. ok.

Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web - The Oatmeal

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:11:16 -0800

Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web - The Oatmeal:

Matt Inman, killing it as always.

David Simon | Barack Obama And The Death Of Normal

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:48:59 -0800

David Simon | Barack Obama And The Death Of Normal:

Change is a motherfucker when you run from it. And right now, the conservative movement in America is fleeing from change that is certain and immutable. A man of color is president for the second time, and this happened despite a struggling economic climate and a national spirit of general discontent. He has been returned to office over the specific objections of the mass of white men. He has instead been re-elected by women, by people of color, by homosexuals, by people of varying religions or no religion whatsoever. Behold the New Jerusalem. Not that there’s anything wrong with being a white man, of course. There’s nothing wrong with being anything. That’s the point.

Start stocking up on canned goods, just in case.

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:46:14 -0700

Start stocking up on canned goods, just in case.