May 2012
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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
murkavenue:
CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
April 2012
5 posts
This Is Not The Nominee We Are Looking For →
March 2012
1 post
Why Young Americans Vote for Democrats
Here is the original story:ShareRomney: ‘I don’t see how a young American can vote’ for a Democrat - The Hill’s VideoGOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Monday he doesn’t understand how young people could vote for Democrats. “I don’t see how a…ThehillShareWhy I’m IncollegedemocratsWed, Mar 21 2012 01:23:55Despite the fact...
October 2011
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Drum Major Institute Blog: The 99 Percent →
drummajorinst:
John Petro
I was among the thousands of people cramming into Foley Square Wednesday evening, observing those who had come down to show their support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. I arrived at 4:30, and for the next hour roamed around the park. It had the energy of a festival, a…
September 2011
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August 2011
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What I Read: Kevin Bondelli | KevinBondelli.com:... →
“Last month, Sarah wrote about the GOP recently pushing a “youth are...”
– Generation Opportunity Revealed | Future Majority
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Why does Tom Coburn hate Farmers? →
sarahburris:
Like many elected officials Senator Tom Coburn is back in his state for the August Recess. While he’s home he’s been working on his own federal budget proposal that would continue to decapitate any attempt at federal spending. His series of interviews with his local paper advocates, among other things, a drastic cut from a large portion of his state’s backbone: Farmers.
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Notes on Napkins: The Many Pearl Necklaces of... →
sarahburris:
While watching a recap of the Christine O’Donnell walk out on Piers Morgan my friend @KBondelli and I commented on the pearl necklaces…. Of many…. many pearl necklaces. So I bring you… the many pearl necklaces of Christine O’Donnell
The I am not a witch pearls
The - I’m not crazy for…
“Tucson has gone from a sort of a one-horse college town to a golf retreat and a...”
– Rick Moody Reflects on Tucson, Arizona - The Daily Beast
Ouch.
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Magicland
lareviewofbooks:
Laurie Winer Glenn Beck © Ed Wexler 2011 Glenn Beck The Christmas Sweater Threshold, November, 2008. 284 pp. Glenn Beck The Overton Window Pocket, Dec 2010. 480 pp. Alexander Zaitchik Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance Wiley, May, 2010. 288 pp. Dana Milbank Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America Doubleday, October, 2010. 272...
July 2011
2 posts
“This report investigates the city’s record on street safety and its recent...”
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Vision Zero: How Safer Streets in New York City Can Save More Than 100 Lives a Year
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Michelle Bachmann's Google [PIC] →
June 2011
2 posts
March 2011
10 posts
Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: The best... →
motherjones:
You should, like, strongly consider applying to work for this guy:
We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, reporting and writing stellar investigative pieces that provoke change….
Speaker Man: Attacked for being involved in the... →
speaker-man:
I wanted to take a moment this morning to talk about my run for Topeka city council.
Since the start of the campaign we have been out hitting doors and talking to members of the community about how we as a city can do better. We have had lots of good conversations and seen lots of support not…
Peeps Recreate Wisconsin Protests [PIC] →
“The Jumping Frog charge relates to an event early on in my career when I made...”
– Working in the design industry is like being a dirty robot whore.
“The AP Stylebook editors announced these changes at the ACES2011 conference.
...”
– AP Stylebook: It’s now email, instead of e-mail | Poynter.
Omnivoracious: Learning How to Be a Social Animal:... →
“IN a speech last week, President Obama said it was unacceptable that “as many as...”
– Let Kids Rule the School - NYTimes.com
God Is Punishing Japan For Atheism [VIDEO] →
People like this disgust me.
This Is the Scariest First-Person Video of the... →
February 2011
1 post
April 2010
2 posts
“Those employed (and often self-employed) in the “let’s make shit...”
– Millennials Changing America - Blog - On the Millennial Work Ethic
March 2010
1 post
Watchgary:
Too many people have forgotten how powerful a Thank You or a your welcome can be. http://twitter.com/khennings/statuses/9907930138 Like where is CREST saying thnx to this happy customer?
February 2010
1 post
Watchgary:
What’s King?
December 2009
3 posts
“6. Political Campaign Lists Running for office? Aggregate your supporters or...”
– 10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists
“On the flip side, which other places in the world could still surprise us by...”
– Bill Clinton tells FP what to read, who to watch, and why there’s a chance of Middle East peace in 2010 | Foreign Policy
November 2009
2 posts
“Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney...”
– Texas’ gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com
May 2009
1 post
DemocracyForAmerica.com » Netroots Nation... →
January 2009
2 posts
“I want you to know that I am running for President of the Young Democrats of...”
– Crystal Strait Announces Candidacy for Young Democrats of America President - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog
“From February 27th to March 2nd, 2009 thousands of young adults will converge on...”
– Power Shift 2009
July 2007
12 posts
Get a Moola Invitation →
Open Library -- all the books, free and wikified
Cory Doctorow:
Rich Prelinger sez,
The Internet Archive has launched a demo of the Open Library, a project that seeks to gather all the information about all the world’s books and make it publicly available as a giant books wiki.
While many books are making their way online for free access, most still are restricted or cost money to touch. The Open Library combines links to open...
Book Price Comparison Shopping Tool
I buy and read a lot of books. If you do as well, you might find this handy little tool called Booksprice useful. The tool allows you to enter a book title or ISBN and then get a report of the current price from dozens of sources including sources like eBay.
Here an example search using Duct Tape Marketing: The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide
You can also use the service...
Ani DiFranco: copyright in an open source culture
I spent the morning removing Ani DiFranco lyrics from my book
manuscript. I was obliged to do so because DiFranco had refused me permission to use them, despite two emails to Righteous
Babe Records that were thorough, pointed and courtesy.
It’s
not as if DiFranco had anything to fear from this anthropologist. My
treatment was laudatory. I regard her as a transformational exemplar....
“Coming on the heels of protest-mascots such as the Anteaters and the Banana...”
– Education & Careers | The 10 Strangest College Mascots
Answerbag is Extremely Addictive
Answerbag
I have found a new addiction. It is even more addictive than my previous addiction, StumbleUpon.
Answerbag is a website/community that has users ask questions and give answers to those questions. As the community progresses a large FAQ is created on a wide number of subjects.
Users have ranks based on how useful their questions and answers were to the other users. The higher...
How to View and Edit New Microsoft Office Formats...
File extensions like .doc (for Word), .xls (for Excel) and .ppt (for Powerpoint) were used in earlier versions of Microsoft Office (Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003). But Microsoft Office 2007 comes with new file extensions like .docx (for Word), .xlsx (for Excel) and .pptx (for Powerpoint). By default these file extensions are not backward compatible with earlier Office versions. Moving...
The Transformers Movie: Totally Sweet
Last night I went to a preview showing of the new Transformers movie and I was very pleasantly surprised. I’m not going to lie, I was a little worried about the Michael Bay thing, everyone was talking about how he was going to ruin the movie. Even I had to make a wisecrack when just as the movie was about to start the houselights turned back on and the film stopped rolling for a minute: “I new...