Category Archives: politics

more on the economy

Wall Street Bull | The New Fine Arts Lab CC BY-SA
another harrowing episode on this american life about the state of affairs in today’s economy.

jalopy/bicycle

I know I’m late to the party but these two websites are brilliant, visually and content wise:

bush doctrine

i studied international relations at university and one of the first things we learned in our 101 (i.e. intro) class was what the bush doctrine was and how to develop an opinion on it. difference in political views is one thing - not having knowledge of what the most important (re: paradigm shifting) foreign policy [...]

john bush

is this really the first election coverage i have done since the speeches started? oh well, I’ll try and catch up - this is too funny/true to not post (via SLOG):

fox news

typical. unexpected. infuriting. disheartening.

Dave Allen of G4 on Obama and the end of DRM

Dave Allen is far more eloquent than I am, and he lays it down for why today is a great day:
When people realized they had become handcuffed by a technology that was forced upon them, and they realized that this feature’s intended use was to stop “piracy” but actually didn’t, and then they realized that [...]

Niggy Tardust

Holler at a jam. Dude is smart - peep this:
It is my greatest honor to present to you The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!,
my new album produced by Trent Reznor and mixed by Alan Moulder. The wall of sound that we’ve created is tagged with such graffiti that a passerby would seek out doors [...]