January 2008
40 posts
@badbanana: I have to admit, I think Bush won that debate.
@misc: he should have delivered the speech in a flight suit.
The Root →
New Black affairs web magazine.
@emilychang: oops, just face-dialed on my iphone while on a call.
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around...
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps →
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The "Latino Vote:" Myth and Reality | Professor... →
Experts say that while Latino voters might be critical constituencies in several major primary states, a monolithic bloc of voters of Hispanic descent doesn’t exist. In addition, certain storylines — such as whether Latinos will vote for a black candidate — ignore the diversity among Hispanic peoples.
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WatchDocumentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson. (Internet Archive)
@adactio: Laughing at @clagnut trying to answer his phone when the song he uses as a ringtone came on the stereo.
Station Chief Made Appeal To Destroy CIA Tapes →
Taping was conducted from August to December 2002 to demonstrate that interrogators were following the detailed rules set by lawyers andmedical experts in Washington, and were not causing a detainee’s death.
The Double Standard Against Barack Obama's Church →
“Dear Whoever,
Woody lives and I’m glad.
Love,
John Lennon, ‘75”
– Woody Guthrie Archives
Breaking bars to jobs (Boston Globe) →
Today, Patrick will unveil his plan to overhaul the state’s Criminal Offender Record Information law, better known as CORI. The administration has mapped out its approach largely behind closed doors.
Frank Gets Lucky
1. Six years Sammy Price’s mother handed towels at Jimmy Ryan’s hustling for tips. Then one night she was on the bandstand still in her work clothes suddenly a blues singer— Mean blues fairies stuck their forks in me Made me moan and groan in misery— and Frank like a circus bear under the glaring lights— 2. But on the trumpet, like a night thrush: it was a way of walking, talking. Had it...
Frankie Newton and Orchestra - Minor Jive
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Tasered While Black: 29 year old Florida Man... →
Outlaw tasers now!
Really Bad Country Song Titles →
“I never worried about antisemitism in America until I started reading Digg.com.”
– @mobius
“son flooded bathroom. water coming trough ceiling. not good.”
– @ClockworkAnge
