February 2012
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“There are amusing moments, among them when Senator Carl Levin, the grandfatherly...”
– In New Book, Ex-Senator Says Fear Clouded Judgment After 9/11 (via langer)
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“At the halfway house, Wallace got to know people with radically different...”
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David Foster Wallace’s struggle to surpass Infinite Jest : The New Yorker (via pegobry)
David Carr said something similar about self-help clichés in “Night of the Gun.”
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“A typed note that Wallace left in his papers laid out the novel’s idea:...”
– David Foster Wallace’s struggle to surpass Infinite Jest : The New Yorker (via pegobry)
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“It was the worst meeting I’ve ever had in my life, honestly.”
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, on her meeting with Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. According to Boxer, DeMarco said “his interest is making sure Fannie [Mae] and Freddie [Mac] do well financially,” not making homeownership more affordable. (via officialssay)
why...
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“It makes me feel like Detroit is sacred. A lot of shit come out this bitch, like...”
– Sheefy McFly, on the legacy of Motown, Detroit hip hop and garage rock. Yeah, I feel you about the hand.
