January 2011
28 posts
Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →
hitrecordjoe:
We Americans are giving the Egyptian government shit for trying to block information. Meanwhile, American cable companies refuse to offer this world-renowned news source, which would be the best place on TV for us to see what’s going on over there.
“Sensory overload. That’s the overall impression you get from over two hours of the bigger, badder Sufjan Stevens and it’s only the tip of a very large, complicated iceberg.”
Saying that it was the absolute best night is not sufficient. (Words are futile devices.)
What's Happening in Egypt Explained. →
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai… (promotingpeace)
Thought Catalog: Andy Warhol Screen Tests →
Watchhttp://www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/simp.html
One of the most effective and insidious ways to...
genderbitch:
It happens every day, in varying degrees, to many groups. And everyone participates in it for at least one group in at least one area, if not as a direct enforcer then as a silent and passive safely privileged observer.
The Top 10 Logical Fallacies in Everyday Arguments →
Ad hominem
Tries to counter an argument by attacking the person, rather than addressing the argument itself.
Ad ignorantiam
States that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true.
Argument from authority
Argues that something is true because a respected individual (an individual with authority) says it is.
Correlation implies causation
Fairly self-explanatory. Correlation...
12 Politicians & Execs Blocking Progress on Global... →
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...”
– Plato (via leftish)
Watchand a new earth by wirrow from hitrecord
and a response by zounds and gimikjo
Australia Opens Probe of CIA Rendition →
Mamdouh Habib, an Egyptian-born Australian citizen, traveled to Pakistan in 2001, seeking work and religious schooling for his children. On October 5, 2001, he was arrested by Pakistani police while traveling by bus to Karachi. After several months of interrogation, he was sent to Egypt for five months, where he says he was subjected to intense torture including being shocked with high-voltage...
Sestina by Ciara Shuttleworth
You used to love me well. Well, you— me— used love to… to… well… love. You used me. Me, too, used… well… you. Love, love me. You, too well used, used love well. Me, Too. You! You used to love me well.
From The New Yorker, Nov 29 2010. By a stroke of lightning.
Why We Don't Want Men to Vote
In 1915, Alice Duer Miller published this parody of the critics of woman suffrage efforts.
• Because man’s place is in the army.
• Because no really manly man wants to settle any question otherwise than by fighting about it.
• Because if men should adopt peaceable methods women will no longer look up to them.
• Because men will lose their charm if they step out of their natural sphere...
Tiger Mothers: Raising Children the Chinese Way →
AYCC’s Ellen Sandell has written about the controversial topic of discussion stemming from the Queensland floods.. When we naive youth bring up Australia’s extreme weather to back our arguments against climate change ‘non-believers’, what will the wise radio talkshow hosts say?
Too soon?