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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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links for 2010-08-20
Nostalgia Critic: Animaniacs Tribute (tags: tv culture comedy)
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links for 2010-08-18
POLITICO: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA – Ben Smith – Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA News Corp., which owns Fox News and the New York Post, gave $1 million to Haley Barbour's Republican Governors Association this year, according to the RGA's most recent filing. The company's media outlets play politics more […]
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links for 2010-08-17
The two faces of Winston Churchill George Bush kept a large bust of Churchill in the Oval Office because — like so many right-wing, super-hawk, pseudo-tough guys — Bush fetishized Churchill for the warrior courage which Bush craved vicariously to possess but obviously lacked in himself and his own life. In stark contrast, Barack Obama […]
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links for 2010-08-16
Bloggers inflame border debate | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Mexico News The latest rumor began swirling the weekend of July 24, when editors and others received reports that the Zetas had invaded U.S. territory. The story was based on a law enforcement bulletin stating that officers were looking into a […]
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links for 2010-08-15
Warning Stickers For Newspapers f newspapers came with warning labels, they might look something like the ones Tom Scott came up with. The British “geek comedian” created warning stickers you can print out and put on newspapers (PDF below). They include: Warning: This article is basically just a press release, copied and pasted. (tags: newspapers […]