January 2010
14 posts
“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child...”
– South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer Compares His State’s Poor Children to ‘Stray Animals’
You’ve never heard anyone literally dehumanize people who aren’t white, financially privileged, fully abled, of the wrong religion, etc.? Well, today’s your day. (via amandaw)
The uncollectable artwork | Analysis & Opinion |... →
abbyjean:
A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter is an artwork by Caleb Larsen, currently for sale on eBay. If it hasn’t sold in the next couple of days — the minimum bid is $2,500 — it will go back on eBay. On the other hand, if it does sell, it will still go back on eBay. That’s what it does, as clearly explained in the legal contract accompanying the work:
Artist has created a work of art titled...
“The fact is, we carefully edit our reality, searching for evidence that confirms...”
– Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Wired Magazine
Terrorball →
abbyjean:
Our national government and almost all of the establishment media have decided to play a similar game, which could be called Terrorball. The first two rules of Terrorball are: (1) The game lasts until there are no longer any terrorists, and; (2) If terrorists manage to ever kill or injure or seriously frighten any Americans, they win. How else can one explain the extreme and ongoing...