February 2009
January 2009
WatchJenny Holzer discusses the programming of her LED sculptures during the installation of the exhibition PROTECT PROTECT at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Featured works include MONUMENT (2008), Thorax (2008), Purple (2008), Blue Cross (2008), Green Purple Cross (2008), and Hand (2008), among others. The exhibition remains on view in Chicago through February 1st, and will travel to the...
Pigface - King of P.O.S. from 8 Bit Head: ...
The Moral Hazard of the “Bad Bank”
A few reminders for Geithner that are of the utmost importance: ▪ You no longer work for the Banks: The NY Fed is a private corporation, doing the bidding of the FOMC and its private sector owners — primarily, the primary dealers. In other words, the President of the NY Fed works for the biggest commercial and investment banks in New York. That is no longer operational for you. ▪ As Treasury...
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Betcha never thought there’d be a Super Bowl video that would meet its3am’s high standards for weirdness.
Not a single Republican in the house voted for the...
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“The main backers of the online video site Hulu, NBC Universal and News Corp.,...”
– Music Licensing Rights Hindering Hulu As Well | Techdirt
“This is what President Obama is telling the peoples of the region: Israel comes...”
– The Mailed Fist and the Velvet Glove- by Justin Raimondo (via @charleshope)
“Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner picked a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as a...”
– Geithner names ex-lobbyist as Treasury chief of staff - USATODAY.com
“Think about the ‘rules’ of Christianity for a moment. Okay —What was it that...”
– -Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book (via retropolitics) (via unburyingthelead)
“Despite the positive harbingers from Obama of a new, civilian-friendly foreign...”
– Juan Cole (via azspot)
Like I keep saying, judge presidents and prime ministers by what they have done and said, not by what you hope they might say or do.
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“Write off anyone who asserts that it’s always better to cut taxes than to...”
– Paul Krugman, NYT
“Tim Geithner was just approved by the Senate, 60-34, with 30 members of the...”
– TPMDC | Talking Points Memo | Geithner Confirmed With 30 GOPers, 3 Dems, and Sanders Voting No
The Simpsons - Burns, Baby Burns
Mr. Burns: Well, did you meet Larry?
Yale Official 1: Oh, yes. He made light of my weight problem, then suggested my motto should be "semper fudge." At that point, he told me to "relax".
Mr. Burns: How were his test scores?
Yale Official 2: Let's just say this -- he spelled "Yale" with a "6."
WWII Veteran Freezes To Death In Own Home →
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‘Officials in central Michigan say a 93-year-old man who owed more than $1,000 in unpaid electric bills froze to death inside his home — where the municipal power company had restricted his use of electricity.
Neighbors and friends of Marvin Schur want answers as to how this could happen. “Now that we do know it was hypothermia, there’s a whole bunch of feelings that I’ve got going...
WatchPassion Pit in the studio with a children’s choir.
WatchGameboy/Gamegirl- Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp
As McCain told Fox News yesterday:
Where are you going to send [the detainees]? That decision I would have made before I’d announced the closure, because I don’t know of a state in America that wants them in their state. It’s going to — you think Yucca Mountain is a NIMBY problem? Wait till you see this one.
Never mind that McCain seemed to have made that decision in 2007...
WatchReverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping - Hour Of Power #008 Poetry and Greenwashing
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“President Obama on Monday will direct federal regulators to move swiftly to...”
– Obama to Direct Shift in Emissions Regulations - NYTimes.com
“Missing on the blog are all the events of the past two days - the first pictures...”
– techPresident – Latency Issues? White House Site Is Gorgeous …. But Slow (via fred-wilson) (via soupsoup)
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Obama Meets the Crew of Air Force One
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