July 2010
A Girls' Guide to Saudi Arabia (Vanity Fair)...
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Coyote Tracks: The Emperor's New Antenna →
So I’ve been thinking about “Antennagate.” First thought: stop fucking calling every scandal “-gate,” for Christ’s sake.
Next thought: so what’s the scoop here? Biggest problem in the history of all of mobile phones, or minor issue blown way out of proportion by the tech media? Neither, of…
Okay, it's about me, but I still love it: The...
The Smart Set: Printing Money - July 19, 2010 http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article07191001.aspx The Smart Set: Printing Money - July 19, 2010 ‘> “> Consumer Confidence Printing Money As the 50¢ newspaper fades, the $16 version blooms. By Greg Beato Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The newspaper, Information Age dinosaur, superannuated leftover...
I've got a solution: kill all the millionaires....
Too Rich to Live? [longform.org] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703609004575355572928371574.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories Too Rich to Live? [longform.org] By LAURA SAUNDERS And MARY PILON imgimgimgimg Posted via email from T H I N K | Comment »
On the question of radical & bourgeois art
“The October Revolution was accompanied by the vehement question of revolutionizing art, including the bourgeois theater. Should the theater of the scientific age emerge from a transformation of the bourgeois theater, or as a radical new beginning, or did the only solution consist in completely rejecting theater as a bourgeois practice? Those who decided under the name “Theater...
Acts of Defiance (NFB Films)
Acts of Defiance This feature-length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the so-called “Mohawk Crisis” of the summer of 1990. The film focuses on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, in Quebec, but also reflects on the relationship between Canada and its First Nations at a particular time in history. http://www.nfb.ca/film/acts_of_defiance Posted via email from...
A second chance or a boot in the face
The Globe and Mail http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-second-chance-or-a-boot-in-the-face/article1629286/?service=mobile A second chance or a boot in the face Two protests, seemingly miles apart, were about the kind of country we want to live in Margaret AtwoodFrom Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Monday, Jul. 05, 2010 08:32PM EDT A second chance or a boot in the face The first protest was...