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November 14, 2008
20x200 "We introduce two new pieces a week: one photo and one work on paper. Each image is available in three sizes." Limited edition artworks priced $20 to $2000. An interesting concept with some nice pieces.
posted by Manhasset at 9:46 PM PST - 18 comments
Is there no end to the shady associations of Barack Obama? Crack journalist Dave Barry has published photographic proof that
the president-elect is a Lawn Ranger. What's a Lawn Ranger? Glad you asked. Dave Barry has written about this nefarious organization not
once, but
twice and their strange and eldritch rites have been profiled on
WILL public television of Central Illinois, where the organization has its headquarters, in the town of Arcola, where they
parade every year.
posted by Kattullus at 8:59 PM PST - 19 comments
Enjoy
Risk? Then you may like
Strategy Game Network [requires registration.] Strategy Game Network has similar gameplay and in addition to the classic map, there are many alternative maps. With 24 hour turn limits it isn't a huge time sink, just play a few minutes a day.
posted by schyler523 at 6:45 PM PST - 18 comments
A
complete archive of French magazine L'Officiel de la Mode, from 1921 to 2008. It's a treasure trove for fans of fashion, photography, advertising and design.
posted by jack_mo at 3:44 PM PST - 16 comments
Ernest Kirschner, a 61-year-old business owner from East Haddam, is among thousands of Connecticut residents who may become the new voice of Walmart.
When the Benton, Ark.-based retailer formed its own "support group," the New England Customer Action Network, Kirschner signed up eagerly.
"I would stick up for Wal-Mart as strong as I can," said Kirschner, a frequent shopper. "I really think they've gotten an unfair shake."
Wal-Mart Forms Customer 'Support Group' To Counter Opponents
posted by longsleeves at 3:25 PM PST - 21 comments
The laughed at him. Foretelling the doom and gloom of the mortgage crisis as a pundit in these 2006-2007 interviews,
Peter Schiff held to a grim economic outlook. Recently in the Washington Post,
Schiff writes: "Our leaders irrationally promoted home-buying, discouraged savings, and recklessly encouraged borrowing and lending, which together undermined our markets."
posted by thisisdrew at 1:20 PM PST - 33 comments
Mike Wallace interviews Rod Serling in 1959, discussing timidity and censorship in television programming, and Serling's upcoming series
The Twilight Zone.
Part one.
Part two.
Part three. (TouTube links)
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:56 PM PST - 13 comments
Team Lioness is the name given to a group of female soliders, (and
the documentary about them) who were some of the
first women in modern American warfare to engage in frontline combat — something that is officially forbidden by the military. "
The female support soliders were assigned to the 1st Engineer Battalion and they were recruited to accompany Marine units during raids. Originally, the female soldiers were there to search and detain any women they came upon and to guard the unit's Arabic interpreter. Over time, however, as the situation in Ramadi deteriorated, the Marine units transitioned into a more offensive role, baiting insurgents into firefights in order to draw them out. Until officers higher up the chain got spooked over the possibility of a female soldier killed in combat and quietly disbanded the unit, members of Team Lioness were often right in the thick of things, including some of the fiercest urban firefights of the Iraq War."
posted by nooneyouknow at 11:49 AM PST - 22 comments
Oiligarchy is a resource management game reminiscent of their earlier
McDonald's Game. Build your empire and keep the shareholders (all old, bald, white men) happy. Social activism wrapped inside an (admittedly simplified) game!
via
posted by Eideteker at 8:30 AM PST - 27 comments
Eclipse Aviation yesterday told all of its employees to
go home and that they would not be paid for their past two weeks of work.
posted by backseatpilot at 6:58 AM PST - 41 comments
Dems eye midnight regulations reversal. Congressional Democrats are eyeing a little-known, Clinton-era law as a way to reverse Bush administration midnight regulations — even ones that have already taken effect. “Fortunately, [the White House] made a mistake,” said a top Senate Democratic aide.
posted by netbros at 6:48 AM PST - 76 comments
