February 2012
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“So Long Marianne” by Bill Callahan (Leonard Cohen...
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The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So... →
One cannot forget that the contemporary Republican Party was born with the Southern Strategy, winning over the former Jim Crow South to its side of the political aisle, and as a backlash against the civil rights movement. This is a formula for a politics of white grievance mongering and white victimology; a dreamworld where white conservatives are oppressed, their rights infringed upon by a...
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Eating Meat Is UnAmerican
I know a few vegans who make strong arguments and harbor good intentions, but are often wallow in a sea of frustration because no one listens to them.
Allow me to offer my advice.
Vegans think Americans should stop eating so much meat or using animal products altogether, right? It’s unhealthy for humans, inhumane to animals and damages the environment.
However, every time a vegan argues this,...
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January 2012
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“More than half of all black men without a high-school diploma go to prison at...”
– Adam Gopnik, “The Caging of America”, The New Yorker
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How Does Google See You? →
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“Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to...”
– President Obama, 2012 State of the Union address
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Mañanifesto →
If you have been to Marfa or places like it, you may have experienced Mañana. Mañana cannot generally be found in cities with more than one stoplight. Mañana doesn’t care about email or normal hours of operation. Mañana recognizes that we can’t all have everything we want at any given moment, like peaches in January or cell phone reception in West Texas. Mañana is the anticipation...
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“King of the World” by First Aid Kit from The...
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“Storm Thorgerson, the long-established Pink Floyd album cover designer, renowned...”
– Gerald Scarfe, The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall
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“Over the months Roger worked on the music and lyrics until the day he phoned and...”
– Gerald Scarfe recalling his first listen to Roger Waters’ demos for The Wall in his book The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall
I’ve felt like this.
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Watch Draw art in the Portland Art Museum.
Tattoo it on anyone for free.
Success.
Jason Sturgill shines a light of brilliance in his Art Is Forever project.
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Bubble #4: $4 a Gallon
Michael Nesmith on gasoline prices from Elephant Parts, 1981
The following text comes from “The Great American Bubble Machine” by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 2009
By the beginning of 2008, the financial world was in turmoil. Wall Street had spent the past two and a half decades producing one scandal after another, which didn’t leave much to sell that wasn’t tainted. The terms junk...
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“Right now, Americans are suffering, they’re hurting, they’re in pain. When...”
– Dr. Cornel West on Mitt Romney’s assertion that Obama is dealing in the “politics of envy”
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My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s... →
Today I called a Senator’s office for the first time.
First, let me say how fantastic it is that when you call the office, a real-live human picks up the phone and can speak to you. There’s no annoying menus, no transfers, no answering machines. Washington, please don’t ever change this.
I was calling mostly to find out why the Senator supports (and co-sponsored!) S.968, aka the PROTECT IP Act...
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