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• links for 2008-05-31

  DNA India: Gujjar leaders on hunger strike in jail? I still don’t understand the point of hunger strikes. Aren’t you basically killing yourselves, thereby eliminating your opponent’s political problem? I only hope that my future political opponents use this method often. (tags: india politics)

  31 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-30

  Graphic Design and typography – Swiss Legacy: Cinematypography I particularly liked “Rockwell Horror Picture Show”. To say nothing of my everlasting love for Helvetica. (tags: design film) Tiny Mix Tapes NEWS: Legit torrent site Revision3 catches RIAA-MPAA’s hired hacking thugs in the act Maybe both organizations will actually try to put that time and money [...]

  30 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-29

  WSJ: Sen. Menendez picks Senate Democrats over hardworking immigrants Land of Opportunity? Not if it interferes with Congressional plans. (tags: politics leftists immigration) Serious Eats: How to Make a Watermelon Keg The line “Is your watermelon not utiliatarian enough?” makes me laugh every time. (tags: awesome food) Serious Eats: Beer/Cola-Can Chicken The beverage provides moisture, [...]

  29 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-28

  McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: How Me Breaking Up With You Is Like Jon Lester Pitching a No-Hitter Against the Royals. (tags: humor sports)

  28 May 2008 Uncategorized; one comment. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-27

  WSJ: Newsflash–Republicans are losing because they stopped finding solutions “…[W]hat primarily defines independents is that they are all ‘cynical about politics and politicians.’ They aren’t ideological in any particular way…[t]hey are ‘pragmatists,’ says Mr. Ayres. ‘They want solutions to problems.’” (tags: 2008 politics conservatives) WSJ: Moscow’s stray dogs living large Through begging-innovations and learning how [...]

  27 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-22

  DNA – India – Son batters mother to death – Daily News & Analysis A man beat his 70yo mom to death because she told her relatives that he was not treating her well. That’ll show ‘em. Not to be all Thomas Frank, but what the hell is wrong with Bihar? (tags: india crime stupidity) [...]

  22 May 2008 Uncategorized; one comment. permalink   

• twenty-one accents

  Sure, her southern accent is a little rusty, and her Texan and Brooklyn are sketchy, but it’s far better than I could hope to do. h/t: the sister. addendum Click here for an interview with Amy Walker and an answer to just which of those accents is the real one.

  20 May 2008 & Cetera, Society (or "the social"); no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-15

  University of Chicago: the Milton Friedman Institute Chicago opens the new MFI, in honor of one of the greats of 20th laissez-faire political writing. (tags: economics) Kottke: When Obama wins “. . .puppy dogs and college girls will never grow old.” (tags: humor politics 2008)

  15 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-14

  very small array: The Little Trans-Mongolian Railroad “See Brooklyn’s own Siberia! Take the Manhattan-bound Q train from New York’s “Little Odessa,” Brighton Beach, all the way to Manhattan’s Chinatown! (tags: humor travel new_york) Hotline On Call: Division among the pro-choice ranks Emily’s List v. NARAL, for almost no reason. Hotline’s cute headline: “And they’re eating [...]

  14 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2008-05-12

  DNA India: 72 percent of India’s fruit and vegetable produce goes waste As if on cue, the UPA government wants to focus on trying to subsidize better retail displays instead of, oh, say, worrying about the horrendous infrastructure that holds food out of the market longer. Does no one in government actually know what their [...]

  12 May 2008 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink