May 2010
17 posts
“Why did Obama wait, not unlike Bush, A FULL WEEK to get actively involved in the...”
– @NOLAnotes — This oil spill is such a difficult issue to deal with… There is no good method to handle containment of the spill, but it IS an issue that we need to throw every resource possible at it. Much like Katrina. Throw everything humanly possible, and see what works.
April 2010
23 posts
“I think it’s easier to say that all [insert anything here] are shit and deal...”
– Eddie Campbell [Bracket quote added by me -ed] (/via sv)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Lil’ Wayne (63)
Coldplay (25)
Chiddy Bang (15)
Kid Cudi (14)
Jay-Z (12)
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42,000 Gallons Per Day May Be Gushing Out of Well... →
NEW ORLEANS — Officials outlined plans Sunday to try to stop oil leaks coming from the deep-water well drilled by a rig that sank last week in the Gulf of Mexico. The leaks were discovered on Saturday in the riser, the 5,000-foot-long pipe that extended from the wellhead to the drilling platform. The riser detached from the platform after it exploded and sank, and is now leaking in two places,...
WatchExcuse my terse words on this topic… but death threats against the creators of South Park is undeniably foul. I don’t blame Comedy Central for the censorship, I blame the Muslim hate group that put out the calls for violence against the show. So many other groups are the target of this same social commentary (whether from South Park, The Daily Show, or a random blogger), and they...
“Facebook’s Open Graph, I think, does not give us full control over our data and...”
– Bizarro identity — Jeff Jarvis covers everything I’ve been feeling since Facebook announced their new vision.
“I have not moved out of the comedian’s box, into the news box. The news...”
– Jon Stewart (TDS)
“People may not like the idea of checked bag fees, but jumping to government...”
– Darn Those Fees
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
Lil’ Wayne (49)
Phoenix (19)
Drake (9)
American Public Media (7)
Timbaland (7)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11) →
Lil’ Wayne (27)
American Public Media (10)
Coldplay (10)
Silversun Pickups (9)
Chiddy Bang (8)
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WatchMichael Specter: The danger of science denial | TED — “You’re entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts.”
WatchBet Against the American Dream — Check out this week’s This American Life about the financial fall-out.
WatchFreelance Whales - Generator 2nd Floor — “He doesn’t need to trouble his good soul with those latin conjugations” (/via PMA)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-4) →
Lil’ Wayne (26)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (12)
Chiddy Bang (5)
Flobots (5)
Jeremih (4)
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“The city’s top financial official issued a grim assessment of the...”
– LA Times — Los Angeles is screwed. The City Council denied a rate increase for the Dept of Water and Power, and now complain that the Dept wants to hold on to its cash reserves, instead of bailing out the general city fund.
Can CNN Be Saved? →
What cable news needs, instead, is something more like what Stewart himself has been doing on “The Daily Show.” Instead of bringing in the strategists, consultants and professional outrage artists who predominate on other networks, he ushers conservative commentators into his studio for conversations that are lengthy, respectful and often riveting. Stewart’s series of debates on torture and...