February 2012
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“In the end, it was difficult to know what was the more depressing and shocking:...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/feb/11/liverpool-kenny-dalglish-luis-suarez
Feb 11th
Matt Taibbi: Wall Street Should Stop Whining.... →
Feb 9th
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“In Syria today, wounded patients and doctors are pursued, and risk torture and...”
– Marie-Pierre Allié, MSF president, on the Syrian regime’s campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them. (via doctorswithoutborders)
Feb 9th
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“When the Catholic Church tells its tens of thousands of employees that they do...”
– Rick Santorum Wins Three Primaries - NYTimes.com For someone so concerned about ‘government oppressing and taking away our freedoms’ he seems pretty obsessed with advocating just that. (via studioartist)
Feb 9th
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Mohandas Gandhi: It’s endlessly fascinating how... →
mohandasgandhi: It’s endlessly fascinating how guys like Newt Gingrich and other conservatives are so concerned and up in arms over “rights,” “liberty,” our Constitution, and “democracy.” Conservatives even managed to get an entire movement of white, middle to upper-class people to believe their “rights” and…
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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“Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who...”
– Willard Mitt Romney (via paxamericana) This is where I would put a comment talking about how it’s important to understand that the Constitution is really old and must be interpreted to apply to situations hundreds of years later. Also, where is marriage in the Constitution? (via somepolitics) If...
Feb 8th
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Obama for America: “I’m going to make a special... →
barackobama: “I’m going to make a special plea to the press—not just the folks who are here, but also your editors—give this some attention. This is the kind of stuff, what these young people are doing, that’s going to make a bigger difference in the life of our country over the long term than just about…
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Andrea Mitchell interviews Nancy Brinker, Komen founder.  Followup with Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray.
Feb 3rd
Two dozen Senators call on Komen to reverse... →
lickypickystickyfree: The pressure on the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation to reverse its decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings for poor people — a decision which has caused an uproar among women’s groups and on social media — is about to get significantly more intense. Nearly two dozen Senators are set to enter the fray. 22 Dem Senators have signed on...
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
January 2012
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Maurice Sendak on Colbert.  Hilarious.
Jan 31st
“If we’re willing to spend $750 billion (so far) to make democracy in Iraq...”
– Lawrence Lessig in Republic, Lost (via think-progress)
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Republican desperation, part 2. Kansas Speaker... →
Jan 30th
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“Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a...”
– For Newt, ‘World War III’ Is Just the Beginning | Danger Room | Wired.com (via studioartist)
Jan 29th
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“I have not been critical of Newt Gingrich but it is now time to take a stand...”
– Bob Dole (via azspot)
Jan 28th
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“I started the year with almost nothing and ended with a used van, a new utility...”
– Priceonomics Blog: How to Make It on Craigslist This is a pretty awesome story. (via joesunga)
Jan 27th
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Jan 24th
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Romney: U.S. economy 'getting better' under Obama. →
Jan 24th
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“Inside every bulletin at St. James Cathedral, the laity received marching orders...”
– The Stranger.  Why are they fighting something that doesn’t pertain to the church?  This is civil marriage not religious marriage.  No one is asking them to marry gay people in their church.
Jan 23rd
“H.J. Res.100 would require that all federal campaigns –all campaigns for...”
– http://www.nationofchange.org/kucinich-announces-game-changing-constitutional-amendment-publicly-finance-federal-elections-1327069
Jan 22nd
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Jan 21st
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“Apple explicitly said Thursday in its FAQs on the announcement that any...”
– Reinventing Textbooks: A Hard Course - NYTimes.com (via studioartist) Reality distortion field in full effect.  Love the realism from colleges who have actually tried using eReaders.  The tech press is pathetic at times. 
Jan 20th
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Jaron Lanier: SOPA Boycotts and the False Ideals... →
I support the objection to #SOPA but this piece is well worth a read.  Dogma not good for the cause.
Jan 20th
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Beautiful photo essay from northern Sweden of the... →
Jan 17th
Making Love to WebKit →
webkitbits: Steven Wittens redesigns Acko.net with some awesome 3d and parallax effects, based on three.js and a custom CSS3 3d renderer. Wow.  This is pretty cool
Jan 17th
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43% say God helps Tebow →
The website Poll Position has released the results of a phone survey that found 43.3 percent of people believe that Tim Tebow and the Broncos win by divine intervention. Pollsters supposedly surveyed 1,056 people, see the results here. I would say God help us but if this is true, He’s too busy helping Tebow. As opposed to, say, war torn countries, starving children, weather-ravaged...
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
The True Story of Japan’s Economic Success →
Time and again, Americans are told to look to Japan as a warning of what the country might become if the right path is not followed, although there is intense disagreement about what that path might be. Here, for instance, is how the CNN analyst David Gergen has described Japan: “It’s now a very demoralized country and it has really been set back.” But that presentation of Japan is a myth....
Jan 8th
“For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum waded into the issue of gay...”
– Rick Santorum focuses on gay marriage - latimes.com Rick Santorum - no comment is really necessary.
Jan 7th
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Seattle rules →
Jan 6th
“Not only are the market applications for disruptive technologies unknown at the...”
– Clay Christensen (via brycedotvc)
Jan 5th
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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
–  Isaac Asimov, apparently reacting to the Iowa Caucuses. (via spytap)
Jan 4th
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“Rick Santorum reiterated his belief that states should have the right to outlaw...”
– Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control | ThinkProgress (via studioartist)
Jan 4th
ACLU: President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention... →
Happy New Year - 1984 has arrived…
Jan 1st
December 2011
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Super cool film (yes, film that celluloid stuff) by my SF friends.  Thad Povey on optical with music by Bob Ostertag (on Buchla).  Check it out.
Dec 29th
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Football - worthy of many deity’s time?
Dec 28th
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
College bowl system loots universities →
Dec 26th
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“As the protagonist of the tale, imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of...”
– Newt Gingrich’s Alternative History : The New Yorker Read the whole article in case you are in too good of a holiday mood.
Dec 26th