July 2008
“Forty-five percent of black women in America have never been married, compared...”
– Black and single: Is marriage really for white people? - CNN.com
“The World Health Organization’s study ranked countries based on their...”
– U.S. Ranks #1 in Consumption of Pot, Cocaine, Smokes | AlterNet
Charles Bukowski | Let It Enfold You →
Mm, I forgot to mention my favorite poem in the whole wide world. (but: not a single website I found in my search gave a properly spelled or stanza-d version. So be aware..)
RE: "Why I'm Not Patriotic" article
Here’s a response email sent out to the listserv at The Progressive by their editor, who wrote the “Why I’m Not Patriotic” article I posted here a week ago:
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I’ve received a ton of ugly e-mail from my “Why I’m Not Patriotic” piece, which I sent you last week. One called me “Jewboy” and plenty told me to leave the country. But I’m still here, reporting away. One...
In case you wanted to quote more than four words... →
Read criticisms and the AP’s latest response to this bold step, then see the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legal Guide for Bloggers (I uhhh should probably read this too).
“In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate...”
– From George Washington’s ‘Farewell Address,’ as quoted in The U.S. Is Drowning in Pretend Patriotism | AlterNet
Lifehacker | Top 10 Useful Bookmarklets →
Lifehacker | Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks →
I’m waiting for something more like this…
EXPLAINING OUR WORLD: SCIENCE VS. CREATIONISM →
Haaa. Funny. : )
BBC NEWS | 9/11 third tower mystery 'solved' →
See, this is an article I like. Tells the known facts, various sides of the story, and in the end, remains slightly skeptic when provided with not-very-sensical arguments. Then, since the issue is far from ‘sovled,’ leaves the story for readers to decide themselves. A+.
Impossible Experiments | Psychology Today →
What psychology experiment would you love to carry out if neither ethics nor practical reality stood in your way?
Why I’m Not Patriotic →
AWE.SOME.
“On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and...”
– I just can’t anymore… even the Washington Post?? In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying - washingtonpost.com
Obama Pledges to Expand Bush Program to Funnel... →
why, oh why Obama…
“Millions of Americans are embarrassingly ill-informed and they do not care that...”
– Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We? | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet
15th Anniversary: 5 Things Wired Pronounced Dead Prematurely
By Erik Malinowski, 06.23.08
“ * Commercial Web publishing (April 1996): Online news sites everywhere respectfully disagree. * Web browsers (March 1997): Push media was about to supersede browsers. Or not. If we could push this claim from the archives, we would. * Online song swapping (December 2002): Kazaa? LimeWire?...
“There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Chuck Norris’s computer. Chuck...”
– Chuck Norris Facts