Is Barack Obama Muslim? In summary.
(via The Velvet Howler, via Yglesias)
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Is Barack Obama Muslim? 05.29.08
World Economic Forum Ranks Canada Ahead of U.S. on Intellectual Property Protection 04.09.08
World Economic Forum Ranks Canada Ahead of U.S. on Intellectual Property Protection:
“While the U.S. and copyright lobby groups continue to propagate the myth that Canada fares poorly on IP protection, it turns out that global business executives see it somewhat differently. If Industry Minister Jim Prentice is serious about addressing Canada’s competitiveness concerns, global [...]
If they mated… 03.25.08
Argh!
New Republic Profiles Androgynous Liberal Deathbot [via Wonkette]
Standard Operating Procedure - trailer for the new Abu Ghraib doc 03.24.08
Trailer for Standard Operating Procedure a new Abu Ghraib documentary by award-winning Fog of War director Errol Morris.
Arthur C. Clarke: The Final Interview 03.21.08
Wired’s Danger Room points us to The Final Arthur C. Clarke Interview. Clarke gave few interviews later in life and this offers a good summary of why the man was important and what he was thinking about toward the end of his life. He, as always, has interesting and sensible comments about our future in [...]
Facebook Sees Challenge in Looming Recession 03.20.08
Facebook Sees Challenge in Looming Recession: It’s pretty clear that when consumer confidence is down, brands cut back on [advertising spending]. Social media spending was considered experimental, and therefore ad spending came out of discretionary budgets, but as it’s becoming less discretionary, you need to deliver a demonstrable ROI [return on investment]… I think it’s [...]
CBC To Release Program DRM-Free Via BitTorrent 03.20.08
CBC To Release Program DRM-Free Via BitTorrent — Michael Geist writes:
‘Sources indicate that the CBC is set to become the first major North American broadcaster to freely release one of its programs without DRM using BitTorrent. This Sunday, CBC will air Canada Next Great Prime Minister. The following day, it plans to freely release a [...]
S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters 03.19.08
S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters: ‘What’s new in the last four years is the addition of the text messaging,’ says Taylor. ‘In the past, (street protest organizers) have had walkie-talkies out there and a bullhorn, but the people with the radios would always get arrested by the police.’
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Slavoj Žižek on Democracy Now! 03.14.08
Slavoj Žižek on Democracy Now! — “Liberal democracy — we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today’s left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not?”
19.20.21. 03.13.08
19.20.21.appears to be a beautiful and thoughtfully executed new information and analysis project about cities from some TEDsters.
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