Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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links for 2010-09-01
Koch Industries Fought the Health Care Law, But Sought Funds From It (tags: politics oil)
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Fashion Subconcious — My Transition to Adult Fashion
I've been thinking about fashion lately. A few events brought this up. On my trip to Dubai in February, I brought along more modest clothes taken from the closet. These clothes were otherwise stored because I don't usually wear them. I looked back on a few of these clothes and came to the conclusion that […]
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links for 2010-08-31
"By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor… It’s providing us…" “By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor… It’s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.” – Taliban operative Zabihullah, on how the mosque controversy is benefiting the Taliban. (tags: […]
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links for 2010-08-30
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: Six Questions You Should ask Before Donating Goods Overseas Will giving this item do more harm than good? Unfortunately we often know so little about the effects of our donations that you may not be able to answer this question. After the tsunami, due to media hype and a desire to help, thousands […]
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The Problem With… Lil Wayne and Drake’s “Right Above It” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Lil Wayne and Drake’s “Right Above It” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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links for 2010-08-27
Futurama Writer Invented A New Math Theorem Just To Use In The Show (tags: fun tv science sci-fi comedy)
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links for 2010-08-26
Everyone Probably Owes Paris Hilton An Apology The problem with Paris wasn't Paris, it was the amount of attention the media paid to Paris. (Assuming you think Paris Hilton is a less worthy subject of attention than a Hollywood starlet, which seems questionable to me, but again, never mind.) And whether or not she encouraged […]
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links for 2010-08-24
Why Doesn't the World Care About Pakistanis? – By Mosharraf Zaidi | Foreign Policy Pakistan has suffered from desperately poor moral leadership, but punishing the helpless and homeless millions of the 2010 floods is the worst possible way to express our rejection of the Pakistani elite and their duplicity and corruption. The poor, hungry, and […]
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links for 2010-08-23
Morocco: When Sarkozy “Proposes” a French Version of Ramadan Followers of Moroccan blogger Ahmed, who writes on Alash? [Ar] (Why?), know he is fond of the art of satire. Earlier this month he published a post about a supposed announcement by the French President Nicolas Sarkozy [Ar] of a series of measures to “encourage” French […]
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links for 2010-08-22
Doctor Who: Every single journey through time detailed by Information is Beautiful (tags: tv sci-fi) The glory (and tackiness) of ancient Greece I'd always heard that archaeologists believed the ancient Greek and Roman monuments we know as serene, white marble were, originally, ridiculously RGB. Io9 has a great piece up explaining how researchers are able […]
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