January 2010
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Voice On The Line →
The era of nuclear anxiety, the Red scare, and covert CIA plots forever changed the way we engage with the telephone. Voice on the Line is an animated, experimental social commentary that explores the ideas of the Cold War and ungrounded paranoia.
Check out more short films from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival now playing in the YouTube Screening Room.
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“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you...”
– Teddy Roosevelt
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FBI Arrests James O'Keefe At Landrieu's Office →
James O’Keefe, the conservative filmmaker who posed as a pimp in video stings at ACORN field offices, has been arrested by the FBI at Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) office in downtown New Orleans, in connection to what appears to be an attempt to wiretap the offiice, NOLA.com reports:
FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abetted two others, Joseph...
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State of the Union: Official Drinking Game →
State of the Union live on YouTube
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“The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political...”
– Howard Zinn, author and historian
The world lost an incredible person today.
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Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes →
This expansive graph by Online Education tells you all you need to know about bottled water, as you scroll from top to bottom. Now excuse me while I try to hide my bottle of water. Won’t happen again, promise.
[Via Online Education]
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“Obama built a movement to get elected, but he hasn’t built a movement to govern.”
– Sam Tanenhaus
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Senegal and Haiti →
Is it megalomania or just a political stunt? Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade may not even know the answer himself, but his offer to let quake-stricken Haitians resettle in his West African country certainly qualifies as the most flamboyant response to the tragedy in Haiti.
“The repeated calamities that befall Haiti prompt me to propose a radical solution: to take measures to create, somewhere...
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What is Judge David Burnett thinking? →
Just Wednesday the Jonesboro Sun reported that Burnett overturned the death penalty against Robert Robbins for the gruesome 1997 murder of his former girlfriend, 19-year old Bethany White. In the initial trial, Robbins insisted upon defending himself, only allowing an attorney to sit in on the trial. The then-18-year-old Robbins asked for the death penalty, which he received the following...
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US Military Rifle Sights Inscribed With Secret... →
Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year...
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I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr. →
This is an audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving the “I Have a Dream” speech during the Civil Rights rally on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
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Why the world hates us: CNN reports on 3 "hurt"...
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Help Haiti Recover →
On Tuesday, a major earthquake struck Haiti, causing major devastation. The Red Cross is estimating that 3 million people have been affected — that’s one third of the country. There are many ways you can help:
Yele Haiti — Sponsored by Haitian-born Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti is accepting donations on their website. You can also donate $5 by texting “YELE” to...
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“But you find a lot of people just standing outside of destroyed buildings. You...”
– Anderson Cooper, reporting from Haiti
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A final goodbye before 'everything fell' →
From CNN, excerpt:
(CNN) — On Friday Martin Poitevien said goodbye to her parents at Miami International Airport before they flew home to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
“My mom is a worrier so I just told her, ‘Stop with your worry. Go home and enjoy your life with Dad. Go home and have the happiness and peace you’ve earned and deserve.’ I will remember this always because she didn’t say anything. She...
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“Even the worst of us in this political mosh pit of the early 21st century can...”
– Keith Olbermann on Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson.
rawstory
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WatchRaymond Joseph, Hatian ambassador to the U.S., responds to Pat Robertson’s claim that Haiti had a “pact with the devil.”
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The 10 Most Requested New Yorker Articles →
Every year, we receive thousands of calls and requests for articles in The New Yorker’s archive. The most interesting requests, of course, come not from congressional offices or research institutions but from everyday readers who are moved by a particular story or article and want to pass it along to a friend. Over the years, certain pieces have proved so overwhelmingly popular that we often keep...
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“[A]s Hillary bungled Caroline, Bill’s handling of Ted was even worse. The day...”
– Bill Clinton 2008 on Obama
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The Past, Present, and Future of Minimum Wage →
The U.S.federal minimum wage was established at $.25 per hour in 1938 and has increased over the years, in theory, to keep up with inflation, cost of living, and many other factors. Although the federal minimum wage is currently set at $7.25, each individual state ultimately has the ability to set their own minimum wage. Residents of Kansas are keenly aware of this fact, where the state minimum...
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December 2009
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On this day in 1999... →
Lou Dobbs was a respected, middle-of-the-road journalist.
The prospect of achieving Middle East peace seemed imminent.
Beltway pundits believed Al Gore and George W. Bush were centrists who would govern similarly.
You could meet your loved ones at their arrival gate.
There were more than 2 million Christians living in Iraq.
Osama bin Laden was living with his family in a compound in...
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