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Posts tagged "politics"

Mar 09, 2010
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Mar 08, 2010
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Feb 07, 2010
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Sarah Palin’s cheat notesMy guess is that this will make her seem even hotter to her natural audience.
Sarah Palin’s cheat notes

My guess is that this will make her seem even hotter to her natural audience.

Jan 27, 2010
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Jan 22, 2010
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What happened yesterday at the Supreme Court profoundly changes America. Now corporations will have completely unfettered ability to crush any candidacy they don’t like. More than ever, we can see who owns this country. We see what the pillars of the Court have become: a continuation of the pinstripes on the big corporate sleeve. Our ability to fight them is now simply whisked away by five reactionary justices, all appointed by Republicans.

Jan 13, 2010
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Nov 18, 2009
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Naomi Klein: Revisiting No Logo, Ten Years LaterRead this in high school, and it had a big impact. (Thom Yorke and the rest of Radiohead read it during the recording of KID A and probably pimped it on their site.) Might have to read it again.
Naomi Klein: Revisiting No Logo, Ten Years Later

Read this in high school, and it had a big impact. (Thom Yorke and the rest of Radiohead read it during the recording of KID A and probably pimped it on their site.) Might have to read it again.

Nov 12, 2009
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Harold Graves transcribes a homeless veteran he meets on the subway:
“You people want to see a fuckin’ parade?  You want to celebrate something?  Have a fuckin’ parade for Death!  That’s what you should have a parade for!  You know why?  Death don’t discriminate!  Death don’t care what color you is, or whether you is insured or not!  Fuck Veteran’s Day, man!  Let’s have a Death Parade!  You think you’re hot shit?  You think you’re bad?  Then let’s see you end the war in Iraq!  That’s right!  Let’s see you put an end to homelessness!  That’s right folks!  Death don’t respect nobody, not even Michael Jackson!  Not even Michael Fucking Jackson, the King of Pop!  Death don’t respect nobody, no sir!  Everybody gets treated the same by Death!  Let’s have a National Holiday and a ticker-tape Parade for Death!  No shit, man!  Your death is someone else’s holiday, baby!”

Harold Graves transcribes a homeless veteran he meets on the subway:

“You people want to see a fuckin’ parade? You want to celebrate something? Have a fuckin’ parade for Death! That’s what you should have a parade for! You know why? Death don’t discriminate! Death don’t care what color you is, or whether you is insured or not! Fuck Veteran’s Day, man! Let’s have a Death Parade! You think you’re hot shit? You think you’re bad? Then let’s see you end the war in Iraq! That’s right! Let’s see you put an end to homelessness! That’s right folks! Death don’t respect nobody, not even Michael Jackson! Not even Michael Fucking Jackson, the King of Pop! Death don’t respect nobody, no sir! Everybody gets treated the same by Death! Let’s have a National Holiday and a ticker-tape Parade for Death! No shit, man! Your death is someone else’s holiday, baby!”

Sep 23, 2009
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Sep 18, 2009
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Cheney, cropped

Cheney, cropped

Cheney, with family

Cheney, with family

NYTimes: Essay: Chop and Crop

Photographer David Kennerly’s essay about his photo of Dick Cheney preparing dinner for his family, which was cropped to show him with bloody meat. The essay strikes me as incredibly self-righteous and precious about professional photography. “How dare they alter my work! Now that everyone can do it, no one cares anymore.” Etc.

I question any photographer who harbors the delusion that photojournalism and photography is objective.

Kottke made a good post about it, asking, “Is cropping a photo lying?” And the world is waiting for Errol Morris’s response essay.

What do you think?

Sep 05, 2009
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Al Franken draws a map of the USA from memory

See more videos of him drawing - including a spot on Late Night with David Letterman, where he explained that he learned to do this “as a bar bet!”

Jul 21, 2009
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Apr 22, 2009
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