January 2010
WatchStill Bill Trailer from B-Side Entertainment on Vimeo.
STILL BILL is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On Me,” “Lovely Day,” “Grandma’s Hands,” and “Just the Two of Us.” With his soulful delivery and warm, heartfelt sincerity, Withers has written the songs that have – and always will – resonate deeply within the fabric of...
“They rarely refrain from lying, actually, about these matters. It’s simply more...”
– Legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Presidential “discretion” when it comes to American warfare. (via dominickbrady)
“It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes...”
– Sartre
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“The incentives for the news media are clear: Tell people what they want to hear...”
– Ryan Sager on Americans wanting their news to confirm their beliefs at the price of accuracy. (via dominickbrady)
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Only 8% of Americans can name 2 foreign leaders.
dominickbrady:
Between the mess of education/practical information gathering and U.S. culture running scared from the advances that tech and energy advances are bringing while the rest of the world is sprinting toward said advances, we’ll be a laughing stock within our lifetime.
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…and no, Tony Blair doesn’t count (they have to be current).
This stat was given by a professor in the...
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo,... →
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Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
“Girl, I would love nothing more than to make sweet honey-dipped love to you...”
– Mike Polk, “An Honest R&B Song” (via pcquotes)
“Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of...”
– Conan O’Brien
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“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll...”
– J.D. Salinger, January 1, 1919 — January 27, 2010
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