28 June 2004
awesome OS X launcher app
what the Dems learned from the Pistons
Editor's Cut
|Democrat Paul Richards on the Detroit Pistons 4-1 victory over the Hollywood Lakers|
* That ordinary guys who get in shape, hustle and persevere can win
* That blue collar workers playing pristine ball can upset spoiled rich prima donnas
* That reality can outshine glitter, despite all the PR to the contrary
* That dynasties can fail and storied empires fall
* That radical restructuring can occur at a moment's notice
* That hard work, courage and initiative can create windows of opportunity
* That if we play cohesively as a team and contest every single possession, we can dominate
* That, given the above, domestic regime change is inevitable
|Democrat Paul Richards on the Detroit Pistons 4-1 victory over the Hollywood Lakers|
* That ordinary guys who get in shape, hustle and persevere can win
* That blue collar workers playing pristine ball can upset spoiled rich prima donnas
* That reality can outshine glitter, despite all the PR to the contrary
* That dynasties can fail and storied empires fall
* That radical restructuring can occur at a moment's notice
* That hard work, courage and initiative can create windows of opportunity
* That if we play cohesively as a team and contest every single possession, we can dominate
* That, given the above, domestic regime change is inevitable
vanden Heuvel on DeLay's unethical record
Editor's Cut
|after a seven-year truce in the US House that discouraged members from filing ethics charges against one another, Rep. Chris Bell has gone to the ethics committee and filed a 187-page bombshell charging that DeLay engaged in extortion, money-laundering and other abuses of power.|
|after a seven-year truce in the US House that discouraged members from filing ethics charges against one another, Rep. Chris Bell has gone to the ethics committee and filed a 187-page bombshell charging that DeLay engaged in extortion, money-laundering and other abuses of power.|
free culture remixes
== Free Culture / Derivatives/Remixes ==
i already bought the hard cover copy. should've known i'd be able to get it 'free'...
i already bought the hard cover copy. should've known i'd be able to get it 'free'...
digital picture in motion
BBC & CBS moving image archives
BBC Motion Gallery
|Spanning over 70 years, BBC content encompasses more than 300,000 hours of footage, including a wealth of material covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts and more.|
|Spanning over 70 years, BBC content encompasses more than 300,000 hours of footage, including a wealth of material covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts and more.|
Greider on breaking 'news' in Washington
Embedded Patriots
|A series of explosive leaks--closely held documents and well-informed tips--have altered the course of politics and might very well influence the outcome of this year's presidential election. Yet we don't know whom to thank. |
|A series of explosive leaks--closely held documents and well-informed tips--have altered the course of politics and might very well influence the outcome of this year's presidential election. Yet we don't know whom to thank. |
mad about dew
street memes
clean energy activism
Peaceful Protestors Charged With Felonies For Highlighting Bush's Dirty Energy Plan
|The four women and two men scaled the 700-foot smoke stack at the Hatfield’s Ferry power plant, 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, and unfurled a 2,500 square foot banner that read, “The Bush Energy Plan Kills – Clean Energy Now!”|
|The four women and two men scaled the 700-foot smoke stack at the Hatfield’s Ferry power plant, 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, and unfurled a 2,500 square foot banner that read, “The Bush Energy Plan Kills – Clean Energy Now!”|
the veep's f-bomb
When Do Papers Print the F-Word?
|The Post printed the F-bomb verbatim, while other newspapers that reported on the argument cloaked the veep's "fuck" in classic newspaper-ese...|
|The Post printed the F-bomb verbatim, while other newspapers that reported on the argument cloaked the veep's "fuck" in classic newspaper-ese...|
26 June 2004
Photos of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' From Across America
Michael Moore.com
|At the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, shortly before midnight on Thursday the line to get in stretched down the block.|
'down the block,' you can see the back of my head, and Dan's and Ursula's...
|At the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, shortly before midnight on Thursday the line to get in stretched down the block.|
'down the block,' you can see the back of my head, and Dan's and Ursula's...
22 June 2004
indy media archive
Internet Archive: Independent News
|Open News Network, the "always ONN" source for independent news. There's great material here that you probably missed because it's ignored by mainstream media. |
|Open News Network, the "always ONN" source for independent news. There's great material here that you probably missed because it's ignored by mainstream media. |
hear the beat generation
Internet Archive: Naropa Audio Archives
|The mission of the Naropa Archive Project is to enhance appreciation and understanding of post-World War II American literature and its role in social change and cultural criticism. |
|The mission of the Naropa Archive Project is to enhance appreciation and understanding of post-World War II American literature and its role in social change and cultural criticism. |
Developing Musical Structures
MIT OpenCourseWare
|The goal of this class is practical: to interrogate, make explicit, and thus to develop the powerful musical intuitions that are at work as you make sense of the music all around you.|
|The goal of this class is practical: to interrogate, make explicit, and thus to develop the powerful musical intuitions that are at work as you make sense of the music all around you.|
Chappelle's row
TRIBnet 24-hour News Page
|Dave Chappelle got so angry with the crowd Tuesday night at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium that the stand-up comic walked off the stage for nearly two minutes. Upon his return, he told the audience, "You people are stupid."|
|Dave Chappelle got so angry with the crowd Tuesday night at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium that the stand-up comic walked off the stage for nearly two minutes. Upon his return, he told the audience, "You people are stupid."|
21 June 2004
international anti-fascist magazine
Searchlight
|Searchlight has existed for more than 30 years. In summer 1962, in response to a resurgence of open and violent neo-nazi activities, a group of people from a wide variety of political and religious backgrounds met in London to set up the Searchlight Association. |
|Searchlight has existed for more than 30 years. In summer 1962, in response to a resurgence of open and violent neo-nazi activities, a group of people from a wide variety of political and religious backgrounds met in London to set up the Searchlight Association. |
Euro film site
Kinoeye
|Kinoeye aims to explore European film using a number of different writing styles: film reviews, festival overviews, interviews with directors or other industry players, career overviews, analytical articles, reviews of recent VHS/DVD releases, book reviews and book extracts, translated articles from other journals and other oddments and thought-pieces.|
|Kinoeye aims to explore European film using a number of different writing styles: film reviews, festival overviews, interviews with directors or other industry players, career overviews, analytical articles, reviews of recent VHS/DVD releases, book reviews and book extracts, translated articles from other journals and other oddments and thought-pieces.|
great online film resources
not coming to a theater near you
|If not discerned in its title, this site assumes a bias towards older, often unpopular, and sometimes unknown films that merit a second look.|
|If not discerned in its title, this site assumes a bias towards older, often unpopular, and sometimes unknown films that merit a second look.|
cinematic mastery
Masters of Cinema - HOME
|Masters of Cinema is an organic, international initiative founded in 2001 by four friends with a mutual interest in a particular type of filmmaker. Living thousands of miles apart from each other in three different countries, they aim to bring pertinent information together in one place for aficionados of World Cinema.|
|Masters of Cinema is an organic, international initiative founded in 2001 by four friends with a mutual interest in a particular type of filmmaker. Living thousands of miles apart from each other in three different countries, they aim to bring pertinent information together in one place for aficionados of World Cinema.|
Orson Welles frozen food session
great short vids
Newsweek's 2 covers
Urban Think Tank
black bookstores
"a political agenda for the hip-hop generation"?
at least conservatives admit they don't really want black votes
Dan LeRoy on John Kerry and Hip-Hop National Review Online
|If enough hip-hop voters support Nader in a tight election, Kerry might have the free time to actually listen to the music he allegedly loves.|
|If enough hip-hop voters support Nader in a tight election, Kerry might have the free time to actually listen to the music he allegedly loves.|
20 June 2004
another chuck
free-thinking educators
palimpsest: open-source teaching resources. good stuff, free.
|Founded in January of 2004, Palimpsest is a site devoted to teaching language and literature, one where ideas are exchanged, resources are shared, pointers to already existing sites are posted, and websites are collaboratively created.|
|Founded in January of 2004, Palimpsest is a site devoted to teaching language and literature, one where ideas are exchanged, resources are shared, pointers to already existing sites are posted, and websites are collaboratively created.|
Deleuzian cultural studies
AI timeline
they, robots
BBC NEWS | Technology | Top honour for robot heroes
|The tin-filled hall of fame at Carnegie Mellon University will be graced with Honda's Asimo bot, Shakey the Robot, Astroboy, C3PO and Robby the Robot.|
SpaceShipOne set to launch
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Attempt set for private space trip
|When the X-prize is won, it could open up the skies to future tourist trips to the edge of space for those bored of the usual beach holiday.|
the gentle art of (mis)leadership
Whopper: George W. Bush - Oh, that letter to Congress linking Saddam and 9/11 ... By Timothy Noah
This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.
—President Bush, in an exchange with reporters, June 17, 2004
[A]cting pursuant to the Constitution and [the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
—President Bush, in a letter to Congress outlining the legal justification for commencing war against Iraq, March 18, 2003
This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.
—President Bush, in an exchange with reporters, June 17, 2004
[A]cting pursuant to the Constitution and [the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
—President Bush, in a letter to Congress outlining the legal justification for commencing war against Iraq, March 18, 2003
Modigliani slide show & essay
17 June 2004
lone star (in)justice
Lone Star Justice - Alberto Gonzales' strange views of international law. By Alan Berlow
|Where Gonzales' analysis of the Geneva Conventions set out to rationalize torture of al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners, the president's top attorney had similarly pragmatic considerations in mind back when it came to dodging the Vienna Convention. Gonzales favored ignoring the latter because he knew that Texas police had probably violated the treaty's reporting requirement in hundreds if not thousands of arrests...|
|Where Gonzales' analysis of the Geneva Conventions set out to rationalize torture of al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners, the president's top attorney had similarly pragmatic considerations in mind back when it came to dodging the Vienna Convention. Gonzales favored ignoring the latter because he knew that Texas police had probably violated the treaty's reporting requirement in hundreds if not thousands of arrests...|
Tell Congress to Support Low-Power FM
Free Press : Reclaim Radio: The battle over low-power FM
|Low-Power FM radio, or LPFM for short, refers to 10 to 100 watt, nonprofit radio stations with a reach of only a few miles. Because LPFM stations are non-profit and reach a small broadcast area, they hold great promise to offer truly community-driven and locally-oriented programming. They will add diversity to the airwaves and allow for a greater range of debate and local programming than corporate radio can offer.|
|Low-Power FM radio, or LPFM for short, refers to 10 to 100 watt, nonprofit radio stations with a reach of only a few miles. Because LPFM stations are non-profit and reach a small broadcast area, they hold great promise to offer truly community-driven and locally-oriented programming. They will add diversity to the airwaves and allow for a greater range of debate and local programming than corporate radio can offer.|
no Pearl Harbor...
What happens when wartime news gets censored? By Liam Callanan
|Improbable though it may sound, from late 1944 through the spring of 1945, the Japanese launched more than 9,000 balloons from their nation's eastern shores. Filled not with mild-mannered hot air but extremely flammable hydrogen and armed with incendiary and antipersonnel bombs, the balloons rode the jet stream across the Pacific Ocean for several days before landing throughout North America.|
|Improbable though it may sound, from late 1944 through the spring of 1945, the Japanese launched more than 9,000 balloons from their nation's eastern shores. Filled not with mild-mannered hot air but extremely flammable hydrogen and armed with incendiary and antipersonnel bombs, the balloons rode the jet stream across the Pacific Ocean for several days before landing throughout North America.|
1977: no future for modernism?
The Father of Modernism - Where did great art go? By Jeffrey Eugenides and Jim Lewis
|'77—and the two or three years around it on either side—was the last moment for modernism, in both its popular and its rarified forms—the final efflorescence before its death...|
|'77—and the two or three years around it on either side—was the last moment for modernism, in both its popular and its rarified forms—the final efflorescence before its death...|
atomic teleportation
Wired News: Quantum Leap for Teleportation
|Teleportation between atoms could someday lie at the heart of powerful quantum computers, which are probably at least a decade away from development...|
|Teleportation between atoms could someday lie at the heart of powerful quantum computers, which are probably at least a decade away from development...|
flash mobs go global
13 June 2004
detroit's electronic music fest
file under 'what?!!'
in Wales, history made as man beats horse
|Huw Lobb completed the 22-mile course in two hours, five minutes, and 19 seconds.|
the prequel to 'chronicles of riddick'
Lone Star gets loonier
Salon.com News | Lone Star gets loonier
|When asked by reporters for comment, Texas Democratic Party chairman Charles Soechting called the state GOP's platform "the longest political suicide note in modern Texas history." |
|When asked by reporters for comment, Texas Democratic Party chairman Charles Soechting called the state GOP's platform "the longest political suicide note in modern Texas history." |
Michael Moore makes conservatives see red
|George H. W. Bush called him a "slimeball." A group called Citizens United announced an ad campaign smearing Michael Moore -- and George Soros -- as "America haters." "These liberal America-haters cannot undo President Bush's track record of success in the War on Terror," said the group's president, David Bossie. Bossie may want to check out the recent news that terrorism has gone up under Bush, not down. |
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 starts 6/25...see the trailer:
http://www.fahrenheit911.com/trailer/
discipline & punish II
The New Republic Online: Abroad at Home
|"Welcome to Texas," one guard announces as he literally drags a prisoner across the floor. "Enjoy the ride. It's like Astroworld." Eventually, the tapes ended up on the nightly news, prompting a probe by the FBI, jail sentences for two guards, and a class-action lawsuit that procured, for Texas prisoners, $2.2 million in damages. |
|"Welcome to Texas," one guard announces as he literally drags a prisoner across the floor. "Enjoy the ride. It's like Astroworld." Eventually, the tapes ended up on the nightly news, prompting a probe by the FBI, jail sentences for two guards, and a class-action lawsuit that procured, for Texas prisoners, $2.2 million in damages. |
hip hop hooray for readers
MSNBC - It's Gangsta Lit
"Like the music that inspired them, hip-hop novels are finding passionate fans on the mean streets and among those who just visit them in their daydreams."
"Like the music that inspired them, hip-hop novels are finding passionate fans on the mean streets and among those who just visit them in their daydreams."
1882 Transit of Venus, the movie
Sky and Telescope - Reanimating the 1882 Transit of Venus
"It's the shadow-show of an astronomical event that occurred when Queen Victoria sat on the throne of Great Britain and Chester Arthur was president of the United States — a moving record of an event seen by no one now living, and a preview of what millions will see for the first time on June 8, 2004."
"It's the shadow-show of an astronomical event that occurred when Queen Victoria sat on the throne of Great Britain and Chester Arthur was president of the United States — a moving record of an event seen by no one now living, and a preview of what millions will see for the first time on June 8, 2004."
reagan's arab ally...
Reagan's Osama Connection - How he turned a jihadist into a terrorist kingpin. By Fred Kaplan
and don't forget about Saddam!
and don't forget about Saddam!
08 June 2004
Free culture vs. Free culture
