Month: September 2009
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Laid Off Journalists Replaced by Ideologues
With journalists being laid off in droves, savvy political operatives have stepped eagerly into the breach. … Work formerly done by reporters and producers is now routinely performed by political operatives and amateur ideologues of one stripe or another, whose goal is not to educate the public but to win. This is a trend not […]
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All US Energy Needs from 200km of Solar
The entire energy needs of the US could be met by covering 200 square kilometres of its empty deserts with solar plants: it would cost about 10 years’ worth of oil purchases, with none of the wars, tyrannies, or blowback Islamism. via Johann Hari
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Listening to Schizophrenia
Several comics panels on schizophrenia: Full series at tallguywrites: Schizophrenia.
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Reality Shows in Trouble (The Onion)
What other scandals have disrupted reality series? * Britain’s Got Talent is temporarily thrown into disarray when a physically unattractive person is revealed to have some shred of societal worth * Production on Project Runway is suspended when frontrunner Christopher Straub is found to have simply glued some beads and tassels onto existing Talbots clothing […]
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Pixipets – Cute Comics with Bite!
New Pixipets from Garth Winter Webb Pixipets – Cute Comics with Bite! Comics by: Select Character!—-AlienAll ComicsArcade UnitBabyBatBeaverBirdBumBumblebeeBunnyBunny GhostBunny GirlCactusCatCat GirlChickenCloudComputerCowCrabDeathDeliverymanDetectiveDinosaurDogEepsEggElephantEvil …
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Kanye West on Mackenzie Phillips
IMMA LET YOU FINISH — BUT OEDIPUS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST INCEST STORIES OF ALL TIME! via Gawker p.s. Phillips’s story is absolute harrowing and I her book/tour helps fund further therapy.
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AIG Might Not Be Able To Pay Back Billions
No way for real? Monday warned that American taxpayers may not recoup the full $182 billion given to embattled insurance giant American International Group. “AIG’s ability to restructure its business and repay the government is unclear at this time,” the Government Accountability Office said in a new report released Monday. via ABC News
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Evil in Film: To What End?
In a time of dismay and dread, is it admirable for filmmakers to depict pure evil? … I believe art can certainly be nihilistic and express hopelessness; … I believe evil can win in fiction, as it often does in real life. But I prefer that the artist express an attitude toward that evil. It […]
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Ebert on How Horror Has Changed
These films are in the horror genre, which once tried to scare the audience, but now invites the audience to share the fear and pain of the characters. It is the one genre that can lead the box office without name stars, perhaps because its fans know that big stars very rarely appear in one […]
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Iowans Say Gomorrah No Time Soon
[A] recent poll conducted by Des Moines Register finds that 92% of Iowans believe that “gay marriage has brought no real change to their lives.” The study comes just months after the Iowa Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage. via Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Poll: 92% Say It Hasn’t Impacted […]