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The Arts United, Issue 3: Metaphysical Expressions
My good brother in the spirit, Will Bermudez, is Creative Director for The Arts United Journal. (He is also a bad ass photag–one of my favorites, actually). The whole Arts United team–Daniela Riojas (Director), Viktoria Valencuela (Chief Editor), Jose Mojica (Production Manger) and Will–is doing some wonderful work down in San…
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If Businessmen Became Bodhisattvas: “Selling In”
Interesting. David E. Storey Young people who go into lucrative professions scorned as bereft of moral scruples rather than choosing a noble profession helping others are often regarded as “selling out.” But Jason Trigg, a recent MIT graduate, “sells in“: Jason Trigg went into finance because he is after money —…
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peace pledge
Pledge to spread tranquility–let-go of unnecessary struggles that bring only division between us.
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Guided Insight Meditation | Joseph Goldstein – YouTube
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A Brief Outbreak Of Draconian Sanity | Esquire
A conviction on this charge [“aiding the enemy”] literally would have criminalized the dissemination of information, which is the central purpose of the First Amendment, as long as one of our many purported enemies had access to a computer, or a buck to pick up The New York Times at…
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Doubling McDonald’s Salaries Would Cause Your Big Mac To Cost Just 68¢ More: Study
McDonald’s can afford to pay its workers a living wage without sacrificing any of its low menu prices, according to a new study provided to The Huffington Post by a University of Kansas student. Doubling the salaries and benefits of all McDonald’s employees — from workers earning the federal minimum…
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On Artist Alexander Colville
Micheline's Blog Hound in Field, by Alexander Colville* *1958 casein tempera (cacéine a tempera) Alexander Colville is great artist and, among all of his paintings, this is one I truly like. It has what I call definition. There is nothing impressionistic about it. It is a portrait of a dog drawn and painted…
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Robert Scheer: Gag Me With Lawrence Summers – Robert Scheer’s Columns – Truthdig
The idea that Barack Obama would still consider appointing Lawrence Summers to head the Federal Reserve rather than order an investigation into this former White House official’s Wall Street payments, reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal, mocks the president’s claimed concern for the disappearing middle class. Summers is in…
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This Extraordinary Pope
Originally posted on The Dish: I’ve just watched the actual video of Pope Francis’ airplane press conference, and it’s even more remarkable than the quotes we gleaned earlier from reporters like John Allen. What’s so striking to me is not what he said, but how he said it: the gentleness,…
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Prisencolinensinainciusol – YouTube
It is included on the collection of “fake english” videos collected by Grammar Party which I just reblogged, but I have been listening to it since my friend Lindsay P. recommended it to me. Certainly, it is catchy, fun, and deserves its own separate entry. Enjoy again and again: Related articles…
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Fox News Host Never Asked Baptist College Professor Why He Wrote Book About Islam
Following up on the earlier post where Lauren Green at Fox made a thorough fool of herself… While host Lauren Green, the main religion correspondent for Fox News, spent the interview asking Aslan about his Muslim faith, Green never asked a professor from a university affiliated with Southern Baptists why…
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The Sad Reality of White-on-White Violence
A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the open. It was an ugly display and a sad day…
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Son of Man: Scott Korb on Reza Aslan’s “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” | Los Angeles Review of BooksLos Angeles Review of Books
…Zealot is a biography and history of early Christianity whose central premise is that to understand who Jesus was we must better understand the world he lived in. This is Roman Palestine, an occupied land. The first third of Aslan’s book brilliantly paints this bloody backdrop, which ends in 70…
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