August 2009
30 posts
Jenna Bush, NBC White House correspondent -- the... →
Glenn Greenwald uses the fact that Jenna Bush has been hired as a White House (Correction: she won’t be covering the White House) correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show as springboard for a scorching rant on America’s ruling elite and the myth of American “meritocracy.”
They should convene a panel for the next Meet the Press with Jenna Bush Hager, Luke...
"Inglorious Basterds" is brilliant, hillarious,...
[from trailer] Lt. Aldo Raine: My name is Lt. Aldo Raine and I need me eight soldiers. We’re gonna be dropped into France, dressed as civilians. We’re gonna be doing one thing and one thing only… killing Nazis. Members of nationalist socialist party conquered Europe through murder, torture, intimation, and terror. And that’s exactly what we’re gonna do to them. We...
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Antony & The Johnsons "Crazy in Love" (dir. Joie... →
“Even if United States officials were simply following procedures when they held...”
– Questioning a Bollywood V.I.P. Named Khan - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
“The sky opened wide like the tide” -...
“Bear” - The Antlers
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Dentists are for suckers →
Finally, I have a justification for never going to the dentist…
A growing body of research shows that people with red hair need larger doses of anesthesia and often are resistant to local pain blockers like Novocaine. As a result, redheads tend to be particularly nervous about dental procedures and are twice as likely to avoid going to the dentist as people with other hair colors, according...
Vivian Girls - “Surfin Away”
"An Indian Says Farewell to Poverty, With Jitters" →
This NYT article is about a town, KUILAPALAYAM, right next to where we stayed in India last summer (Auroville, a dys/utopian, “international,” eco-tourist village). The author grew up in the town and he has mixed feelings about development’s effects. Although living conditions have improved, capitalism is continually breaking down the traditional bonds of community through...
“Travellin’ Man” - Mos Def / DJ...
“Seasun” - Delorean