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Zach Galifianakis is the new Paul Newman
Doling out deserved commendations to a pillar of society.
Terms: Chicago Tribune, Fiona Apple, Paul Newman, Zach Galifianakis
Kundera vs. Palin
Milan Kundera versus Sarah Palin.
Terms: Book Banning, Milan Kundera, Sarah Palin
Printers’ Ball and Holst @ Pritzker
The 4th Annual Printers’ ball, held by the Poetry Foundation at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, served free hot dogs.
Terms: Gustav Holst, Poetry Foundation, Printers' Ball, Pritzker
Vasovagal Syncope Hurts.
I broke my jaw. Badly.
Terms: Fainting, Jaw Fracture, syncope
Dystopian visions, or why I ♥ Harper’s Magazine
Naomi Klein’s October 2007 Harper’s article titled “Disaster Capitalism: The new economy of catastrophe” (subscription required) is an adaptation of her book The Shock Doctrine: an amazingly concise portrait of the profitable neo-liberal asphyxiation being applied to areas under duress: be it charging for the disposal of sewage in the streets during wartime outside of [...]
Terms: Politics, Privatization
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