links for 2009-02-08
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A gay woman not allowed to visit her dying partner at Jackson Memorial Hospital in 2007 hopes a federal judge will allow her claims of emotional distress and negligence to go to trial.
links for 2009-02-07
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi needs to be removed from power immediately. By whatever means necessary. Hop to it, Italy.
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Tax cuts, especially for the rich, get you very little stumulus. Military spending gets you $0. Food stamps make 73 cents – HUGE stimulus. Republicans have been dead wrong for YEARS.
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What you can get for your bailout dollar. 1 dollar investing in food stamps will generate 1.73 dollars in stimulus spending. Cutting corporate taxes – 1 dollar gets you back 30 cents.
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Obama chose Elkhart because of its high unemployment rate, which has jumped from 4.7 percent to 15.3 percent in a year. (and to hit Republicans who voted against his bill in their home districts.)
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WANT. Really really WANT.
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They try to tell him that he is responsible for paying his dead mother's debt (not true) and that such non-payments caused the financial crisis (completely not true.) LIARS. Jerks. Insensitive asses.
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So cool. Just cool.
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Our marketing people really need this stuff! I should buy it as presents.
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If you lost your camera, it's possible someone might post here if they found it.
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Now if only the city of Indianapolis would do a similar forensic investigation of that rotten egg smell we get every so often.
links for 2009-02-06
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Best line: "former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice having not yet received a single customer at her kissing booth."
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Lego renderings of iconic NYC items.
links for 2009-02-05
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Cool robots.
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Um. Wow. I'll get started sending these out. Heh.
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Interesting lesson on doing your profession for free. You devalue your work.
Colbert: War on Photographers
Funny Colbert Report on America’s war on photographers.
Harlan Ellison on volunteering your professional work
This is a really good point – and it was made to me many years ago by a woman who objected to me doing web design on a volunteer basis. She pointed out that the reason so many women are downwardly mobile is because they give away their work through volunteerism, where men demand to be paid.
links for 2009-02-04
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Artist who does some cool stuff with buttons.
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Bags made from recycled billboard materials.
So… what would the opposite of koumpounophobia be?
Why do I ask? No reason, really. Ahem.
I’m really looking forward to Coraline hitting theaters!
(My weird obsession with buttons started when I was a little kid. The pillowcases my grandmother made had tiny button closures, and I would play when them while falling asleep. It’s a comfort thing.)
links for 2009-02-03
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Read a really positive review of this game; seems like it's right up my alley.
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