December 2010
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
CONSTANT SIEGE: On Why →
claytoncubitt: “The problem (if there was one) was simply a problem with the question. He wants to paint a bird, needs to, and the problem is why. Why paint a bird? Why do anything at all? Not how, because hows are easy, series or sequence, one foot after the other, but existentially why bother, what does it…
Dec 26th
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Un Escorpion Perfumado | Omar Rodriguez Lopez 8TH ONE THIS YEAR.
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
“The Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,...”
– Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Passes Senate 65-31
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Sweden
kateoplis: has the highest per capita number of reported rapes in Europe. That number has quadrupled in the last 20 years, as conviction rates have decreased.  On 23 April 2010 Carina Hägg and Nalin Pekgul (respectively MP and chairwoman of Social Democratic Women in Sweden) wrote in the Göteborgs-Posten that “up to 90% of all reported rapes never get to court.
Dec 17th
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Rare Honesty About WikiLeaks and American... →
kateoplis: Courtesy of Ben Wittes at Lawfare, responding to a question about whether he believes that, if America should be permitted to prosecute a non-American like Assange for disclosing American secrets, countries like France, China, or Iran should be able to prosecute Americans for disclosing their secrets (my emphasis): This, in turn, leads ineluctibly to Tom’s reciprocity point: If...
Dec 15th
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Dec 13th
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“Jenny Peto’s 100-page thesis argues that today’s Jews of European...”
– Thesis on Jewish ‘privilege’ rebuked, sparking row
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Shot in Saddam Hussein’s hilltop palace in the mountains overlooking the River Tigris, Theatre of War is a slow, virtually static video piece redolent of classical history painting. Audio was recorded at the official US military hand-over ceremony at the nearby city of Saniya. A mullah’s prayer for unity among Arabs is spoken, after which the pan-Arab national anthem, Mawtini (My...
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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“Represensative Boehner and fellow Congressman Eric Cantor attacked the piece as...”
– ‘Fire In My Belly’, Banned From Smithsonian, Now Playing At The New Museum
Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
“Dear Interpol: As a longtime feminist activist, I have been overjoyed to...”
– Naomi Wolf
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
Adobe releases Lightroom 3.3, ACR 6.3 & Lens... →
Dec 7th
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The GE Show Episode 3: Flight!
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Sex and the City
SAMANTHA:  Babies are not my scene. From what I've heard, this one's an asshole.
CARRIE:   You can't call a baby an asshole.
SAMANTHA:  Why not? She called it a meatloaf.
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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どういたしまして | Omar Rodriguez Lopez New live Album Translation : You’re welcome = Dōitashimashite = どういたしまして
Dec 1st