Patrick Inglis is a student and writer living in Brooklyn.Tumblr (3.0; @patrickinglis)http://patrickinglis.com/<a href="http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid=41513.html#bilodeau+wins+canadas+first+gold+home+soil">Bilodeau wins Canada's first gold on home soil</a>http://patrickinglis.com/post/390037342http://patrickinglis.com/post/390037342Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:23:15 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxjggq6LaO1qa2y0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yet another liquor store in Crown Heights, this one brand spanking new. And like all the others, this one comes with bullet proof glass that separates cashiers from their would-be thieves, er, patrons, sort of like a sign that reads, “Welcome, fuck you, and thanks for shopping here!” all at the same time.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/378513919http://patrickinglis.com/post/378513919Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:50 -0500<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joan_walsh/politics/2010/02/06/palin_speaks">The pitbull in lipstick is back!</a>http://patrickinglis.com/post/376285553http://patrickinglis.com/post/376285553Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:59:02 -0500“Nothing’s irreversible.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jack Shepherd</em>http://patrickinglis.com/post/372619577http://patrickinglis.com/post/372619577Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:03:45 -0500<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7345986942222242060" flashvars=""> </embed><br/><br/><p>Brilliant then, brilliant now, former, and now deceased, British M.P. Robin Cook’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook#Resignation_over_Iraq_war" target="_blank">resignation speech</a> to parliament in March 2003 over the imminent invasion of Iraq.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/359704685http://patrickinglis.com/post/359704685Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:52:57 -0500<p>Yes, in the United Kingdom they’re holding an <a>official inquiry</a> into how and why ex-P.M. Tony Blair followed George W. Bush and Co. off a cliff into war in Iraq. And guess what? Blair is facing hard questions. It’d be nice if W. faced any official questions in the U.S. But don’t expect anything of the sort.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/359700015http://patrickinglis.com/post/359700015Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:48:39 -0500“It’s O.K. to head out for wonderful, but on your way to wonderful you’re going to have to pass through all right. And when you get to all right, take a good look around and get used to it because that may be as far as you’re going to go.”<br/><br/> - <em>Bill Withers, <i><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/movies/27still.html?ref=movies" target="_blank">Still Bill</a> </i>(2010)</em>http://patrickinglis.com/post/358983116http://patrickinglis.com/post/358983116Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:07 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZo75jh_BdU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZo75jh_BdU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Like, way cool.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/353662490http://patrickinglis.com/post/353662490Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:15:10 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwolfilhWx1qz9e79o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sarahhromack.com/post/348367630/alexander-kosolapov-the-history-1985-acrylic" target="_blank">forwardretreat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Alexander Kosolapov, <i>The History</i>, 1985, Acrylic, canvas. 50” x 80”</p> </blockquote>http://patrickinglis.com/post/353649248http://patrickinglis.com/post/353649248Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:07:32 -0500<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/opinion/24fri1.html" target="_blank">Compare</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/opinion/21thur1.html?ref=opinion" target="_blank">contrast</a> these op-eds in the <i>New York Times</i>, one dated October 23, 2008, the other from January 20, 2010 . What a difference a year (and a bit) makes.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/346287710http://patrickinglis.com/post/346287710Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:59:00 -0500“Nothing about losing an election forces you to bend to the will of the guy who won—just ask the Republicans who lost in 2006, then lost in 2008, then opposed everything Obama proposed, and are now thrilled to have 41 votes in the Senate. The option of responding to this setback with determination exists. There’s no rule preventing the House from passing the Senate health care bill. For that matter, there’s no rule preventing the reconciliation process from being used to implement a carbon tax with the revenue split between rebates, investments in clean energy, and deficit reduction. That’s not going to happen, but the reason it’s not going to happen is that Democratic members of congress don’t want to do it. They could go down in history as the people who took bold action to solve that problem, but they prefer not to.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/01/where-things-stand.php" target="_blank">Matthew Yglesias</a>, January 19, 2010</em>http://patrickinglis.com/post/344400307http://patrickinglis.com/post/344400307Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:10:13 -0500<p>Now for the next part of our unscheduled programming: writing.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/337755303http://patrickinglis.com/post/337755303Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:43:03 -0500<a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=01&year=2010&base_name=when_jon_stewart_fails">Don't send a fake news reporter to do a real news reporter's job. Now, will the real news reporters please stand up?</a>http://patrickinglis.com/post/337496080http://patrickinglis.com/post/337496080Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:04:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwceirJUht1qa2y0jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://patrickinglis.com/post/337424908http://patrickinglis.com/post/337424908Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:52:03 -0500<p>Here at Outpost I have stumbled upon one of the day’s great mysteries: How is it that I don’t yet own Cyndi Lauper’s Greatest Hits? She Bop.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/336224421http://patrickinglis.com/post/336224421Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:37:11 -0500<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alyssa-milano/my-tweet-challenge-will-a_b_423911.html">Who's the boss?</a>http://patrickinglis.com/post/335237550http://patrickinglis.com/post/335237550Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:26:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8sfn329g1qa2y0jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yeah, I did, and so should you. Click <a href="https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADQ1001E1D01" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/334198653http://patrickinglis.com/post/334198653Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:02:10 -0500<p>Using my oven for the first time. Ever. Yeah, I know. But I have no oven mits. And the roasted veggies are 20 minutes from done. Harumph.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/333510068http://patrickinglis.com/post/333510068Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:10:41 -0500<p>Actually, no, Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life” is not made-for-writing material.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/332940792http://patrickinglis.com/post/332940792Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:03:08 -0500<p><img src="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/images/TSAToy1.bmp" height="232" width="400"/></p> <p>The last thing that made me laugh out loud, or, as the kids say, er, text, LOL: <a href="http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/10/the_airline_scr.html" target="_blank">The Airline Screening Playset</a>, via <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2010/01/assorted-links-8.html" target="_blank">Tyler Cowen</a>.</p>http://patrickinglis.com/post/332615159http://patrickinglis.com/post/332615159Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:25:19 -0500