There is no limit to what’s available on YouTube… (still can’t find a version of Tom Paxton’s “Attica”, though).
Open Thread: “Supernatural” Wealth Transfer
Ed Kilgore, looking for the lighter side, links to a National Review report on a 2008 book by E.W. Jackson, now running for lieutenant governor in Virginia on the GOP ticket: “We live in the most interesting times in human history. These are the days spoken of in Scripture, the days of fulfillment. This is …
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Open Thread: Info Wants to Be Free, But How Expensive Is Collecting It?
(Ted Rall’s blog) Gail Collins, at the NYTimes: … Does the N.S.A. really need all the stuff it’s collecting? Ever since the attack on the World Trade Center, the agency has been exploding. It has an enormous operation outside of Washington, and it is building another million-square-foot complex in the Utah desert. It collects an …
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Food Safety: Good for Workers, Good for Consumers
No Recipe Exchange this week, alas, so on a related topic, here’s hopeful news about an initiative to improve food safety by improving conditions for the workers who pick our crops: MOSS LANDING, Calif. — With piles of fresh strawberries beckoning consumers at markets and stores this season, an alliance of a major retailer, fruit …
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Open Thread: Here They Come Again
Willard Romney & Sons, GOP multi-taskers! Jason Horowitz, in the Washington Post: PARK CITY, Utah — John Schoenfeld came to an exclusive resort here to do business with Mitt Romney. But he stayed for the politics. Schoenfeld spent most of Wednesday in a downstairs conference room of the Stein Eriksen Lodge assessing the investments of …
Late Night Open Thread: To Infinity, With Legos!
At last, a piece of news that doesn’t entirely suck. From the Washington Post: Fresh off of the unveiling of their largest model ever — a Star Wars X-wing Starfighter — LEGO is now teaming up with the real-life space explorers, NASA, for a new design competition. The “NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build” challenge will …
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Open Thread: New Candidate for ‘Worst Person in the World’
Mark Bittman, in the NYTimes, highlights a rising star: … The current versions of the Farm Bill in the Senate (as usual, not as horrible as the House) and the House (as usual, terrifying) could hardly be more frustrating. The House is proposing $20 billion in cuts to SNAP — equivalent, says Beckmann, to “almost …
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