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May 10, 2009
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John Heartfield was one of those who recognized the threat of Nazism early on. Remarkably, he created his
anti-fascist art inside Germany, until 1933 when Hitler came to power. He continued to pointedly satirize the Reich (and those who made it possible, as his bitter image of the League of Nations illustrates) from exile in Czechoslovakia. The nature of his work makes it very clear that Hitler's goals and intentions were obvious well before the war. (
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posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 9:11 PM PST - 30 comments
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I photograph people who skirt the edges of things; people whose connection to the broader flow is murky or obscured. Mistaken as more, less or different than they are; they aren’t really seen and don’t really
belong. That’s everyone sometimes; but
some more often. I try to establish a line for a moment. I hope to connect. And I see the most
beautiful and the most
heartbreaking things."
posted by parudox at 7:38 PM PST - 34 comments
Lost Vegas is a documentary that follows Laura Ling as she tours the wreckage of Sin City, from unemployed strippers and half-built, abandoned casino projects, to hospitals turning away cancer patients and ambulances, to one of the few remaining boom industries--evicting people.
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posted by P.o.B. at 6:42 PM PST - 42 comments
International Adoption may not necessarily be helping the disadvantaged in Third World countries as advertised. In some countries, like
Guatemala and
India, children are simply stolen from their families. The
Hague Convention governs the rules for International Adoptions, but like all rules, they aren't always followed. Many adoptive parents believe that their children have been given up, but in some countries, "
orphanage" doesn't mean what you think it means.
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posted by grapefruitmoon at 7:43 AM PST - 18 comments
The writers for the Late Show with David Letterman have
recently had some trouble coming up with jokes about Obama. Perhaps they should take a lesson from the master of Obama jokes, the President himself. President Obama brought down the house at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner, poking fun at
himself, his
administration, and everyone else within shouting distance. Host Wanda Sykes followed Obama's show stealing performance with a
few choice
jabs of her own. Unfortunately, it seems that Dick Cheney's prediction has come true since no one is safe when the Comedian-in-Chief steps up to the mic.
posted by inconsequentialist at 3:45 AM PST - 149 comments
With Rupert Murdoch
planning to start charging for access to some of the content of his newspaper's websites is this the
end of the age of
free? But will it
rescue the newspaper industry? Or is the Kindle or other
ebook reader the answer? And if free news on the web is unsustainable from advertising
what about YouTube, Twitter and Facebook?
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:18 AM PST - 31 comments
