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Originally posted on Poppaculture's Blog: On Oct. 12, 1968, two months after its release, Big Brother and the Holding Company had the #1 album in the US with Cheap Thrills. The psychedelic band from San Francisco was fronted by the… Continue reading
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‘Blind Faith Of Climate Change Deniers Endangers Us All’ | ThinkProgress
Open Thread And Cartoon Of The Week: ‘Blind Faith Of Climate Change Deniers Endangers Us All’ | ThinkProgress. Continue reading
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Movie Trailer: Comedy Love Zombie History
Originally posted on Drunk Astronaut: “There’s nothing hotter than a girl with brains.” In theaters February 1 from Summit Entertainment is Warm Bodies, a new kind of zombie film from All the Boys Love Mandy Lane director Jonathan Levine. Continue reading
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The Untold Delights Of Duluth | American History Lives at American Heritage
Thanks to my good colleague & sister Kelli Barr for point out this awesomely sarcastic speech that heralds the Age of Boosterism whilst firmly planted in the Gilded Age. From the speech of Rep. J. Proctor Knott (D-KY) to the… Continue reading
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Aphorism 12 Dec 2012
The goal of science is the utility of understanding. The target of philosophizing is the beauty of comprehension. Continue reading
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Kazakhstan Beats Alabama On Science Tests
“Poverty, race, and opportunity are every bit as important to the educational success of students as what they do while sitting in class. If we want to improve a nation’s intellectual and entrepreneurial spirit, it will take much more than… Continue reading
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Inner Feelings
Originally posted on Broken Light Collective: Photo taken by Luis Rosado, a Floor Supervisor and Lighting Technician of a film equipment rental house. He has been suffering from anxiety and depression for over 30 years, and has been sober for… Continue reading
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Stability and Change
Originally posted on Larval Subjects .: The important thing to understand that it is not the possibility of change, motion, and becoming that needs explanation, but rather persistence, stability, and endurance. It is a stable entity that is improbable, not… Continue reading
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Conservative Progress & Same-Sex Marriage
I suppose in the circles that Matalin travels in, this would be considered uber-progressive. It def is a kind of progress. Republican political strategist Mary Matalin must have finally gotten the message that a growing number of Americans support marriage… Continue reading
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Originally posted on WYRD ATTRACTIONS: “If you want to be a happy person, do not read a self-help book: have happier friends.” RSA Animate – 21st century enlightenment – YouTube. Continue reading
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Booted from plum committee seats, three GOP reps want answers – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs
Let’s see… They regularly voted against how the party leadership needed t hem to vote. They often spoke about GOP leadership as unworthy of their position when even the hint of compromise with Democrats looked possible. They are more concerned… Continue reading
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R&Ex’s 500th Post: The Student Debt Crisis
Thanks to all of those who have been reading this blog and spurring me on to keep posting. The other day I passed 10,000 views. And today is another milestone: the 500th post. I wanted to be sure and pick… Continue reading
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Adding Color To The Most Iconic Photos In History | The Roosevelts
I usually don’t go in for the colorizing of B&W. This is probably a holdover of when the fad was colorizing films, some of which directors had purposefully chosen to do in B&W as an aspect of the film. But… Continue reading
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