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Palin Debate Prep Flowchart

by Aden Renkai, via Political Wire (thanks Teresa Nielsen Hayden!) via boingboing Tags: news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits

2008 10 03 nathaniel pop culture
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david&GOLIATH: artists versus corporate crime (updated)

Reember this? Gerhard Marx had his art work pretty much stolen by an ad agency for a series of BMW ads. That lawsuit is about to come to a head; many artists want to help – and also don’t want to allow this to happen again. Here’s how the bag factory plans to help: You [...]

2008 09 24 nathaniel art
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John McCain = disgusting (updated!)

Sorry for the blatant politics amidst a general lack of blogging, but I can’t believe I actually used to respect this man. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video via Andrew Sullivan The Obama response (finally): You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Tags: news [...]

2008 09 15 nathaniel re-blog tidbits Comments (0)

Four Iowan’s Attempt Citizen’s Arrest On Karl Rove | AHN | July 27, 2008

Four Iowan’s Attempt Citizen’s Arrest On Karl Rove | AHN | July 27, 2008 Des Moines, Iowa (AHN) — Four people were arrested Friday for attempting to make a citizen’s arrest on Karl Rove.The group of three Catholic workers and a retired Methodist minister and Peace and Justice Advocate were cited for trespassing and released [...]

2008 07 27 nathaniel re-blog tidbits Comments (1)

we apologize (updated)

I just saw this sign for the first time. It reads, “Connecticut Welcomes You. Birthplace of George W. Bush. We Apologize.” Awesome (Updated note: it turns out that this sign is a mash-up / fake, but still awesome in my opinion. See comments for more.) Tags: art, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, uncategorical

2008 07 17 nathaniel art
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I’m voting Republican (video irony)

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Tags: news and politics, re-blog tidbits

2008 06 13 nathaniel re-blog tidbits Comments (3)

friend of the summit

For those of you who don’t know, I’m a huge supporter of Creative Commons (CC), and more specifically iCommons. The former is an organization dedicated to open source coding and content for creative technologists, designers, artists, musicians, scientists (and more!), and promotes access and re-mixing through distribution licenses that are alternatives to copyright worldwide. The [...]

2008 05 14 nathaniel Compressionism
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The Reverend Jeremiah Wright (updated) (updated again) (and again)

UPDATE Well, read the below and watch the interview, but I will admit that, to quote AmericaBlog, Wright “crossed over into cuckoo-land yesterday, saying that our government created AIDS, among other things.” It’s weird the juxtaposition between the Moyers interview and his self aggrandizing press conference yesterday. I don’t understand…. UPDATE II: Joe Conason argues [...]

2008 04 26 nathaniel re-blog tidbits
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fuck that media bullshit

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2008 04 17 nathaniel pop culture
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A more perfect union (updated)

My president: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video And, I must also quote Andrew Sullivan’s first response in full: Alas, I cannot give a more considered response right now as I have to get on the road. But I do want to say that this searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, [...]

2008 03 18 nathaniel pop culture
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Joy Garnett, New Paintings. Winkleman Gallery, Feb 15-Mar 15

A fantastic artist and friend, with a real sense of community, someone who knows her way around – and helps to drive art on – the internet as well as the studio (not to mention kitchen: Joy and I were on residence in Croatia together for iCommons last year, and she made some fantastic meals), [...]

2008 02 09 nathaniel Links
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Obama vs. the Phobocracy

“… in the name of preserving hope do we disdain it. That is how a phobocracy maintains its grip on power.” This is a moving and wonderful article that every American should read before they go to the polls. Chabon, who wrote one of my favorite books of all time, nails it when he explains [...]

2008 02 09 nathaniel pop culture
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yes we can (updated below)(another update)

I have been been mostly refraining from posting on politics (compared to how much time I have invested in it personally). But this, I could not resist. Mr.Dippy: Yes We Can. Just beautiful. Go OBAMA!!!!!!!! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video update. The gist: The Black Eyed Peas’ frontman, [...]

2008 02 02 nathaniel art
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Election

Hillary channeling Reese Witherspoon. Tags: news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, youtube

2008 01 25 nathaniel pop culture
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(U)SA should listen to Tutu

Bishop Desmond Tutu seems to be one of few outspoken and visible Apartheid heroes that still speaks a lot of sense. The quotes below are from this article on the Mail & Guardian, where Tutu is talking about Mbeki and Zuma in SA, but I think America has a lot to gain from his insights, [...]

2007 12 14 nathaniel re-blog tidbits
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a war about war

Although I sometimes cringe at his take on liberal things as I see them, I appreciate Andrew Sullivan’s thought process and writing on most things political – he’s a classic ‘conservative’ (not a neo-con) and has the insight to see that his species is endangered…. He has a great article on Obama in The Atlantic [...]

2007 11 25 nathaniel re-blog tidbits Comments (0)

Tom Moody vs MTAA

Check out the brawl in the comments at AFC. P.S. This is art-ish about not-art about art about art, if you follow. Tags: art, creative commons, news and politics, pop culture, re-blog tidbits, stimulus, uncategorical

2007 11 21 nathaniel art
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iCommons benefit auction

The iCommons Auction: Unique Internet Artifacts iCommons, the global non-profit incubated by Creative Commons, and based in Johannesburg, South Africa is auctioning off paraphernalia donated by some of the world’s leading Internet figures. The over thirty items on the auction list run the gamut from the historical: the coats worn by Internet activist and Stanford [...]

2007 11 15 nathaniel art
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Obama

Please, more like this, Mr. President. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Tags: Links, news and politics, youtube

2007 11 11 nathaniel Links
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call waterboarding torture?

Off-topic, but I have to put this out there. The constant Republican talking point on this topic is that if Democrats (and others) sincerely feel that waterboarding is torture, then they should explicitly state as such and make it illegal. Currently, the law reads “acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment” as torture. [...]

2007 11 10 nathaniel Comments (1)