Clearing out the ol' bookmarks folder post-election. Stuff I probably should've posted about before. Or not.
Activist Toolbox, from the Rainforest Action Network. Some cool stuff if you find yourself tempted by the sins of boredom and/or despair.
"The Baghdad Follies." From Janet Reitman in Rolling Stone.
BillHicks.com. The site has tons of audio and video, so go laugh at a dead man.
Business, none of your. Like many things in the attic, this is several months old. Note the third item in this list of daily "Business" news briefs. It seems that the drug Remicade can sometimes produce "fatal blood and central nervous system disorders." This information is provided in the business section because, apparently, it is considered of greatest concern to investors who might be considering buying or selling stock in Centocor, the drug's manufacturer. The notion that this information might be considered of greater importance to the people actually taking the drug — the people actually at risk of suffering "fatal blood and central nervous system disorders" — is not part of the equation, and so nothing about this finding appears in the paper outside of the business section. The same thing occurs routinely when product recalls are announced exclusively in the business section. Again, it's true that a wise investor wants to avoid investing in E-coli-tainted beef or in an SUV that tends to roll over, but aren't these items also newsworthy to the people who might be eating the beef or driving the SUV?
Camp Redemption. And Neal Pollack on church and state.
The Church of Bush. I've linked to this insightful article from Rick Perlstein before. I'm linking to it again now because it turns out to have been more prescient than I realized at the time.
Danielson Famile. I missed the Oct. 8 show in Philly and I'm still bitter about that. But they've got a new and improved Web site — complete with a few MP3s and some nice photos of Brother Danielson in the Nine Fruit Tree. (This article is as good an introduction as you will find outside of actually seeing the Famile live.)
Darfur. Yeah, it's genocide. No, your government is not going to do anything about it. America's money and military are currently busy elsewhere. So here again is the link for the International Rescue Committee, which I'm told is doing some good there.
Do you feel safer? Part 2
Do you feel safer? Part 3
Do you feel safer? Part 4. Shop-lifting baby formula now prosecuted as "terrorism."
Faith in the workplace. I'm a big fan of every-day Christianity and not just the only-on-Sundays variety. But what are we to make of "faith in the workplace" ministries that lead people to say things like: " We teach biblical principles like rendering yourself as a servant. That's very pro-management. … It's all very American." Or like this: "My three priorities are God, my fiancé and fashion. … It's so nice to be able to come somewhere where people share the same beliefs." (Personally, I'd be suspicious of coworkers who took such an interest in my fiance.)
Gang violence. This post from Mark Kleiman distills a lot of good information into one wise list of "solutions that emerge from the judicious study of discernible reality." Members of the reality-based community may want to pay heed.
Lord's Prayer, shockwave animation — it's like a cyber-prayer wheel (via Mike Todd, months ago).
Maher, Bill, "I'm spreading the anti-gospel."
Mega-Slow Network. Maybe this is just a Mac-user thing, I don't know. But why is it that MSNBC sites are so slow? I love checking in with Dr. Eric at Altercation, but it takes forever to load the page. I usually try to find some small errand or task to occupy the time between clicking the link and actually being able to read the page — something like going down to the mailbox, or running to Wawa for milk. I can't imagine what it would be like with dial-up.
Return Day. This post-election tradition is, alas, unique to Georgetown, Del. We ought to do this everywhere.
Seuss, Dr., a catalog of political cartoons by (I forget if I included this the last time I cleaned out the attic. If I did, well, here it is again.)
Worry Too Much. Robert Christgau on Buddy Miller, Mark Heard, George W. Bush and Jesus Christ.
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