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Time.com photoessays – the BP spill
The whole scenario is heart-wrenching. The effects: The protesters:
GOP Social Media makes baby steps, fails
From The Washington Post: So on Tuesday, they set out to resolve that shortcoming. They announced that they would solicit suggestions on the More »
Cartoonist, Lars Vilks, attacked at Uppsala University
One of the cartoons that started it all. To be clear, there are many who accuse (and not without merit) Vilks of being More »
The Daily Show: Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s
Fucking dead-on brilliant. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Back in Black – Glenn Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s More »
The Big Picture: Afghanistan, April, 2010
I try to stay up on Boston.com’s Big Picture, as a former journalist I find photojournalism inspiring & artful. Click the image for More »
Food, Inc.
The entire film is on Youtube. Start here with part 1 of 10:
To the Oklahoma Lawmakers: poem
Lauren Zuniga performs a poem for the Oklahoma legislators that are trying so hard to take away women’s reproductive rights. The bill in More »
Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner speech
Hilarious. Very well done. He’s got great comedic timing.
“Born Free” by M.I.A.
Directed by Romain Gavras, the second of which I’ve stumbled upon in as many weeks. It’s a great, visceral allegory for all kinds More »
Muhammad as a Teddy Bear
From CNN.com: On Sunday, Revolutionmuslim.com posted an entry that included a warning to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone that they More »
Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian activist
From the Guardian.co.uk an excellent story about the Egyptian humanist & feminist Nawal El Saadawi. Her work continues to be explosive. Her play, More »
Republican Telephone
From The Far Left Side.
A Bush interviews Clinton
Story here. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Drugs in Portugal
From Time.com: Compared to the European Union and the U.S., Portugal’s drug use numbers are impressive. Following decriminalization, Portugal had the lowest rate More »
Conservative Email #5: “Don’t cry for me Argentina…”
Received this odd powerpoint polemic. What is it with conservatives and emailed powerpoint presentations? I get a few of them a year. Mostly More »
McChrystal says…
When Tiger Woods is the top story on every news channel, things like this seem to slip by unnoticed. General McChrystal’s cool assessment More »
