October 2010
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Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Protege Joe Miller... →
I love how Blue Texan doesn’t pull any punches.
By: Blue Texan Sunday October 31, 2010 11:30 am
Looks like The Quitter’s recent, last-ditch efforts to save her grifter cabana boy have all been for naught.
A high-level GOP source tells me that party leaders have essentially given up on Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller and are now banking on a victory by write-in candidate Lisa...
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“There she was, thrown to the pavement by a Republican in a checkered shirt....”
– A Boot to the Head …from Michael Moore | MichaelMoore.com October 28th, 2010 10:05 PM
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“We clasp the hands of those that go before us,
And the hands of those who come...”
– Wendell Berry
Read for Samhain
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Robert Reich: The Real Center of American... →
Yep, political thuggery seems to vary directly with the poverty of ideas and inversely with their propriety in resolving actual problems.
robertreich:
The true center of American politics isn’t found where most of us agree. We fiercely disagree. That’s not a problem. Democracy assumes disagreement.
The true center is about how we resolve those disagreements. Most of us believe we should work...
Arcturus is a Halloween ghost of the summer sun →
Every Halloween – and a few days before and after – the brilliant star Arcturus sets at the same time and on the same spot on the horizon as the summer sun. What’s more, this star rises at the…
Oct. 31, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Sunday’s Poem: “Gold Horse, Brown Horse” by Candace Black, from The Volunteer. Sunday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of writer and explorer Alexandra David-Néel, born in Saint-Mandé, France, in…
listening to "Michael Jackson - Thriller" →
Still smiling remembering the great time I had in @PamelaJoyYoga’s “Thrills and Chills” yoga workshop (poses that scare you) @UnionStudioYoga today.
As Halloween approaches, find the Ghoul Star of... →
As Halloween approaches, try looking for the star Beta Persei, otherwise known as Algol in the constellation Perseus. This star’s proper name comes from the Arabic for head of the ghoul, or head…
Oct. 30, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Saturday’s Poem: “Night Bicycle” by Jonathan Johnson, from In the Land We Imagined Ourselves. Saturday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of novelist Laurie Halse Anderson, born in Potsdam, New York…
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listening to "Carbon/Silicon - Fresh Start" →
“Every day can be New Year’s Day / Every day trying to find that way.” Aging punkers Mick Jones and Tony James have gotten hopeful in their old age.
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Last quarter moon marks direction of Earth’s... →
Spot Comet Hartley 2 at the feet of Gemini before moonrise tonight
The cool thing about the last quarter moon is that it shows you in which direction our planet Earth is revolving around the…
Oct. 29, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Friday’s Poem: “You Just Think the Last Time” by Greg Kosmicki, from New Route in the Dream. Friday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of the humorist and columnist John Gould, born in Boston,…
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“BP and its cement contractor, Halliburton, knew weeks before the Deepwater...”
– MSNBC “Inquiry: BP, Halliburton Knew Well Cement Was ‘Unstable’” | CommonDreams.org 10/28/10
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“Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell has parted ways with yet another...”
– Ben Evans, AP “Another treasurer leaves O’Donnell campaign - Christine O’Donnell” - Salon.com 10/28/10
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“I am ignorant of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein...”
– Khalil Gibran (via caraobrien)
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From mourning to reflection: considerations in the... →
Great reflection by a Rutgers prof with her class on the Tyler Clementi suicide.
icancstructures:
Rutgers University has been my intellectual home for the last 8 years. Recently, one of our freshman, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. He…
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Going Gaga →
Many of our posts focus on colleagues’ research, but teaching is also newsworthy. The student newspaper at the University of South Carolina recently ran an article about an upcoming…
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“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is...”
– —Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
(via crashinglybeautiful)
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
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“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is...”
– —Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
(via crashinglybeautiful)
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
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“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is...”
– —Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
(via crashinglybeautiful)
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
(via beingblog)
Mira the Wonderful, a famous variable star →
Today’s chart looks shows you where to find Mira the Wonderful, the famous variable star, on October and November evenings. That’s where you’ll find the constellation Cetus the Whale.
Menkar is the…
Oct. 28, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Thursday’s Poem: “Ketchican Wrestling” by Jennifer Rae Vernon, from Rock Candy. Thursday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born in Ottery St. Mary in…
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“I don’t think anybody who’s managed to access classified information should...”
– Private First Class David Service, stationed in northern Iraq ’WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on Iraq War Logs, “Tabloid Journalism” and Why WikiLeaks Is “Under Siege”’ Democracy Now! 10/26/10
Excuse me, whose culture, exactly, are you saying is violent?
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Where is the Big Dipper on these autumn evenings? →
Where is the Big Dipper at nightfall and early evening? At this time of year, the most famous star pattern visible from this hemisphere – the Big Dipper – lurks low in the north during the…
Moon farthest north, near star Elnath, on October... →
On October 26, the moon swings to the northernmost point in its monthly orbit around Earth, and tonight, the moon shines in the vicinity of Elnath, the constellation Taurus’ second brightest…
Oct. 27, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Wednesday’s Poem: “My Father’s Green Flannel Shirt” by Andrea Hollander Budy, from Woman in the Painting. Wednesday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of the man who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral in…
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“I think that kids need to know that these horrible tragedies really can happen....”
– Katherine Newman on “Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings” Democracy Now! 5/8/07
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“I think the connection between background violence and rampage school shootings...”
– Katherine Newman on “Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings” Democracy Now! 5/8/07
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Afghanistan War Weekly - October 25, 2010
Afghanistan War Weekly - October 25, 2010 Although the WikiLeaks files released this week are from the US Army in Iraq, they have implications for the war in Afghanistan and the antiwar movement. And there is more to come, including a release of 15,000 documents on Afghanistan withheld from last summer’s release. I’ve written a few preliminary thoughts below, along with links to good analyses of...
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“Even with a school’s best efforts, bullying can affect the safety and...”
– Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - Safer, More Positive Schools
Katherine S. Newman calls out the Olweus program for special mention in her book Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings (New York: Basic Books, 2004)
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“Unless I accept my virtues, I most certainly will be overwhelmed by my faults.”
– Robert Coleman, mathematician, UC Berkeley
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“Today, the Department of Education issued guidance to support educators in...”
– Public Affairs “Guidance Targeting Harassment Outlines Local and Federal Responsibility” | U.S. Department of Education 10/26/10
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“Violence pretty much forces a silence on people. When everyone sees a violent...”
– — Darius Rejali, from our show “The Long Shadow of Torture”
With new reports of detainee abuse in Iraq emanating from WikiLeaks, we’re going to broadcast/podcast an encore version of Krista’s interview with Rejali in the coming weeks. Rejali argues that, with the right circumstances in place,...
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The Structure Whisperer: Remarkable Film on... →
icancstructures:
Dear Friend,
My buddy Mishy Lesser is the learning director for a powerful documentary film, Coexist. It premiers Saturday, November 6th at 6:30 p.m at Temple Israel in Boston (477 Longwood…
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“That definition of newsworthiness—what powerful people say and...”
– FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) PBS Responds to FAIR Studies 10/25/10
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Conservative groups have spent up to $75 million... →
As you know, the conservative groups that are plowing huge sums of money from undisclosed donors into the midterm elections have been defending their actions by insisting that groups on the left are doing the same.
So I thought it would be interesting to do a straight-up informal comparison: How much in undisclosed donations is being spent by the right on independent expenditures and election...
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Liberals Are Cool: Three Month Study On Tea Party... →
Beware of loud angry people with no particular agenda, or rather, beware of the people who easily move them.
liberalsarecool:
But a new Washington Post canvass of hundreds of local tea party groups reveals a different sort of organization, one that is not so much a movement as a disparate band of vaguely connected gatherings that do surprisingly little to engage in the political process.
The...
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