Bryan Klausmeyer

Just spent way too much than was worth it researching the origin of the phrase “rule of...

Dec 25th

It seems like at a certain historical moment, all musical genres became post-“X”

Dec 25th

RT @tylersoron: A corporation is the vehicle an individual uses to absolve themselves of moral and...

Dec 23rd

Abschied von gestern, predecessor to Dancer in the Dark?

Dec 22nd

Herzog and Iggy Pop, a lethal combo

Dec 22nd

RT @ebertchicago: To people who say “Just enjoy! Don’t analyze!” This speaks...

Dec 22nd

Is Avatar James Cameron’s Lady in the Water?

Dec 22nd

Anyone remember testing out the beta of Firefox when it was still called Phoenix? (my Daring...

Dec 22nd

Flight in approx. 15 hours, and already delayed by 40 mins. #notlookinggood

Dec 22nd

Clean energy, the new destroyer of the environment? http://bit.ly/6b32d9 #ohtheirony

Dec 22nd

“In the early hours of 18 May 1980, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in...

Dec 22nd

(Referring to Ian Curtis of Joy Division) … “He had just viewed Werner Herzog’s...

Dec 22nd

Are there job applications to become a ‘dissident cleric’?

Dec 21st

Here are a few amazing gems: “The rising employment of temp workers is not all bad…

Dec 21st

http://bit.ly/8z1G6b NYTimes celebrates exploitation of labor, siding with the perspective of...

Dec 21st

“Caution in hiring is certainly the watchword at Eggrock, which makes prefabricated bathrooms...

Dec 21st

…However uncertain their status, they do count in government statistics as wage-earning...

Dec 21st

Allowing for easier exploitation of those who remain unemployed by offering underpaid, uninsured...

Dec 21st

Hiring temp workers is all about “caution,” a temporary set of circumstances wholly...

Dec 21st

Good luck to the idealist realists who want to see serious climate change and healthcare reform...

Dec 21st

All we get are symbolic gestures, but when it comes to bailing out the system during crisis,...

Dec 21st

http://bit.ly/4AWs7Y This NYTimes piece is incredibly idiotic: of course the # of uninsured...

Dec 21st

What will change is the price of insurance if the public-option is removed, which would’ve...

Dec 21st

RT @heraclitus: If Marx is an object orientated ontology guy, then I will gladly eat my hat. In...

Dec 20th

The Hangover was surprisingly good.

Dec 20th

All grad apps submitted! Now the horrible process of waiting…

Dec 20th

RT @voyou: What we really need is a mass public manifestation of uninterest; a militant boredom.

Dec 20th

★ Sign of the Times?

Dec 19th

I like how certain commodities such as shampoo have labels in English and French, despite being...

Dec 19th

RT @mheidegger: If you’re bored today, try reading Fichte’s WISSENSCHAFTSLEHRE. I think...

Dec 19th

Das Desaster von Kopenhagen - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/855/498153/text/

Dec 19th

err Boston!

Dec 19th

Well, looks like my flight out of Dulles got cancelled.

Dec 19th

Ha, my rebooked flight out of Baltimore just got cancelled too.

Dec 19th

Those “realists” who advocate playing by the rules when the deck is rigged are not only...

Dec 19th

Pathetic liberal appeals to the `big Other` to justify failure of HCR, climate change legislation,...

Dec 19th

In other words, if you take it as a given that politics has to appeal to some ideological common...

Dec 19th

RT @archerknewsmit: A “state of emergency” declared because somebody stole the Auschwitz...

Dec 19th

The Anti-Capitalist Transition

Dec 18th

“The rich are destroying the planet. Perhaps they think they’re going off to another one...

Dec 17th

Chavez inadvertently reveals secret NASA goal of scouting Martian surface.

Dec 17th

Banana Republic’s brand has really gone down the tubes as of late. Shirts made in JORDAN? Last...

Dec 16th

RT @sdv_duras: RT @amuchastegui: Hugo Chavez: “If the planet was a bank, they already would...

Dec 16th

RT @markos: Insurance company stocks are surging on news of Senate Health Insurance Industry...

Dec 16th

RT @McLemee: People think Oral Roberts was a bad guy, but his brother Anal was a lot worse.

Dec 16th

RT @mattyglesias: Fight health reform and the Chamber of Commerce will give you a gift card to...

Dec 16th

Lieberman obstructionism and banks repaying bailout money this week? Welcome back, neoliberalism!

Dec 15th

…aside, of course, from giving the pharmaceutical companies and health care industry even more...

Dec 15th

So without a public option… or a public option trigger… or an expansion of medicare,...

Dec 15th

In a world with so many Joe Liebermans, where have all the Maoists gone?

Dec 15th

Meanwhile, the NYTimes seems to have anticipated #HCR failure: let them eat oatmeal buttermilk...

Dec 15th

The Democratic party is hilariously terrible.

Dec 15th

I just started using Droplr, the coolest new app for Mac. Check it out at http://droplr.com

Dec 14th

Une minorité à la ligne révolutionnaire correcte n´est plus une minorité

Dec 14th

Michael Walzer, liberal defender of imperialism

Dec 14th

RT @judasconstant: RULES FOR THE NEXT DECADE: No zombies. No charming indie movies. No 80s. No TV...

Dec 12th

“Social Security was said to ‘mark the end of democracy’,” claimed the ALL.

Dec 11th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Liberty_League Sounds pretty similar to Dick Armey’s...

Dec 11th

The League stated that it’d work to ‘defend and uphold the Constitution’ and to...

Dec 11th

“In the year of its founding, 1934, the League was accused by Smedley Butler of being involved...

Dec 11th

And sponsored at the time by ex-generals, Du Pont family, US Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil,...

Dec 11th

ClickToFlash is an amazing plugin for Safari.

Dec 11th

RT @bat020: OMG! Michael Jackson’s self-commissioned portrait collection: http://is.gd/5jKOj...

Dec 11th

It’s amazing how in Marx’s time, surplus value could be measured in hours, whereas under...

Dec 10th

RT @jeremyscahill: Just perfect that Toby Keith, official bard of Bush’s wars, is performing...

Dec 10th

New Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” music video @ http://bit.ly/6BLEHj looks like an...

Dec 10th

Isn’t this really just a “soft bigotry of low expectations”?...

Dec 10th

Looks like I underestimated the windspeed today: it’s actually around 25 mph.

Dec 10th

I just went to deposit a check, and holy shit is it like Siberia outside.

Dec 10th

RT @BorowitzReport: FULL STORY: Obama Sends Predator Drone to Pick Up Nobel Peace Prize...

Dec 10th

Oof, 14 degrees out. How did this happen??

Dec 10th

RT @ShaharOzeri: With permission from Werner Herzog the entire documentary My Best Fiend has been...

Dec 10th

What are these fucking iguanas doing on my...

Dec 10th

The three minute iguana scene was indescribable, as was some of the dialogue (“Chavez, do fish...

Dec 10th

Nick Cage not as badass as Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant, but still an amazing movie.

Dec 10th

Watched Bad Lieutenant (not to be confused with Port of Call New Orleans) last night. Pretty...

Dec 10th

RT @jaredsinclair: I wish the NYTimes would tell me why/what the Iranian students are protesting...

Dec 10th

RT @judasconstant: Somedays the more time I spend at work, the more I agree with the thesis of...

Dec 10th

Interesting, the “zizekspeaks” Twitter account has been suspended!

Dec 10th

Tomorrow’s high: 19 F. What the hell?

Dec 10th

I feel very accomplished whenever I manage to do lots of email correspondence and telephone calls....

Dec 9th

I prefer to be more object-oriented in my day to day interactions.

Dec 9th

RT @mattyglesias: Bank of America refusing to let me pay my credit card bill with debt bonds.

Dec 9th

It sounds like a ghoulish snow storm outside.

Dec 9th

★ Collective Projects, Plural Pronouns

Dec 9th

Another amazing link: http://bit.ly/7ouL9f

Dec 9th

As a Mac user I have to say, Windows 7 is not that terrible (this also coming from someone who at...

Dec 9th

http://bit.ly/8QHKCo this is an excellent Amazon book buying guide, with excellent book...

Dec 9th

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/labor_dept_available_labor_rate

Dec 8th

http://bit.ly/52SLw7 “BACK TO BUSINESS: Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis” @ NY...

Dec 8th

Good thing the Obama administration is taking necessary measures overhaul ratings agencies… by...

Dec 8th

★ Dialogue as Monologue

Dec 7th

Just realized that Cronenberg’s film “Crash” was based off of a JG Ballard novel...

Dec 7th

Looks like Madness, Mythology, Laughter contains Zizek’s first complete analysis of Fichte

Dec 4th

or rather, “focused”

Dec 4th

Adobe BrowserLab, pretty useful

Dec 3rd

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of Alfred Sohn-Rethel’s Intellectual and Manual...

Dec 2nd

RT @jeremyscahill: Tonight’s mention of civilian surge was brought to you by KBR, Blackwater,...

Dec 2nd

RT @RayBeckerman: Don’t used Twitter’s version of the “retweet”...

Dec 1st