March 2012
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“Hello My Old Heart” by The Oh...
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February 2012
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Lies & Distortions From the Pentagon’s Afghanistan... →
*Over a decade of war and so few Americans seem to care at all. When will people demand we leave Afghanistan? Or are we on our way to another war in the Middle East? Iran? Syria?
George Little: …We’re making progress. We have put the enemy on its heels in many parts of the country. Doesn’t mean that there isn’t work to be done — there is — but let’s not let the events of the past week steer...
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Why 'The Death of Architecture' May Not Be Such a... →
*Not that I’m an expert, but it seems like the old model of this profession is dying. And I am all for that. Architects seem far too concerned with permitting and codes to satisfy the uninspired designs of pretentious clients. (Sorry, too many adjectives) I would like to see the scope and scale of architecture grow. The field is educated and ambitious. It should expand its focus to solving...
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“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then...”
– Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (via bookmania)
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10 Favorite Community episodes because I'm bored...
*As of this moment right now, these are my 10 favorite episodes. I miss this show. Can’t wait for it to return on March 15th!
1. 3x04 Remedial Chaos Theory
2. 2x14 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
3. 2x08 Cooperative Calligraphy
4. 2x10 Mixology Certification
5. 1x21 Contemporary American Poultry
6. 1x17 Physical Education
7. 1x23 Modern Warfare
8. 2x16 Intermediate Documentary...
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Direct Your Attention (Episode 13)
This week we discuss:
DailyGrace (web)
Mars Needs Moms (film)
Dan Carlin (podcast)
2 Broke Girls (tv)
Featuring music by Jones Street Station
And an Oscar preview.
Download this episode
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“It took me all this time to get where I said I would never be.”
– Andy Hull, Manchester Orchestra
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Spending Won’t Fix What Ails U.S. Infrastructure →
*It’s all about priorities. The priority should be efficiency. This is the kind of thing that a few major policy changes could make so many peoples’ lives better.
The U.S. owes its emergence as a great power to magnificent investments in infrastructure. The emerging giant of today, China (TBBLCHNA), is following that example. Many imagine that we must again build big to stay on top....
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“Whenever there’s a camera around, a video or film camera, it’s a...”
– Peter Gabriel, TEDTalks
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“One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn...”
– Malcolm X (via tittysandpancakes)
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Why Obamacare Won't Hurt Insurance Companies →
*Insurance companies are just as despicable as our financial system. So corrupt. This isn’t socialized medicine. This is just another example of our deteriorating system: privatize profits and socialize the costs.
If you took that stock tip from President Obama, you would have done pretty well — shares in Aetna, one of the country’s largest publicly traded health insurance companies,...
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Danny Pudi and Alison Brie Perform ‘Everybody Dance Now’
Miss Community much?
[via top5funniest]
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WatchWatch the First Twelve Minutes of ‘Sound of My Voice’
One of the most-praised films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival was Sound of My Voice, starring and co-written by Brit Marling (Another Earth). The film, directed by Zal Batmanglij, follows a couple as they attempt to infiltrate and learn about a cult, led by a charismatic woman with a rather outrageous claim about her own history. Fox...
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WatchRaiding The Lost Ark: A Filmumentary By Jamie Benning
After the success of Star Wars Begins, filmmaker Jamie Benning embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes, trilogy!). Raiding the Lost Ark, A Filmumentary is the culmination eight months of reading, trawling, interviewing and editing. This time Jamie has sourced some of...
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“All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words...”
– Benjamin Disraeli (via elige)
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Mountaintop Removal Linked to 60,000 Additional... →
Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to the federally sanctioned strip-mining practice.
That is the damning conclusion in a breakthrough study, released last night in the peer-reviewed Journal of Community Health: The Publication for Health Promotion and Disease...
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Former Army Corps Manager Pleads Guilty To $20... →
A former manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty Monday to bribery and money laundering conspiracy charges in a scheme that allegedly involved more than $20 million in bribes and kickbacks, and the planned steering of a $780 million contract.
Michael Alexander, of Woodbridge, Va., also agreed to participate in an ongoing government investigation. Alexander admitted to...