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Archive for August, 2012
August 5th, 2012 - 6:05 am § in Misc.
Keeping the Crows Away
Out in the field, the Occupiers had placed two scarecrows; this one in particular really emulated the Occupy “style,” as it were. Or maybe that was one of the Occupiers, after a really rough night?[...]
August 4th, 2012 - 10:09 am § in Misc.
Should college newspaper even try to be funny?
from Washington Post, By Jenna Johnson On Thursday, I chatted about college humor with Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, who has helped college journalists work through many humor-related catastrophes. There is a full transcript from our chat, but here are a few of t[...]
August 3rd, 2012 - 11:21 am § in Misc.
Slur of the Day
Chink/Chinky (U.S., UK, and India) used to refer to people of perceived Chinese descent, and by extension for other East Asians. Considered extremely derogatory, although at least one US school proudly used the term as a sports mascot until 1980.[39][40][...]
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:14 am § in Uncategorized
How MLK Changed American Standards of Beauty
Michelle Obama and Gabby Douglas[...]
August 2nd, 2012 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: China Comments on Romney’s Remarks in Israel
Play Slideshow “U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel is likely to worsen the already tense Mideast situation, and even reignite a war between Palestinians and Israelis,” the Xinhua news agency wrote in an editorial Tuesday. “On th[...]
August 1st, 2012 - 9:56 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS
Republican consultant John Feehery, a former House GOP aide, said that the problem boils down to the Romney campaign being unprepared for an unforgiving international spotlight. “The media is throwing fastballs at Mitt Romney’s head and he’s got to do a better job at ducking them,” he said. [...]
ROMNEYISMS
While Mitt seems not to want to release his tax returns, at the end of August, he did tell an ABC Sunday interview show that he would check whether he ever paid a less than the 13.9% tax rate he paid in 2010. “I haven’t calculated that,” Romney told ABC’s David Muir. “I’m happy to [&he[...]