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mexicanfoodporn: Taco de papas y cebolla en salsa y taco de...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:20 -0400

Taco de papas y cebolla en salsa y taco de bistec con salsa de chipotle #mfpkitchen #potato #steak #spicy #salsa #lime #mfpkitchen #mexicanfoodporn

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'Too bad that Republicans don’t sing the praises of the First Amendment when the White House is held by the G.O.P. In fact, they do the exact opposite...'

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:02:33 -0400

…In fact, they did the exact opposite when the Republican administration does the exact same...

brazilwonders: Brazilian people (by VECTORINO) [meaningful...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:07 -0400

brazilwonders:

Brazilian people (by VECTORINO)

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One thing…that shouldn’t be up for debate is whether or...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:33:36 -0400

One thing…that shouldn’t be up for debate is whether or not we should be as prepared as possible for inevitable weather events like tornadoes…there’s an increasing chance that we will not be thanks to the manufactured crisis known as sequestration…sequestration includes an 8.2 percent cut to the National Weather Service. According to the organization representing weather service employees, that means there is “no way for the agency to maintain around-the-clock operations at its 122 forecasting offices” and also means “people are going to be overworked, they’re going to be tired, they’re going to miss warnings.”

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Haruki Murakami has signed a deal for the English translation...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:16:00 -0400

Haruki Murakami has signed a deal for the English translation of “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage”…[it] sold over a million copies in just over a week…in Japan…

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"I increasingly think of Obama as walking a tiny, little rope suspended across a Grand Canyon...."

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:09:32 -0400

“I increasingly think of Obama as walking a tiny, little rope suspended across a Grand Canyon....

…the QR code on the posters leads to a pro-gun website...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:53 -0400

…the QR code on the posters leads to a pro-gun website featuring an elaborate quiz on gun rights.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:24 -0400

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art: photographer unknown

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:28:36 -0400

[look of the hour]

'Americans moved to the suburbs after World War II to escape the problem of poverty in cities. Running away is no longer an option—the cities’ traditional woes are now in the suburbs, too.'

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:06:45 -0400

'Americans moved to the suburbs after World War II to escape the problem of poverty in cities. Running away is no longer an option—the cities’ traditional woes are now in the suburbs, too.'

'...every Republican on the House Agriculture Committee voted to approve an omnibus farm bill containing a $20 billion cut in food stamps over the next decade in the program’s $800 billion or so 10-year budget...'

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:57:24 -0400

While less devastating than turning the program into a capped block grant to the states, which the...

…volunteers help clean out [a] mobile home near Shawnee,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:44:41 -0400

…volunteers help clean out [a] mobile home near Shawnee, Oklahoma…

'For three years and more Beltway politics has been all about the deficit. Urgent action was needed to avert crisis. A Grand Bargain absolutely had to be reached. Fix the Debt, now now now! So where are the celebrations now that the debt issue looks, if not solved, at least greatly mitigated?'

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:01 -0400

'For three years and more Beltway politics has been all about the deficit. Urgent action was needed to avert crisis. A Grand Bargain absolutely had to be reached. Fix the Debt, now now now! So where are the celebrations now that the debt issue looks, if not solved, at least greatly mitigated?'

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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:55 -0400

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New York

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:29 -0400

New York

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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:12 -0400

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[re last night's episode of 'Mad Men'] 'Burglar Mammy was horrendous, a confirmation of every harsh judgment levied against Mad Men for being too much of a white upper-middle-class historical fantasy, a show that’s not willing or able to really go where it labors to convince us it’s going. If Burglar Mammy were a dream figure attached to a particular character, and if Mad Men had shown any inclination to go anywhere substantive with its allusions to civil rights and racial anxiety, and if it hadn’t given us a black Playboy bunny, a black prostitute, a black mugger, and other disreputable minor characters over the years, but no people of color with personal or even narrative substance, I might feel differently about her.' — Matt Zoller Seitz, at 'New York'

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:54:57 -0400

[re last night's episode of 'Mad Men'] 'Burglar Mammy was horrendous, a confirmation of every harsh...

"…no real connection has been directly made between these scandals and the president. And, I’d..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:25:36 -0400

“…no real connection has been directly made between these scandals and the president....

adeisia: yurrrppp ! [meaningful glance]

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:14:00 -0400

adeisia:

yurrrppp !

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Yano, has moved Hello Kitty into a new light by digging below...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:53 -0400

Yano, has moved Hello Kitty into a new light by digging below the surface and giving the pop culture icon her full academic due. If popular culture is prone to disposable (mostly Eastern) heroes and fads (e.g., Pokemon, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, etc.), Hello Kitty is the exception to the rule. She has dominated from East to West, in her native home of Japan all the way to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Integrated as part of Japan’s “cute” culture (kawaii), Hello Kitty has a history all her own.

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