"Resold tickets would be useless, bearing the name of the original buyer, Bob the Scalper, who is not apt to arrive, ID in hand, to escort his customers into a Cyrus show."
from:
Miley Cyrus Takes on the Scalpers
By Randy Cohen
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
nytimes too broke for proof-reading?
One of their worst sentences ever:
"Resold tickets would be useless, bearing the name of the original buyer, Bob the Scalper, who is not apt to arrive, ID in hand, to escort his customers into a Cyrus show."
from:
Miley Cyrus Takes on the Scalpers
By Randy Cohen
"Resold tickets would be useless, bearing the name of the original buyer, Bob the Scalper, who is not apt to arrive, ID in hand, to escort his customers into a Cyrus show."
from:
Miley Cyrus Takes on the Scalpers
By Randy Cohen
Saturday, June 13, 2009
read this - Frank Rich op-ed
Incredibly worthwhile & scary:
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers
Frank Rich
....The anchor was Shepard Smith, speaking after Wednesday’s mayhem at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Unlike the bloviators at his network and elsewhere on cable, Smith is famous for his highly caffeinated news-reading, not any political agenda. But very occasionally — notably during Hurricane Katrina — he hits the Howard Beale mad-as-hell wall. Joining those at Fox who routinely disregard the network’s “We report, you decide” mantra, he both reported and decided, loudly.
What he reported was this: his e-mail from viewers had “become more and more frightening” in recent months, dating back to the election season. From Wednesday alone, he “could read a hundred” messages spewing “hate that’s not based in fact,” much of it about Barack Obama and some of it sharing the museum gunman’s canard that the president was not a naturally born citizen. These are Americans “out there in a scary place,” Smith said.
Then he brought up another recent gunman: “If you’re one who believes that abortion is murder, at what point do you go out and kill someone who’s performing abortions?” An answer, he said, was provided by Dr. George Tiller’s killer. He went on: “If you are one who believes these sorts of things about the president of the United States ...”
...
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers
Frank Rich
....The anchor was Shepard Smith, speaking after Wednesday’s mayhem at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Unlike the bloviators at his network and elsewhere on cable, Smith is famous for his highly caffeinated news-reading, not any political agenda. But very occasionally — notably during Hurricane Katrina — he hits the Howard Beale mad-as-hell wall. Joining those at Fox who routinely disregard the network’s “We report, you decide” mantra, he both reported and decided, loudly.
What he reported was this: his e-mail from viewers had “become more and more frightening” in recent months, dating back to the election season. From Wednesday alone, he “could read a hundred” messages spewing “hate that’s not based in fact,” much of it about Barack Obama and some of it sharing the museum gunman’s canard that the president was not a naturally born citizen. These are Americans “out there in a scary place,” Smith said.
Then he brought up another recent gunman: “If you’re one who believes that abortion is murder, at what point do you go out and kill someone who’s performing abortions?” An answer, he said, was provided by Dr. George Tiller’s killer. He went on: “If you are one who believes these sorts of things about the president of the United States ...”
...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
can the senate republicans lower the level this debate any further?
sure, because opposing one justice who opposes desegregation and the Geneva Convention, and another who supports school prayer and mandatory spousal notification of abortion is exactly the same as opposing a nominee who thinks homogeneity is a liability...
Senators Weigh In on Sotomayor's Confirmation Prospects
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: No, because I haven't decided if I would apply that standard. There was a time in the Senate when a person like Scalia and Justice Ginsburg -- she got 96 votes, Justice Scalia got 98.
I can't imagine any Republican voting for Justice Ginsburg not understanding that she was liberal. I can't imagine any Democrat voting for Justice Scalia not understanding he was conservative. We've lost our way.
And my point is that President Obama voted against Alito and Roberts, and he created a standard that if I followed I don't think I could vote for Judge Sotomayor.
The only current debate more tiresome is that over General Motors... There must be worthwhile arguments on both sides, but no one seems to be making them.
Senators Weigh In on Sotomayor's Confirmation Prospects
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: No, because I haven't decided if I would apply that standard. There was a time in the Senate when a person like Scalia and Justice Ginsburg -- she got 96 votes, Justice Scalia got 98.
I can't imagine any Republican voting for Justice Ginsburg not understanding that she was liberal. I can't imagine any Democrat voting for Justice Scalia not understanding he was conservative. We've lost our way.
And my point is that President Obama voted against Alito and Roberts, and he created a standard that if I followed I don't think I could vote for Judge Sotomayor.
The only current debate more tiresome is that over General Motors... There must be worthwhile arguments on both sides, but no one seems to be making them.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
This is so F*#%*d up, I am surprised it was not our idea.
Marketplace: U.K. cop sting could bust you for bling
Police in one British town are hoping to nab criminals by asking residents to report their suspiciously glamorous neighbors with a controversial message: "Too Much Bling, Give Us A Ring."
...
Ben Bowling, a criminologist at King's College in London, fears not everyone will see it that way. He says the campaign encourages racial profiling.
BEN BOWLING: It's definitely racialized. There's no question about that. The idea of bling has kind of come from the hip-hop generation. You know diamonds, gold, $300 sneakers. And so the idea of using kind of street vernacular to identify those people who might be a bit too blingy for your neighborhood is, I think, to direct attention specifically to the black community, and that is a real problem.
Police in one British town are hoping to nab criminals by asking residents to report their suspiciously glamorous neighbors with a controversial message: "Too Much Bling, Give Us A Ring."
...
Ben Bowling, a criminologist at King's College in London, fears not everyone will see it that way. He says the campaign encourages racial profiling.
BEN BOWLING: It's definitely racialized. There's no question about that. The idea of bling has kind of come from the hip-hop generation. You know diamonds, gold, $300 sneakers. And so the idea of using kind of street vernacular to identify those people who might be a bit too blingy for your neighborhood is, I think, to direct attention specifically to the black community, and that is a real problem.
TIME magazine?
Do DIY Anti-Overdose Kits Help?
By MAIA SZALAVITZ
Friday, May. 29, 2009
If there's anything more empowering than bringing someone back to life, Dan Bigg wouldn't know. He has personally resuscitated five people who were unconscious from drug overdoses, and the organization he co-founded in 1991, Chicago Recovery Alliance, has helped save hundreds of others from accidental drug-related death.
The organization's strategy is a simple one: Help people help themselves. Since 2001, Chicago Recovery Alliance has distributed more than 11,000 anti-overdose kits to drug users at needle-exchange programs and other sites in Chicago. The kits, which include vials of the drug naloxone (brand name Narcan), commonly used in hospitals and ambulances to reverse opiate overdose, have led to at least 1,000 successful overdose reversals in the city since 2001, according to Bigg. They are now part of a growing nationwide effort to stem the increasing rate of accidental drug-related fatalities.
Overdoses kill some 22,000 Americans each year — more than homicide and, in some states, like Utah, more than car accidents. Most overdose deaths happen accidentally, and most involve a combination of an opioid — either prescription painkillers, like methadone or OxyContin, or street drugs like heroin — and other depressant drugs, such as alcohol or Xanax. (Such deadly cocktails were responsible for the deaths of actor Heath Ledger in 2008 and former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.) Typically, people who overdose on prescription drugs have a history of addiction, and they end up either taking more than their prescribed dose or mixing painkillers with other substances. ....
By MAIA SZALAVITZ
Friday, May. 29, 2009
If there's anything more empowering than bringing someone back to life, Dan Bigg wouldn't know. He has personally resuscitated five people who were unconscious from drug overdoses, and the organization he co-founded in 1991, Chicago Recovery Alliance, has helped save hundreds of others from accidental drug-related death.
The organization's strategy is a simple one: Help people help themselves. Since 2001, Chicago Recovery Alliance has distributed more than 11,000 anti-overdose kits to drug users at needle-exchange programs and other sites in Chicago. The kits, which include vials of the drug naloxone (brand name Narcan), commonly used in hospitals and ambulances to reverse opiate overdose, have led to at least 1,000 successful overdose reversals in the city since 2001, according to Bigg. They are now part of a growing nationwide effort to stem the increasing rate of accidental drug-related fatalities.
Overdoses kill some 22,000 Americans each year — more than homicide and, in some states, like Utah, more than car accidents. Most overdose deaths happen accidentally, and most involve a combination of an opioid — either prescription painkillers, like methadone or OxyContin, or street drugs like heroin — and other depressant drugs, such as alcohol or Xanax. (Such deadly cocktails were responsible for the deaths of actor Heath Ledger in 2008 and former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in 2007.) Typically, people who overdose on prescription drugs have a history of addiction, and they end up either taking more than their prescribed dose or mixing painkillers with other substances. ....
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