Trapped In Time is the tumblelog of Matt Simpson. Matt is the co-owner of Maven Web Solutions. His business partner is Eugene. They also blog live music with Todd at The Butter Room, whose latest project is Jamwich.
Matt has two min pins, Forbin & Floyd. He often blogs about music and is a Phishhead who went on 2009 summer tour. In addition to traveling, Matt takes photos. Proud Hoosier and Chicagoan.
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“Conclusions/Significance:
The findings indicate that male voters exhibit biological responses to the realignment of a country’s dominance hierarchy as if they participated in an interpersonal dominance contest.”
In other words, only the pansy boys voted for McCain last year.
Compressed video highlights of Cheney’s “Unpleasant Things” speech.
Disgusting. Everything about this man is disgusting.
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This is a great read, and put a huge smile on my face to see that one of my musical heroes is truly proud of the path he’s on and has come to terms with his destructive behavior. The future of Phish and this summer tour couldn’t look any brighter after reading this news. And perhaps the true value of this article and Trey’s appearance in D.C. is his experience in drug court and rehab programs that prevented him and others from going to prison for crimes that were hurting themselves far more than society as a whole. More importantly, drug court and rehabilitation actually works, compared to imprisonment:
Addiction is a battle far too few people actually care to understand, especially in our political and legal systems. But I firmly believe that drug court offers an economic, compassionate solution that if our friends and family had to go through, we would be thankful for - much more thankful than the alternative. Check the link for some more substantive details and statistics on these types of programs. |
(via lifebeginswith)
Solving the economy over a little pass and catch to himself. The Obama porn continues on into the presidency with surprising regularity.
“Now I can say it: what a bunch of fucking assholes!”
“This is something I’ve wanted to say for years: is there a bigger dick on this planet than Mitch McConnell?” he said. “I know he thinks he’s doing his job, but please, what a fucking turd.”
Observers who are accustomed to the much-ballyhooed collegiality of the Senate were taken aback by the jaw-dropping profanity of Sen. Specter’s parting shots, many of which were breathtaking in their anatomical crudeness.
“He must’ve had a lot of rage bottled up over the years,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). “Suddenly he was talking like a Somali pirate.
“he reserved some of his harshest words for House Minority whip Eric Cantor: “Eric fucking Cantor? Please. That douche can kiss my goddamn stimulus package.”
Biggest laughs of my day thus far!
Did anyone watch House last night? I won’t spoil what happened (as it was already spoiled for me), but needless to say, Kal Penn is no longer a cast member and House now has a mystery to solve far larger than in most of his cases, one that will likely be central to the rest of the season.
As it turns out, Penn didn’t get fired and isn’t looking to make “Harold and Kumar: Summer Tour Adventures.” Instead, he’s giving up acting and going to Washington to work for our 44th President as a liason to chairities.
You have to hand it to Kal. Not only did he campaign for Barack, but he’s stepped up to the plate to actually go to work for change. Lots of respect!
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James F. Reda, quoted in the NYT on banking executive salaries. So let me get this straight: if you’re making 500K or less, you don’t have much money? Wall Street can suck it. None of these people have a clue about anything outside of their little bubbles… the ones they’ve created at the expense of millions of Americans’ livelihood. |
Palin takes prank call from fake French president
Sarah Palin has unwittingly taken a prank call from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and told him she may make a good president in eight years.
The Republican vice presidential nominee discussed politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy’s “beautiful wife,” in the telephone call released Saturday.
When the caller told Palin she would make a good president, she laughed and replied: “Maybe in eight years.”
Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt confirmed she received the prank call.
“Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy and other celebrities, in being targeted by these pranksters. C’est la vie,” she said.
I think the funniest part is that she talks negatively about redistributing wealth in a conversation she believes is with a President of a socialist nation.
While Ms. Palin took office promising a more open government, her administration has battled to keep information secret. Her inner circle discussed the benefit of using private e-mail addresses. An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a ‘personal device’ like a BlackBerry ‘would be confidential and not subject to subpoena.’
Ms. Palin and aides use their private e-mail addresses for state business. A campaign spokesman said the governor copied e-mail messages to her state account ‘when there was significant state business.’
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New York Times: “Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes” This is probably the best article I’ve read on Sarah Palin and her history as a public servant. While she’s done a lot to improve and change the state of Alaska, there are more than a few examples of why her tactics don’t represent the change that many Americans are looking for in the next administration. Transparency is not one of her strengths, and I think we’ve all seen the destructive nature of a less-than-transparent Vice President the past eight years. |
“See, it would be funny, but the news media decided that would be the lead story yesterday. This happens every election cycle. Every four years, this is what we do. This is what they want to spend two of the last 55 days talking about…Enough!” - Barack Obama
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Nothing pisses my 60 year old, conservative father off more than health care in America. I don’t think he’s ever voted for a Democrat in a Presidential election, but he’ll be damned if McCain gets anywhere near the Oval Office.
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paid,
And the marshals and cops get the same,
But the poor white man’s used in the hands of them all like a tool.
He’s taught in his school
From the start by the rule
That the laws are with him
To protect his white skin
To keep up his hate
So he never thinks straight
‘Bout the shape that he’s in
But it ain’t him to blame
He’s only a pawn in their game.
(full lyrics here)
Forty-five years after Dylan wrote this, and how far have we really come? If tonight reaffirmed anything for me, it’s that the poor, the lazy, the uneducated and ignorant, those who can’t look beyond the prejustices they were taught to be true since they breathed their first breath… those people will continue to be pawns in the politics of fear, manipulation, and lies. May God, Darwin, or a fucking alien help this nation. When I wake up twenty-four years old on November 5th, I want to believe we still have a fighting chance; that my children might still have a fighting chance to live a life with the hope and opportunity so many people have given their lives to maintain; that despite our collective emapthy and pessimism, we can believe that better days lie ahead. The alternative… is there really one?
… and the vomit in the back of my throat, as I watch Guiliani spew lies, Cindy McCain cradle Palin’s down syndrome child, and a bunch of old white people chant “zero” - which sounds a lot like another word - in reference to Barack Obama. Meanwhile, I wouldn’t be surprised if more innocent people are being teargassed outside. It sickens me that I could actually share some of the core beliefs of this party.
