March 2011
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Modern art: How gallery visitors only viewed work... →
“I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group...”
– Barack Obama
(via loveyourchaos)
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Alexandre Farto - Scratch art - Portugal
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Not so good for the buildings, but beautiful nonetheless.
“Overwhelming imbalances in wealth and income inevitably result in enormous...”
– Bob Herbert, in his last NYT column. We’ll miss you, Bob. (via bensgrabbag)
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Steven Seagal, Sheriff Raid Valley Home In Tank →
Because everyone knows how dangerous chickens are.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio rolled out the tanks to take down a man suspected of cockfighting.
West Valley residents in the neighborhood are crying foul after armored vehicles, including a tank, rolled into their neighborhood to make the bust.
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“Left unaddressed, the growing instability in Libya could ignite wider...”
– My prediction? Despite the fact that at least 125 military actions taken by the US were never debated in Congress, including those by Reagan (even once in Libya), we’re going to hear a lot of talk about impeachment in the coming weeks. And frankly I believe the Libya violence could destabilize...
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Looting in Japan, looting in New Orleans →
“You can report on whichever aspect of this you want, although the resulting story is probably more reflective of the culture of the reporter than that of the afflicted country.”
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“Our new Government is founded upon…the great truth that the negro is not...”
– Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens, in Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861
First, he makes it fairly clear that the Civil War was fought over slavery, even though there were no promising federal proposals to abolish it at the time.
The entire “cornerstone speech” is here,...
“On March 1, House Republicans voted to cut $600 million from the budget of the...”
– Exra Klein, “How House GOP spending cuts would add up to more spending later” (via ryking)
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“Let me tell you, I’m a really smart guy.”
– Donald Trump
The potential GOP presidential candidate explains, on 3/17/11, why it’s okay for him to consider, or potentially embrace, ridiculous birther conspiracy theories. (via widestance)
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Social solidarity & cultural civility
I’ve seen several mentions today of how civil the Japanese have been during these past few days, along with questions about why there are no scenes of looting. While the preparation and response in Japan is impressive, something about these comments doesn’t sit right, and not only because the crisis in Japan is only about four days old.
I don’t believe the looting we’ve seen in the past stems...
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Fox News Discovers Nuclear Reactor In Japanese... →
It’s still not clear how they confused a dance club with a nuclear power plant.
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“I was just speaking like a southeast Kansas person.”
– State Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro
The Kansas Rep had previously remarked, “It looks like to me if shooting these immigrating feral hogs works maybe we have found a [solution] to our illegal immigration problem.”
His attempt at an excuse also conveniently allowed him to offend southeastern Kansans.
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“After further investigation, we have learned that we are responsible for the...”
– Ralph Lauren press release
Ralph Lauren issues an official excuse for their poorly photoshopped image distorting a model’s body after being lampooned by boingboing.net—“Dude, her head’s bigger than her pelvis!”—and other sites.
However, they apparently didn’t retract their DMCA takedown notice.
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“I want to apologize to her … and to all of the families and friends of those who...”
– Carol Mosely-Braun
The Chicago 2011 mayoral candidate demonstrated her mastery of the classic “apologize by way of repeating the charge” in January, after calling a rival candidate in the race a “crack addict,” a charge that was vigorously denied. (via widestance)
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“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I...”
– Newt Gingrich
The potential Republican presidential candidate explains, in March 2011, how his outsized patriotism led him to cheat on his first two wives.
(via widestance)
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“He who marries the spirit of the age will soon find himself a widower.”
– via azspot
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“A unionized public employee, a Tea Partier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In...”
– E D Kain
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