August 2009
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“There is a chance, however, that Texas could become the first state to...”
– Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker (yes, I’m still reading this story)
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Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death... →
most indigent inmates, like Willingham, who constitute the bulk of those on death row, lack the resources to track down new witnesses or dig up fresh evidence. They must depend on court-appointed lawyers, many of whom are “unqualified, irresponsible, or overburdened,” as a study by the Texas Defender Service, a nonprofit organization, put it. In 2000, a Dallas Morning News investigation revealed...
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“The founder of Blackwater USA deliberately caused the deaths of innocent...”
– Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Accused in U.S. District Court of Intent to Kill - washingtonpost.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
The Bird and the Bee (6)
Simone Dinnerstein (6)
Neil Finn (4)
The Perishers (4)
Liz Phair (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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WatchWeird Al Yankovic + Current’s “Supernews” = cute music video. And the song is so durn catchy! [Ringtone // Current]
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Apropos of nothing
When I was much, much younger and would see the phrase “hors d’oeuvres” in books or magazines, I would read it as “whores de-vores.” It wasn’t until I was reading something aloud to my mom (I was about 11, I think) that she told me how it was really pronounced.
Yet even nowadays, when I see the French term, I initially associate it with my childhood...
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“I’ve done some hard thinking about what it means to be healthy. First, I learned...”
– The Human Condition : The Fat Nutritionist: On Loving My Job and My Body
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Daytime Emmys to fete 'Sesame Street' - Variety →
At this year’s Daytime Emmys, the most famous street in the world (co-productions of “Sesame” play in more than 140 countries) is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for pioneering and providing 40 years’ of unmatched excellence in family entertainment and preschool education.This may be the first year I’ll watch the Daytime Emmys since I graduated from...
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Watch‘Reading Rainbow’ Reaches Its Final Chapter : NPR (via dcwhip) I read about this a few weeks back when KLRU posted that Reading Rainbow wasn’t making new episodes after today. I was raised on the show, and still adore it. But honestly, though, it’s amazing that it has lasted this long.
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“Under the $75 billion program, called Making Home Affordable, lenders are...”
– Subprime Lenders Getting U.S. Subsidies, Report Says - washingtonpost.com
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The Lincoln Center Fountain Is Being Taught Some... →
The centerpiece of the performing arts complex, its plaza fountain, is not only being replaced, but its water effects are now being “choreographed” as well. The firm doing it is also responsible for a water extravaganza set to Broadway, pop and operatic tunes at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and the nearby volcano of water, fire and light outside the MGM Mirage.Wherein I admit that the cheesy...
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WatchFirst in the “Mapping Main Street” series focuses on Main Street in Chattanooga. [In Chattanooga, Main St. Is A Prostitution Strip : NPR]
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“Fame and celebrity are cheap and useful, but history, usually and stubbornly,...”
– From a 2003 piece on Sen. Ted Kennedy, Kennedy Unbound - The Boston Globe
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“He and I were talking after his diagnosis. And I said, I think you’re the only...”
– Joe Biden on the passing of his friend, Ted Kennedy (via apsies)
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Mapping Main Street →
I heard the first story of this project on Weekend Edition Saturday - it was powerful stuff. I’m just disappointed Austin doesn’t have a Main Street. Congress Avenue is our main street (I doubt there’s much disagreement on that), but we don’t have any street named Main.
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Remembering Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Lives On -... →
The speech was designed as a worded symphony, rising and rousing the audience then falling to a quieter level and aiming to transfix listeners before the tempo picked up again. It was alternately serious and joyful, and it was movingly personal about the individuals and families in trouble whom Kennedy had met on the campaign trail. As he finished, Kennedy, who avoided mentioning his slain...
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“I’ma call you back. I’m snitting next to Borpo!”
– Liz Lemon, “30 Rock”
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Cat Power, “Sea of Love” [Amazon].
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
Liz Phair (16)
Mistislav Rostropovich (3)
Miriam Makeba (3)
Mohammed Rafi (1)
The Pinker Tones (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Watch[NPR: For Fido And Friends, Times Aren’t So ‘Ruff’]
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“An investigation by The New York Times has found that in some towns, atrazine...”
– Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass - NYTimes.com
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Blitzen Trapper, “War on Machines”...
“Dick Armey, who is suing to get out from under the tyranny of Medicare, is...”
– Many of the pundits attacking government health insurance rely on government health insurance for their own families. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine 