November 2009
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And Next, A Law To Prohibit Dangerous Ideas...
[via Swiss Ban Building of Minarets on Mosques]
In a vote that displayed a widespread anxiety about Islam and undermined the country’s reputation for religious tolerance, the Swiss on Sunday overwhelmingly imposed a national ban on the construction of minarets, the prayer towers of mosques, in a referendum drawn up by the far right and opposed by the government.
The referendum, which passed...
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Next Time In San Francisco
[via Sachin’s Posterous]
I miss New York. I miss being able to walk into any corner deli and getting an awesome sandwich for $5. But at Good Luck Deli, you get just that. It’s on the edge of Chinatown and owned by a nice Chinese couple, but there’s nothing Chinatown about this place. It’s friendly and clean, and they make great New York deli style sandwiches. What does...
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“One white can cover up three ugliness.”
– Asian saying.
40% of the women in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines used skin whitening and lightening products that year.
[via Skin Whitening]
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Artificial Meat?
Meat grown in laboratory in world first
The scientists extracted cells from the muscle of a live pig and then put them in a broth of other animal products. The cells then multiplied and created muscle tissue. They believe that it can be turned into something like steak if they can find a way to artificially “exercise” the muscle.
The project is backed by the Dutch...
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The Wild Boar Is Multiplying and Less Lovable
[via nytimes.com]
Europe’s wild boar population is exploding because of climate change and increased biofuel production from corn and rapeseed — crops boars like to gorge upon, David Crossland reported in Der Spiegel.
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An estimated 2 million to 2.5 million boars roam the forests, suburbs and maize fields of Germany. Hunters shot a record 450,000 boars in the 2008-2009 season.
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Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham Wants Cheney To Run...
[via Why Dick Cheney Should Run in 2012 by Jon Meacham]
‘The sound you just heard in the background was liberal readers spitting out their lattes.’
I hope the GOP demonstrate the depth of their stupidity by running a sociopathic criminal mastermind for president. Who’s his running mate going to be: Lex Luthor?
(via @dangillmor)
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“Tumbling demonstrates what’s wrong with the convention of references: the...”
– Tumbling Is As Tumbling Does
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“I’d never join a club that would have me as a member.”
– Groucho Marx (more or less)
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“the space of flows … links up distant locales around shared functions and...”
– Manuel Castells, Space of flows
“Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are...”
– William Blake
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friday night alone in the library reading...
heheheheheheheeheheheehehe:
sad things are beautiful only from a distance therefore you just want to get away from them from a distance of one hundred and thirty years you can call the second half of someone’s life ‘mental breakdown and death’ i’m going to distance myself until the world is beautiful sylvia plath is going distance herself from wry detachment until she is accepted by the...
“sad things are beautiful only from a distance”
– Tao Lin
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Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
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Prohibition Ending Because Of Economics?
[Drugs: Virtually legal | The Economist]
Reformers are in a bold mood. Earlier this year a report by ex-presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico called for alternatives to prohibition. On November 12th a British think-tank, Transform, launched a report* setting out ideas on how drugs could be legally regulated. For every substance from cannabis to crack, it suggests a form of regulation, via...
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“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds...”
– Hannah Arendt
(via usedbuttons)
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