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Turner Prize and Runa Islam

artsandletters wrote 1 hour ago: I am sorry to see that Runa Islam, who had been nominated for the Turner Prize last May, did not go … more →

Tags: Reviews, Art, Feminism, Frye, tate

Texas Football Fans Use Facebook to Express Discontent or: Share

mymisplacedpants wrote 2 hours ago: Why So Serious? vol. 2 by Gabe Hernandez AUSTIN — The release of the recent BCS standings insp … more →

Tags: College Sports, Satire

Blow the top off the thing

badphonekarmagirl wrote 8 hours ago: Just when you think the Bush Administration is done, when it looks like they have put it on cruise a … more →

Tags: bush, Mountaintop mining

Image versus Reality

scottthedot wrote 8 hours ago: Much has been written recently about the ’scam’ called Lapland New Forest. This was wher … more →

Tags: British Gas, lapland new forest

Tribal Warpaint

williamthecoroner wrote 9 hours ago: I’ve noticed an upsurgence in different colours of nail varnish recently.  Gunmetal grey, gre … more →

Classic Blues & Jazz 5-Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 14 hours ago: Looking back over postings the last few weeks, Adam realised that he had not featured any jazz recen … more →

Tags: Blues jazz, enjoyment, History, Music, Afro-American History, American Music, bessie smith, Classic Blues & Jazz, Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

Why do the wrong people travel5 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 19 hours ago: This article from Stuff has quotes from a couple of whingersNZ tourists complaining about lack of as … more →

Tags: Thailand, Tourism, Travel, Bangkok, Noel Coward

Ottawatamess2 comments

bryanwiens wrote 21 hours ago: If you are looking for the background on the current Canadian federal political mess, there are lots … more →

Tags: Canada, Politics, Conservatives, Economy, Liberals, Stéphane Dion, Stephen Harper, Threat to Democracy

David Farrar, man of influence!1 comment

adamsmith1922 wrote 22 hours ago: The latest issue of the Listener, 6 December, has their Power Lists on the most influential people i … more →

Tags: Blogging, Blogosphere, Internet, media, Politics, David Farrar, internet media, kiwiblog, Political comment

Bangkok 'crisis' media fiction2 comments

adamsmith1922 wrote 22 hours ago: Looking at the non NZ media Adam was struck by how much less coverage of the Bangkok situation there … more →

Tags: media, New Zealand, Bangkok, Crisis, Media beat-up, Thailand

Arts versus Crafts1 comment

artsandletters wrote 1 day ago: First Thursday is coming up again this week, and I have been thinking once more about the legitimiza … more →

Tags: Art, Craft, First Thursday, Galleries, pennies, SAM

AMERICAN IDOL JUDGES RESPONSIBLE FOR PAULA GOODSPEED SUICIDE?

renejohn wrote 1 day ago: No I don’t think so,they were just doing their job. The braces thing was pretty tastless but t … more →

Tags: Music News

Movie: Welcome to Dongmakgol

Egoistic Suicide wrote 1 day ago: Released: 4 August 2005 (South Korea) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475783/ During the Korean War, si … more →

Tags: About the world., Action, Aggression, america, Americans, cinematography, Comedy, Craziness, Cuteness

High School Reunion Exposes My Crappy Memory

lennymaysay wrote 1 day ago: I hooked up with three of my high school classmates earlier today. This was supposed to be an annual … more →

Tags: South Africa, durban, High School Reunion, "City of Gold", Memories, Class of '83

How Could You Possibly Vote For That Man?

chuckredfern wrote 1 day ago: Think of me as an accidental iconoclast.  I’m a pro-life, Bible-thumping, holy-rolling evangelica … more →

Tags: Add new tag, Religion, Evangelical, Politics

Say YES to AIDS treatment subsidies!6 comments

mathialee wrote 1 day ago: In Singapore, AIDs patients do not get ANY subsidies for their treatment at all. Insurance policies … more →

Tags: Sexuality, Life and Death, HIV, Singapore, AIDS, Treatment, Subsidies, drugs, Medication

Black Friday

Jason Barr wrote 1 day ago: By now you have probably heard about the employee that was trampled to death in a New York Wal-Mart … more →

ambition, or something like it

lafemmesabotage wrote 1 day ago: yezzzz i saw a programme this morning for 6th formers fronted by a harmless IT guy nurtured on 80s h … more →

Tags: Cool

FAMILY READING::Finding Oprah's Roots, Our Power, and African American Lives1 comment

organicsoul22 wrote 1 day ago: GROUP READING::FINDING OPRAH’S ROOTS, OUR POWER AND AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES, HENRY LOUIS GATES, … more →

Tags: American History, Geneology, African-American History, Oprah Winfrey, FINDING OPRAH'S ROOTS, african american lives, Self Discovery, Empowerment, Literacy

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