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"Unable to separate logos and mythos, and trying to view everything through a lens of the logos-based..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:32:36 -0800

“Unable to separate logos and mythos, and trying to view everything through a lens of the logos-based society in which they live, fundamentalists reacted not by rediscovering the transcendent ideas of the past, but by inventing something new. Instead of science and religion, they tried to build a scientific religion in which every aspect of the world must conform to a literal interpretation of scripture (one that ignores the inherent, and quite intentional, contradictions built into that text). Blind acceptance had to be inserted into the mix because only blind acceptance allows stepping around the wreck trying to force mythos to conform to logos makes of both.”

- Daily Kos: The Case for Karen Armstrong

Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge - Torontoist

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:29:15 -0800

Disgruntled Star Editor Takes Constructive Revenge - Torontoist

Michelle Thompson

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:14:55 -0800

Michelle Thompson

It’s an extraordinary rip-off. The racist BNP has copied...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:12:08 -0800

It’s an extraordinary rip-off. The racist BNP has copied so many features for its new website from the website of America’s first black President. (via CentreRight: The BNP have stolen BarackObama.com)

Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:28:17 -0800

Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Even though he proudly pays himself more in a year than most of...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:37:41 -0800

Even though he proudly pays himself more in a year than most of us could ever dream of — $68m in 2007 alone, a record for any Wall Street CEO, to add to the more than $500m of Goldman stock he owns — he insists he’s still “a blue-collar guy”.

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So, it’s business as usual, then, regardless of whether it makes most people howl at the moon with rage? Goldman Sachs, this pillar of the free market, breeder of super-citizens, object of envy and awe will go on raking it in, getting richer than God? An impish grin spreads across Blankfein’s face. Call him a fat cat who mocks the public. Call him wicked. Call him what you will. He is, he says, just a banker “doing God’s work”

(via I’m doing ‘God’s work’. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs - Times Online)

“This generation is really challenging the gender norms we grew...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:31:57 -0800

“This generation is really challenging the gender norms we grew up with,” said Diane Ehrensaft, an Oakland psychologist who writes about gender. “A lot of youths say they won’t be bound by boys having to wear this or girls wearing that. For them, gender is a creative playing field.” Adults, she added, “become the gender police through dress codes.” (via High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends the Dress Code - NYTimes.com)

Walmart is trying really hard to win the Latino dollar. Last...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:28:32 -0800

Walmart is trying really hard to win the Latino dollar. Last year, Walmart was the number 3 advertiser in Spanish-Language Media in the U.S. Earlier this year they started opening ‘Supermercados de Walmart’, stores with a “new lay-out, signing and product assortment designed to make them even more relevant to local Hispanic customers.”

And just in time for Dia de los Muertos, the Lady de Guadalupe coffin: Made of Superior Grade 18-gauge steel, Lady de Guadalupe’s exterior is hand-painted by experienced craftsman in an exquisite slate blue metallic color, complemented with individual appliqués of the Lady de Guadalupe. (via It’s Official: Walmart Is Trying Too Hard to Win Latinos. Lady de Guadalupe Coffins, Anyone? | RaceWire)

Shinzi Katoh Collection ART&ZAKKA

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:23:31 -0800

Shinzi Katoh Collection ART&ZAKKA

"But beneath the film was something that I found to be problematic: a reliance on the villainization..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:22:15 -0800

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But beneath the film was something that I found to be problematic: a reliance on the villainization of Black matriarch—rather than a mention of systemic race issues—to make the larger message of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” more palatable.

This is a problematic image to see in white media, but it’s even more disheartening to see in examples of Black media.

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- The Black Matriarch as Villain By Juell Stewart

Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:34 -0800

Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate “abortion plans” is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean that virtually all women with insurance through the exchange who find themselves in the unwanted and unexpected position of needing to terminate a pregnancy will not have coverage for the procedure. Abortion coverage will not be outlawed in this country. It will simply be tiered, reserved for those rich enough to afford insurance themselves or lucky enough to receive from their employers. (via Ezra Klein - A very bad deal to pass a very good bill)

the comments are unbelievable.

the world’s first historical thesaurus: It takes the enormity of...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:41:53 -0800

the world’s first historical thesaurus: It takes the enormity of the OED and arranges it thematically and chronologically. A glance at any page is a look at language evolution from Old English to the present, and it’s no less startling and amazing than watching sea slime slowly morph into monkeys and Neanderthals. (via Thesaurus Rex | GOOD)

"All national health insurance systems are built on the idea that we’re all part of a community, we..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:56 -0800

““All national health insurance systems are built on the idea that we’re all part of a community, we all get sick and die, so we’re going to take care of one another,” said James Morone, a professor of political science and urban studies at Brown University. “The best philosophical way to stop national health insurance is to say we’re not a community, it’s ‘us vs. them.’ ””

- Fat Pride Community Pushes Back in Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com

How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal -

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:51:10 -0800

How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal -

fine little day: n e w s

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:47 -0800

fine little day: n e w s

Los Angeles Without Traffic « Tom Baker

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:17 -0800

Los Angeles Without Traffic « Tom Baker

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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:58:38 -0800

(via MobileEsther)

Although businesses such as Colle’s World Tricot, which...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:43 -0800

Although businesses such as Colle’s World Tricot, which supply handmade haute couture to some of fashion’s leading names, often suggest ideas for designs, they rarely – if ever – ask for copyright, preferring to be given a large order from the client. If Colle, who claims Chanel used her pattern without placing an order, wins her fight, she believes it could have widespread repercussions.

Because of the lawsuit, banks have refused to help her, former clients have disappeared and she has had to lay off all but a dozen employees, she added. “You cannot imagine what it is like,” she said, claiming she had been subjected to a strategy of “pressures and manipulation”. “You are faced with an enormous machine. You become the guilty party.”

(via Seamstress takes on might of Chanel over crochet pattern | Life and style | The Guardian)

Nowhere in Fiji Water’s glossy marketing materials will...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:43 -0800

Nowhere in Fiji Water’s glossy marketing materials will you find reference to the typhoid outbreaks that plague Fijians because of the island’s faulty water supplies; the corporate entities that Fiji Water has—despite the owners’ talk of financial transparency—set up in tax havens like the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg; or the fact that its signature bottle is made from Chinese plastic in a diesel-fueled plant and hauled thousands of miles to its ecoconscious consumers. And, of course, you won’t find mention of the military junta for which Fiji Water is a major source of global recognition and legitimacy. (Gilmour has described the square bottles as “little ambassadors” for the poverty-stricken nation.)

“We are Fiji,” declare Fiji Water posters across the island, and the slogan is almost eerily accurate: The reality of Fiji, the country, has been eclipsed by the glistening brand of Fiji, the water. (via Fiji Water: Spin the Bottle | Mother Jones)

baggage (via alistairh) the whole set is good.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:26:13 -0800

baggage (via alistairh)

the whole set is good.