Blackbeard's Delight

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Hi. I'm Justin. I have a pop culture compulsion, I write (for a living and for fun), and somehow it's all gonna work itself out on this blog.

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Idris Elba reveals the story behind the name of his production company ‘Green Door’ [x]

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Posts tagged "Politics"

At his and his wife’s joint 70th birthday, they gave each of the 110 couples who attended a check for $70,000 made out to the guest’s favorite charities. The total was about $7 million.

Something about this cause indigestion in my brain. That’s a lot of money, and needless to say an insanely lavish party favor…but for a good cause.

- “Santorum’s Main Backer Plans to Keep on Funding” [WSJ]

“A Brief Note About Not Feeding The Trolls”

Jay Smooth, media critic. I’m watch him over Reliable Sources any day.

Please watch.

And nice work by the Maddow crew featuring this on the show. Actually, next time you’re thinking of creating a show MSNBC, why not look his way?

It’s as if he’s systematically ticking off every poison he identified in the body politic and rushing to dump more of it into the water supply.

Ezra is not happy with former Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. But as he lays it out here, in pretty cut-and-dry terms, it’s not hard to see why. Ouch.

“The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh” - Washington Post

Justin Bieber is on the cover of Rolling Stone in order to upset your dad and he is talking sex and politics, despite the fact that he is utterly unfamiliar with either subject.

Great, great lead (or lede depending on your preference).

“Justin Bieber, health care wonk” - (Salon)