April 2009
Churchgoers more likely to back torture →
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new analysis.
More than half of people who attend services at least once a week — 54 percent — said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified. Only 42 percent of people who “seldom or never” go to services agreed, according the...
Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat →
“…in the past, the paranoid stylings of media ideologues like Rush Limbaugh and...”
– Sara Robinson
A Solar Idea →
Okay, so here’s what we know. We know that there is actually a limited part of the country that makes for good solar power. California’s desert, Arizona, and New Mexico are really about it. And we know that solar power takes a lot of space to make a difference. Here’s what else we know. Every business has parking associated with it. And it is hot parking here in Arizona’s...
Texas, Run by Secessionist Guv, Has Received More... →
“The point isn’t MICROSOFT SUXXX0RS!!! AAPL ROOLZ!!!, though if you had to boil...”
– !=
“The United States invented the bomb. The United States — alone among...”
– Andrew J. Bacevich
“The Internet derives its disruptive quality from a very special property: IT IS...”
– David S. Isenberg
10 Reasons Why I Hate American Idol →
“People think either that they’ll die before the bill comes due or that...”
– Wendell Berry
“Evangelicals immediately claim Prejean as their new spokesperson on the gay...”
– The Hypocrisy of The Evangelical Movement
The Secret to a Successful Blog →
Pastoral Scene of the Gallant North →
African-Americans in Alabama are 3.5 times more likely to be incarcerated than whites. The ratio is 3.3 in Georgia, and within 2 points, the same throughout the South.
This New Jersey resident is absolutely, totally appalled by this sickening display of Southern racism.
And he would be even more absolutely, totally appalled if the corresponding ratio for his home state was not…...
“For leftists, Obama has been a total bust. He’s escalated the war in...”
– Pinter to Obama: “Smash the Mirror”
Tumblr Photo Post Not Found
It was there, not it’s not.
And when I attempted to repost, it still doesn’t show.
What a rare occurrence — an actual Tumblr bug!
UPDATE: Now visible again.
GDP Falls 6.1% →
A Wall Street trader tells all →
The easiest thing was buy into the system, convince ourselves that there was no other way to live. A few semesters worth of economics classes certainly helped; the in-house economics classes taught by the bank helped even more. The financial markets operate on the principle that, at our core, we’re all basically shit: selfish, self-interested creatures. There’s a whole branch of...
“The United States isn’t run along Social Darwinist lines, but we’re closer than...”
– Matthew Yglesias
You've bought your last car →
WatchPrince of Peace - God of War
“If President Obama is in fact as progressive as many hoped, he still needs...”
– Sarah van Gelder
“People who are 100 percent Democrats or 100 percent Republicans share one common...”
– EJ Montini
“In most cities in the USA, especially in our current economic climate, there are...”
– the Jesus Manifesto
“Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party...”
– Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter
Swine-flu outbreak could be linked to Smithfield... →
The outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1,000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68. The World Health Organization warned Saturday that the outbreak could reach global pandemic levels.
Is Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork packer and hog producer, linked to the outbreak? Smithfield operates massive hog-raising operations...
Inventing the Future in Iowa →
Gift registries for weddings, anniversaries, graduations, babies, retirements and holidays are important opportunities.
Obituaries offer chances to send flowers and contribute to memorial funds.
Our products and content relating to the arts and entertainment must include opportunities to buy tickets to movies, concerts and other events online or to buy books or download songs.
Sports sites...
Uncle Sam does NOT believe in photoshop →
I thought this administration was cutting edge and tech savvy. You know, like cool and all. Guess not as the “White House Military Office” approved flying a 747 low over Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty while being trailed by a fighter plane without letting the public know what was going on.
“The reasons for [Rick] Warren’s success are probably complicated. My view...”
– Psychology Today
“… private control over media and communication is not a neutral or necessarily a...”
– Robert McChesney
“…the Post Office began in the United States primarily as a distribution arm for...”
– Robert McChesney
“Tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically...”
– Clay Shirky
Fsck Yahoo!
Geocities rescued.
So Yahoo, cowards that they are, announced in the most quiet and subtle manner possible that they were shutting down Geocities, the nearly 20-years-old hosting service and site that has been home to untold millions over the years.
Soon, we will gaze back upon the “dawn of the internet” age (and it won’t be known as the “internet age” just as the...
“The food the industry is selling is much more powerful than we realized. I used...”
– David A. Kessler
“Either you are very spiritual but don’t care so much for social justice...”
– the Jesus Manifesto
“He also argued at length that the provisional, evidence-based nature of the...”
– Saint Gasoline
“Barack Obama has squandered his presidency. He had a fleeting moment to...”
– Chris Hedges
The next frontier of Internet legal battles →
“People are increasingly scared of the newest incarnation of this old disease. ...”
– VIRAL FLU: EARTH’S OLDEST TROJAN HORSE-INVADERS
Obama's Secret Plan →
So let’s face it: any President who sought to destroy the political power of the Investment Banker Aristocracy in a frontal assault would be defeated if not destroyed. Any president of either party who dares even mess around the edges of the real power structure gets “the treatment.”
Is there any strategy would might actually work? How about “give them enough rope to...