“Back at the Rash [a Florida nightclub], a waif in a lime latex body tube went into the rest room to snort the newest designer drug, XGB5, which gave people the uncanny sensation of throwing money away while chewing their own lips off. It was hard to come by and everyone had to have it.” PeopleHardBodyRoomsDrugLipsDesignerSensationsThrowingFloridaTubesChewingNightclubsUncannyLimesLatex Author:Tim Dorsey
“But instead they tell you they'll come to fix your cable between noon and five, and I say, okay, I'll pay my next bill between July and November, but they don't laugh.” NextPayLaughingFiveOkayBillsCablesJulyNovemberNoon Author:Tim Dorsey
“My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.” MotherFatherCommunityClassTeacherBackgroundsWorking ClassOrganizer Author:Chris Hayes
“My dream when I was 14 was someday I could have a David Levine caricature of me in 'The New York Review of Books.'” BookDreamNew YorkSomedayReviewsCaricatures Author:Chris Hayes
“When you think about the current present value of the fossil fuel reserves that are on the books, the current fossil fuel companies, the last time that that much wealth was at stake was when the South fought the Civil War.” ThinkingBookWarLastsValuesWealthCompanySouthCurrentsCivil WarFuelStakesReservesLast TimeFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Chris Hayes
“I have always viewed thinking about arguing, about questioning, pushing back with, joking, about sharing and discovering the world and the news as enjoyable, the same way that I view watching basketball.” ThinkingWorldWayViewsBasketballNewsArguingPushingDiscoveringQuestioningEnjoyableDiscovering The WorldPushing Back Author:Chris Hayes
“Reading off a Teleprompter is an easy skill to do passably well and a difficult skill to do very well. I still have room for improvement there. I still talk too fast and I'm trying to slow myself down.” TryingWellsStillsReadingEasyDifficultRoomsSkillsImprovementRoom For Improvement Author:Chris Hayes
“I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.” GrewGrew UpHousehold Author:Chris Hayes
“My disposition as a human being is kind of a go-along-to-get-along person. I tend to trust authority.” HumansKindPersonsHuman BeingsAuthorityDisposition Author:Chris Hayes
“I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.” BloodLaborJournalismReportersLefties Author:Chris Hayes