Transatlantic Nomad: Archive

Transatlantic Nomad

February 2012

2 posts

Rick Santorum's Vests of Many Colors - Slate... →

Slideshows can be a pain, but this one is worth it.

January 2012

3 posts

“To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant...”

– Newt Gingrich, as quoted by Sean Breslin

“The idea that anything goes on the Internet — where did that come from?”

– Rick Santorum, as quoted by Kip Sikora

December 2011

2 posts

“I think if we stay in the path we’re on, there’s a very high risk...”

– Mitt Romney on Charlie Rose.

September 2011

1 post

“Without the glare of city lights, the Milky Way looks like a thick cloud of...”

– Great analogy by Hannah Ryan

April 2011

2 posts

Ayn Rand's Atlasphere: Online Dating for Her... →

Tsk! Found by jhwygirl

Les Inrocks : Pourquoi les Allemands ne savent pas... →

Hahaha! via Jerome Daquin and Deborah Cole

December 2010

1 post

September 2010

4 posts

REASON #3 TO STICK WITH JOURNALISM: PROFILE THE...

If Howard Fineman’s not working on it, that is… “Politics Through the Prism of Twitter and Facebook.”

Bärenrettung in Shangri-La →

Typisch Missoula: Wenn sich ein Bärchen in die Innenstadt verirrt, dann stellen sich die Feuerwehrleute mit dem Sprungtuch hin und fangen es auf: Das Foto hat übrigens Kurt Wilson vom Missoulian…

Hate Preacher Terry Jones: The German Connection →

German weekly Die Zeit reports that, in 2002, a court in Cologne convicted infamous Florida pastor Terry Jones (he who wants to burn the Quran) for falsely claiming he was a PhD. In Germany, that’s a felony punishable by a prison sentence of up to one year (though Jones, it seems, got away with a EUR 3,000 fine.) For an English-language story on Jones’ activities in Germany, check...

August 2010

1 post

June 2010

5 posts

Schlafmütziger Angsthasenfußball

From the series “Learn a German word”: Günter Netzer might be in decline, but every once in a while, he’s still good for coining soccer expressions that will be remembered.

10 Daseinsgründe in Shangri-La →

Ich will ja nichts überstürzen, aber nach zehn Monaten in Missoula habe ich zehn gute Gründe für das Da-sein zusammen: Man schliesst hier seine Haustür nicht ab. Sehr praktisch. Wenn man am Flughafen…

10 Daseinsgründe in Shangri-La →

May 2010

2 posts

Greek Crisis, Episode 2

Greek Crisis explained: quite funny!

April 2010

1 post

March 2010

5 posts

What we look like to each other. Intriguing stuff. Originally posted by current.com, the video can now be seen at Lenka Clayton’s site.

“The stupidest kid can crush a bug, but no professor in the world can create one.”

– Arthur Schopenhauer (via hauptstadt) on humility.

February 2010

7 posts

Reason #2 to stick with journalism: Someone needs...

Or so says Stefan Niggemeier on his blog: http://www.stefan-niggemeier.de/blog/wozu-noch-journalismus/ Hybris?

Pitchfork-brandishing Norwegians in scuba gear... →

Discovered by Robert Daguillard Don’t you love these Europeans?

Still happy in Missoula, Mont., without a clothes... →

January 2010

21 posts

soupsoup: Check the sky for pigs, someone on Fox News is praising the President.

Apple To End AT&T iPhone Exclusivity On Wednesday →

(via soupsoup) Will this be the end of the NOT-IN-MISSOULA excuse?

“Obama built a movement to get elected, but he hasn’t built a movement to govern.”

– Sam Tanenhaus (via soupsoup)

“Another long day of trying to catch krill, again with no success. Lots of...”

– That’s Dr. Jonathan Cohen of Eckerd College, updating his students on his work in Antarctica. Whenever you think YOU’VE got problems, go check out his blog at http://eckerdantarctica.tumblr.com/

“Facebook macht sich selber kalt (endlich)”

– mogreens weblog, via hauptstadt

Andy Borowitz: Pat Robertson 'A Public Relations... →

Hear Robertson’s argument here

“March: Southern-hemisphere naturists, from Australia to South Africa, will...”

– Entry found on The Economist’s calendar for 2010, while looking for information about Iraq’s March elections.

@shanemcmillan, @sfbreslin and all other Berlin...