Armchair Radical (Ian Saxton, via Daniel Spaulding)
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Sunday, Bloody Sunday/ U2
This is the U2 that I was in love with. And still am I suppose. Sounds so good. Little known fact: my oldest sister’s ex-husband’s brother-in-law opened for U2 on the European tour for War.
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The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
Even though I’ve listened to this record at least 30 times, I don’t think I’ve seen the cover art before (thank you, era of pirated and poorly organized digital music!). Instantly maybe one of my favorite live album covers ever. And how awesome would attending a Talking Heads show like that have been?
I’ve had this on vinyl since high school or college, so the images aren’t news to me—but I TOTALLY know what you mean. Oh to have been around then and there…
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Dhani Harrison (son of George), George Martin and Giles Martin (son of George) fiddle around with the mix of “Here Comes The Sun” when they discover George Harrison’s guitar solo, which was left off of the record and which nobody recalls hearing before.
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“I was about to cut a chocolate cake and when I moved the plate on the countertop I noticed a very interesting sound.” Diego Stocco (previously) makes music from his kitchen.
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Sushi Eating Etiquette
Uh oh. I’ve been doing it wrong—for years! If this is reliable info. My sushi faux pas, going by this:
- chopstick rubbing
- rice dunking
- ginger flopping
- wasabi dumping
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Good morning, yoga mat. Long time no see. (Taken with instagram)
Hermewt Caingrich (via Perry Wants To “Mate Up” Gingrich and Cain | Mother Jones by @adamserwer pic: @NickBaumann)
GAAAAAHHHHH. Run! Run for your lives!!
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Wow, this looks really good, even I say so myself. #maharashtrian #aloo #gobhi (Taken with instagram)
Making some curry and listening to Etta James on Terry Gross http://n.pr/ygzzuA (Taken with instagram)
Out back (Taken with Instagram at US Post Office)
Remember back in May of last year, when The Lens reported that the same FEMA trailers that once housed victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita were being resold Alabama as cheap housing for people displaced after tornadoes destroyed residential areas in 2011? Our investigation found that the trailers, many of which were proven to be releasing toxic levels of formaldehyde from the particle board walls into the small living space, were being released into the open market with little to no assurance that buyers would be made aware of the possible dangers of long-term exposure to the interior to the trailers — and that the people most likely to buy these units are low-income folks in need of cheap housing in the wake of massive disaster or a housing crisis.
Despite our investigation and frequent indications that people living in the units frequently suffer from respiratory illness and skin problems, we haven’t seen any significant steps toward protecting buyers from potentially harmful housing. In fact, we’ve found that FEMA sold or auctioned these trailers into the open market, and the units are now being used as long-term housing as natural disasters destroy homes and a housing crisis forces some people to downgrade to more affordable lodging.
Most importantly, the tests we’ve run on some of these trailers have shown extremely high levels of formaldehyde, which indicates that dangerous concentrations of the neurotoxin may be present in as many as 50,000 trailers . There has been no effort to track the location of these trailers beyond their initial sale, allowing the potentially toxic units to be easily bought and sold across the country despite the health risks.
For these reasons, The Lens is teaming up with the University of Oxford for Trailertrack, a journalistic and scientific excursion to the southeast United States. Ariella Cohen, an investigative reporter with The Lens, and Nick Shapiro, a medical anthropologist with the University of Oxford, will leave today for Florida to seek out trailers and trailer residents, test the trailers they find for formaldehyde, and learn more about how the units are turning up many miles from New Orleans. The trailertrackers will hit Ocala, Harvey, Tampa and Palm Beach this weekend, and will also visit Texas and Oklahoma in the coming weeks.
[P]eople close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.
“It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. . . . He would proof it,’’ said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul’s company and a supporter of the Texas congressman.

