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abominations, capitalism, money
Malls’ Falls
05.31.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

What does a recession look like? Well, here’s one view, as seen through retail sales. The theoretical mall maps below show 27 companies with stores or restaurants in malls across America. (In some cases, these companies own more than one chain of stores.) In the bottom map, the change in the size of the stores [...]
cinema, drugs
Bad Lieutenant
05.29.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

The new film from Werner Herzog that stars Nick Cage.
make sure you watch it all the way through.
pictures
zwei Leuchttürme
05.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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criticism, internettery, media
The interwubs kill Journalism, part 2
05.28.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

In (what I am now calling) part one I linked to the testimony of a congressional panel on the future of journalism. In it Ariana Huffington presented the idea that her blog, and others like it (ie. slate, the daily beast, daily kos, and the conservative ones I don’t care about) could very well be [...]
pictures, technology, travel
arcade photo
05.28.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

via stevechasmar.
adults, freedom, knowledge, leisure, religion, science, television, the world
ecstatic, delirious, and made rapturous by the glory of God
05.28.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Paul Hawken is a “friend of CharityFocus, renowned entrepreneur, visionary environmental activist, founder of Wiser Earth and author of many books — most recently Blessed Unrest.”
He delivered a commencement speech last week at the University of Portland which I think highlights some important things to recognize, and to force ourselves to continue to recognize at every chance possible. The [...]
art, crime, criticism, culture
imaginary returns, frauds and fakes
05.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Errol Morris is beginning a seven part series this week in the New York Times called “Bamboozling Ourselves.” The series attempts to answer the question, “Why do people believe in imaginary returns, frauds and fakes?,” by exploring the complicated tale of Dutch Forger Han van Meegeren. Van Meegeren forged many paintings in the early twentieth century with [...]
pictures
no kicking of feet.
05.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

via the owls go.
oops, scandal, stories
Scandaled! The Story of Our Favorite Stories
05.27.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Like a steak, stories are much better if they’re juicy, which is why scandals are the tops when it comes to good old fashioned people-gawking. Faulkner and Rowling don’t have anything on the truth!

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foolishness, skeptics, terrorism
Simulated Drowning, but its even worse than that
05.26.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Its honestly a bit strange. This particular story on a well-wornout debate and dialogue, waterboarding, has probably affected me more than anything else. And its… Mancow? As Marc Bolan says, life is strange. Perhaps this will have an impact on this national dialogue, sadly [...]

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arcade photo

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