September 2010
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Watchtheweekmagazine:
The GOP ‘Pledge’: Solutions, or ‘lollipops’? Republicans defend their “Pledge to America” amid criticism that it offers nothing new and is light on specifics
“I was looking forward to this very much, but I think it’s like saying to the children, ‘You know what, let’s all take a pledge, everybody can have lollipops for breakfast.’”
-Juan Williams, NPR
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“The failure of the economics profession to address our deeper problems...”
– Michael Hirsh, in his final column for Newsweek, on why, with America in trouble, our economists are AWOL and our scientists are off “financial engineering” (via newsweek)
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WatchThis is the most hilariously awesome, batshit insane political speech you’ll see this year, I promise. Go Ohio!
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WatchThis is fucking awesome.
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Micheladas, anyone?
I’m a Scotch man, usually. But during the summer, my brother/roommate and I go for micheladas. There’s a few ways to make this delicious adult beverage. As an end of the summer tribute, this is how we make ours: Ingredients: 1/2 a lime kosher salt or margarita salt Cholula garlic hot sauce ice pint glass 1 Mexican beer
The mix: 1. Wet the rim of your pint glass with the lime juice...
“What I will tell you is that their very actions will in fact jeopardize the...”
– Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, head of NATO efforts to train Afghan security forces.
The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington by burning copies of the Muslim holy book. (The Quran)
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What Labor Day Means in 2010 →
A collection of the best editorials today focused on the economy and unemployment.
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Tumblr Staff: Fixing Content Attribution (Once and... →
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dbreunig:
Huge news. Tumblr just devised a passive way to structure a whole lot of unstructured data. I’m just hoping API support for looking at source data isn’t far behind. With one, you could:
Build your own Stumbleupon for content outside the Tumblr sandbox.
Publishers could determine what bits of their content are the most engaging.
Visualize the data and better understand...
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