The Monotasker

A random collection of thoughts and observations

[monotasker]

History does not repeat itself but it sure does rhyme...

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GOP debate

Am I the only one who saw all three anchors with three dimensional heads and two dimensional bodies? That was some makeup job going on.

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Trumpaspora

Does anyone else think that the Donald's comments on keeping the "good" immigrants is just laying the groundwork for his next reality show? It's a diaspora, Trump style! "I'm sorry, Jorge, but these tacos are really terrible and your whole family is being deported. You really have no one to blame but yourself. Well, and me. But mostly you."

[monotasker]

Hobby Lobby

So... unless you work for a sole proprietor, everyone understands that a corporation is a legally distinct entity from its ownership/management... right?  A pleasant legal fiction used to separate profits from legal liability?  Can someone please explain to me how a legal fiction can hold religious beliefs?

[monotasker]

World domination, then naptime.

[architags]

Gres House. Luciano Kruk. Itauna. Brasil. under construction. images (c) Luciano Kruk

[stevesbucky]

“I'll tell them you're still making up your mind.”

[monotasker]

"I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples, bastards, and broken things." - Tyrion Lannister

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WhatsApp

I know very little about the tech business, but any time you can acquire a business at 42 times gross revenue you need to jump all over that. Or be fired for gross incompetence. Yep, pretty sure it's the second one.

[tcfkag]

Instead of telling their kids about monsters under the bed, Dutch parents tell their kids about other countries winning speed skating medals.

[monotasker]

My god, it might even be... the Belgians!

[handsomedogs]

http://littlehomiekane.tumblr.com/

[monotasker]

Miniature Tucker!

[monotasker]

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island.  I want to go (back) to there.

[thefullerview]

(via Pinterest)

[monotasker]

How you taunt me, TCFKAG....

[theatlantic]

If a Drone Strike Hit an American Wedding, We’d Ground Our Fleet

On my wedding day, my wife and I hired a couple of shuttle vans to ferry guests between a San Clemente hotel and the nearby site where we held our ceremony and reception. I thought of our friends and family members packed into those vehicles when I read about the latest nightmarish consequence of America’s drone war: “A U.S. drone mistakenly targeted a wedding convoy in Yemen’s al-Baitha province after intelligence reports identified the vehicles as carrying al Qaeda militants,” CNN reported, citing government sources in Yemen. “The officials said that 14 people were killed and 22 others injured, nine in critical condition. The vehicles were traveling near the town of Radda when they were attacked.”

Can you imagine the wall-to-wall press coverage, the outrage, and the empathy for the victims that would follow if an American wedding were attacked in this fashion? Or how you’d feel about a foreign power that attacked your wedding in this fashion?

The L.A. Times followed up on the story and found slightly different casualty figures: “The death toll reached 17 overnight, hospital officials in central Bayda province said Friday. Five of those killed were suspected of involvement with Al Qaeda, but the remainder were unconnected with the militancy, Yemeni security officials said.”

Read more. [Image: Reuters]

[monotasker]

Of the many reasons why people may dislike Americans, I think it's fair to say at this point that "freedom" is pretty low on this list.  Faceless, quasi-indiscriminate death from above?  Hmm... getting warmer.

[tastefullyoffensive]

How marketing works. [x]

[earthstory]

The Arch and the Milky Way This image shows Delicate Arch, one of the many found in Arches National Park in Utah, with the center of the Milky Way Galaxy behind it. It was taken on a Saturday night in June of 2013. This photo was a single exposure (not a composite), shot at ISO 5000. The aperture was f/4, and the exposure time was around a minute. -JBB Image credit: Ben Coffman photography (shared with permission) www.bencoffmanphotography.com https://www.facebook.com/BenCoffmanPhotography

[monotasker]

What's the definition of irony?

My brother has two facebook posts today - one deriding Obamacare, one bemoaning living off of the city water system and having issues with his well.  Government services are total bullshit, until, you know, they are convenient to you personally. 

Wait a second, I think I just came up with a new slogan for the GOP.

[tcfkag]

Monotasker is in the other room reading MY Hyperbole and a Half book before I can (mind you) and laughing so hard his stomach hurts and he’s crying.

And he keeps muttering “I’m a grown-up reading a book” - its totally worth it.

[monotasker]

This book is a must read. Definitely do not read the depression part for the first time in a public place, like, I don't know, o'hare airport. Because you will have feels and people around you will give you strange looks and you will wonder what is wrong with THEM.