September 2010
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“Numerous detainees in American custody were also beaten, tortured and killed....”
– Obama to finally punish torturers!\
As long as they’re not American.
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“Obama is arguing the executive has the power to execute American citizens...”
– This Is Tyranny
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Dictums
All sex begins with objectification. It finishes up with mutual annihilation. (At least when it’s good.) That explains a lot.
All cultural development and progress begins, ends and continues with appropriation. I have the proverbs to prove it. And the jazz records.
If you choose to define complex social phenomena via one or more of the various faddish -isms then chances are you are being...
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“We can’t afford a nation less solicitous of civil liberties than is already the...”
– The Shortcut To Serfdom - Conor Friedersdorf
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“[None of these things are] going to make Freedom any better, or more profound....”
– The Freedom World
Ah, then. Life can return to normal.
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“Once, sat in my parents’ living room, the policeman taking the statement asked,...”
– Macho Fags « Quiet Riot Girl
Lovely but tough piece of writing.
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“Oh God. Did I used to think that awful corporate tone was normal? Did I used to...”
– America The Ex-Boyfriend
This post is over-written, a bit twee, too long by half and still quite a bit confined by its young-Anglo, self-congratulatory perspective.
Still, she makes a real and sincere point and with a funny metaphor: You don’t have to live outside the U.S. for very long to...
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“If I had wanted an administration reeking of fear and cowardice, I would have...”
– Gays, The Battered Wife Of The Democratic Party: Dissents
Andrew Sullivan, holding back.
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“When I say, “Talent is social,” I meant that, while good writing...”
– Samuel R. Delany About Writing
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“But I repeat: the Human Rights Campaign’s Number One item - the thing they...”
– Gays, The Battered Wife Of The Democratic Party
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“Great art is always flanked by its dark sisters, blasphemy and pornography.”
– Pornography Drives Technology: Why Not To Censor the Internet
Glad I’m not the only one who’s been saying this.
Ning, you assholes, I’m looking at you. I hope you fail. Really, I do.
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“PREACHING to outsiders comes naturally to the European Union’s leaders. They are...”
– Europe’s Romanies: Hot meals for hard cases | The Economist
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Call for Entries: Micro Film Festival
Please reblog where appropriate.
Juanele announces:
The First Annual Micro Film Festival
November 11, 2010
Juanele HQ, Montevideo 1011, Buenos Aires
Deadline for submissions: October 31
Format: Digital. 90 seconds or less, including credits. .mov or .mp4 files only. Absolutely no .avi or .wmv files. Your video will be rejected if you submit an .avi or .wmv video.
Theme: Multilingual
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WatchBurn Ignite :: Ride :: feat Steve Berra (by Burn Ignite)
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“This means almost certainly that torture will return. The GOP base loves it, as...”
– More from The Untamed Prince
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“Obama’s insistence on protecting every Bush era war criminal and every...”
– The Untamed Prince - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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“I think it was an incredible conceptual gesture, not a sale,” she says.”
– The art market: Hands up for Hirst | The Economist
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Ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Electric-Drill Torture... →
What a country.
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“We don’t want to be the country, the language, English, that speaks constantly...”
– Art Talk with Literary Translator Esther Allen « Art Works
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“In this country, we protect bad speech to protect all speech.”
– Regulating sex and speech, or why craigslist is suddenly the bad guy
“The issue is disruption.”