July 2012
So long, July! July - http://wp.me/s1liiv-july - Well there’s good luck coming like two new dimes If I had my way it’d be July all the time.
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“Why prolonged sex is dangerous: It can get you killed”
– latimes.com
Great headline to drive clicks to your site, there LA TImes.
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“The reporting and commentary on the bankruptcies of California cities over the...”
– California cities’ bankruptcies: Blame the housing bust - latimes.com aka “What left wing media?”
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I know I’m repeating myself when a Google...
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“You know those new cigarette packs, where governments make them put a picture of...”
– Senior climate scientist, speaking off the record to Bill McKibben “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News” | Rolling Stone July 19, 2012
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A friend is planning on hiking the trail which...
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“Obituary columns are filled with...
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This is easily my new favorite song:
“Put...
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Universities That Suspect Attended React to... →
July 23, 2012 - 3:00am
The universities attended by James Holmes, who faces charges in the killings in Aurora, Colo., offered some information about Holmes on Friday, but little that would explain what happened.
Timothy P. White, chancellor of the University of California at Riverside, held a news conference Friday in which he said that Holmes enrolled as an undergraduate in 2006 and...
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WatchThe human face of the “Batman shooting.” Some details are difficult.
icancstructures:
This story, curated on Storify by New York Times social media editor Liz Heron, puts a face to one of the victims of the Aurora, CO Theatre Shooting. It is not for the faint of heart.
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Thank you, Romneys, for the noblesse oblige. One...
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Using iTunes Match - even when you're not online
Subject: Using iTunes Match - even when you’re not online. Date: July 17, 2012 3:43:48 PM EDT If you’re an iTunes Match subscriber who lives where you can count on an Internet connection wherever you are, you don’t need to worry about what music is on the device you’re carrying—you can always access it via iCloud. But Internet connectivity isn’t always...
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“Congress was up in arms Thursday over the discovery that the U.S. team’s...”
– Mitt Romney-Helmed Olympics Outsourced Uniforms To Burma on HuffPo
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Insult to injury: How the House snuck protection... →
If the GOP really believed in the free market, they wouldn’t need to sneak in this industry protectionism… and GMOs would fall of their own weight like a house of cards. Consumers do not want Frankenfoods. I guess it’s the GMOP now.
By Tom Laskawy
Apparently it wasn’t quite enough for the House Agriculture Committee to pass a version of the farm bill that made over $16 billion...
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“Apple recently released a Podcasts app for iOS. This application has a number of...”
– Subscribe to any podcast in iOS Podcasts app - Mac OS X Hints
listening to "Erasure-Too Darn Hot" →
Back in 1990, there was an AIDS benefit album “Red, Hot + Blue” with the music of Cole Porter. The music video is part PSA. http://bit.ly/redhotblue
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Really this is about urban youth violence, but the...
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Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Timeline | Mother Jones →
This is an excellent resource, making use of the latest technology.
—By Tim Murphy
| Mon Jul. 16, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Mitt Romney/Flickr
Since his first run for office in 1994, Mitt
Romney has been dogged by charges that the private equity firm he founded profited from outsourcing and shuttered companies. But over the last two weeks,new documents emerged to call into question the GOP...
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listening to "Solas - Pastures of Plenty" →
Winifred Horan’s fiddle playing elevates this song. Happy 100th Birthday, Woody Guthrie! http://woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Pastures_Of_Plenty.htm
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WatchNerdfest news.
Captain Actual America Overweight, Hopelessly In Debt
Comic Con is once again marred by the increasingly popular Bully-Con, a weird glitch causes ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ to reboot in the middle of the movie, and the ‘Richie Rich’ comic strip introduces a new, even gayer character. It’s the week of July 9th, 2012.
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“…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
THE...”
– AccuWeather.com - Andover Weather Advisories - Weather Warnings & Watches for Andover, MA
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“The beaches in Ipswich (Pavilion, Cranes, Steep Hill, Little Neck and Clark) are...”
– Town of Ipswich - Beach Closure by Order of the Ipswich Health Department
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Where was I when Ben Harper burst on the scene?...
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“Every day can be New Year’s Day /...
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“The Occupy Wall Street movement is not just demanding change. It is also...”
– Sarah van Gelder, Excerpt From the Book This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement by Sarah van Gelder and the staff of YES! Magazine
My students read this piece for today. We are considering the origins of social movements. I think this quote is particularly pithy, because it...
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“Set me alight
We’ll punch a hole...
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“So from a stance of calm
A stepping out of...
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Okay, it’s the Monday following the biggest...
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IRS Locked Down After White Powder Found in...
Subject: UPDATED: IRS Locked Down After White Powder Found in Envelope Date: July 9, 2012 11:53:30 AM EDT Emergency officials have begun letting employeess go home at the Internal Revenue Service after the building was locked down following the discovery of white powder in an envelope.The Andover Fire Department has responded and personnel are currently investigating the incident along with...
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Because that’s the way my mind works, this...
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I know Zooropa tested the loyalty of many a U2...
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Utility Scam Arrives in New England, National Grid...
Subject: Utility Scam Arrives in New England, National Grid Urges Caution Date: July 5, 2012 7:51:30 AM EDT National Grid is asking customers to be on alert for a scam stating utility bills will be paid by the Federal government or President Obama after sending a social security number and bank routing information.The scam has impacted utility customers in Florida, New Jersey, North...
