December 2009
43 posts
Combatting the "Islam" = "terror" Myth
From Glenn Greenwald, responding to this:
We’re currently at various forms of war in five different Muslim countries, so it’s not surprising that some of the violence directed at us is from Muslims. But to claim that “100 percent of attempted terrorist attacks on the U.S. (and [other than Spain], terrorists attacks on all Western nations)” since 1995 are by...
“Beauty plus pity — that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Lecture on Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” [via Nikola Tamindzic: On art and beauty]
petersheik: The cute girl who works the register... →
“His sham beatific image, questioned by almost no one until it collapsed, is...”
– Frank Rich: Tiger Woods, Person of the Year - NYT (via nevver)
Countdown to this new Vampire Weekend song being...
WatchJeremy Scahill discusses reports that as many as 56,000 additional contractors could be sent to Afghanistan, bringing the total number of contractors there to as many as 160,000.
Hey, privatized health-care, privatized wars. At least we’re consistent.
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A film by Charles and Ray Eames for Polaroid. [jackcheng via merlin]
God this is good. And I still think these things about photography and its ever-shrinking barriers to entry, despite Facebook and Last Night’s Party.
“There’s a line in Joseph Heller’s “Something Happened” that is one...”
– Did Alex Balk just convince me to see NINE?
Alex Balk: Nine (Is How Many Hours It Will Take You To Read This)
When you have a conversation with Mary Choi you pretty much just try to stay out of the way and let her do her thing.
Five drug dealers peddling mint leaves soaked in... →
We’ve decided to detour through Harlem en route to the 12:01 AVATAR screening tonight.
h/t NewSouthern who is always up on the blotter.
White House as "Helpless Victim" on Healthcare →
If you read one healthcare analysis today, make it Glenn Greenwald’s Salon piece—then while you’re over there, read his “Gitmo North” post from yesterday—and ask yourself how much you ever, really, believed.
Nickel Nine over Clipse’s “Popular Demand...
perpetua:
It would seem that Tracy Morgan’s dad...
petersheik: RT @renilane: help by retweeting!... →
SeARCH and Christian Muller's Underground Villa in... →
(Iwan Baan via hellofriend)
Reni Lane - “Place For Us” (Monsieur...
Grammy nom! Congrats to little sister and all her...
copycats:
1901 remixed by DLID originally by...
“Beneath the banality of his image [the ultrawinner, cold as math] is an actual...”
– Bunny re: Tiger
validuser:
“The dismal performance of these pundits inspired Tetlock to turn his small case study into an epic experimental project. He picked 284 people who made their living ‘commenting or offering advice on political and economic trends’ and began asking them to make predictions about future events. He had a long list of pertinent questions. Would George Bush be reelected? Would...
