Even though his attorney advised against it.

?I told him to go home,? Liddy said. ?But he said, no, he wanted [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/R7A76_hDecQ/858-Uncle-Jays-News-For-Little-Minds.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:56:31 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/R7A76_hDecQ/858-Uncle-Jays-News-For-Little-Minds.html Simple news for simple minds.  Though this might be too intellectual for CJ.  So, am sure you all will enjoy it.

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[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Owt-okFyd_4/857-Hunt-for-Senate.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:39:34 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Owt-okFyd_4/857-Hunt-for-Senate.html I'm not sure where TC is getting his data from, but I'm very excited to hear it.

You know what they say: We could send 40 men of high stature to the Senate... or we could just send Steve Hunt!

Or something like that... ;)

I'll keep you posted once I hear [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/dkV3UubI8sQ/856-Crocodile-Tears.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:29:32 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/dkV3UubI8sQ/856-Crocodile-Tears.html You know, I've got the greatest idea ever: If you don't want to see your family members get killed in the streets, then stop encouraging them to try to kill innocent civilians. Or heck, maybe even try to stop hating said innocent civilians for just one little bit, and see [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/arizona-detention-officer-spared-from-jail-because-judge-screwed-up/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:21:30 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/arizona-detention-officer-spared-from-jail-because-judge-screwed-up/

Update: Arizona detention officer will spend night in jail after all.

By Carlos Miller
Further making a national mockery out of the Arizona legal system, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office refused to book one of its own Tuesday night because of some unexplained clerical error.

Adam Stoddard surrendered to the jail [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/hE2S7CJuYTs/855-Thats-Some-Scuffle.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:14:06 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/hE2S7CJuYTs/855-Thats-Some-Scuffle.html Somehow, I have a feeling that had the roles in this particular fight [moderate warning] been reversed, Reuters would have picked a much harsher word than "scuffle" to describe it:

A Jewish settler touches his head after he was injured during scuffles with Palestinians at a house in the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/sbrB-3msNgo/the-surge-now-you-know.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:11:30 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/sbrB-3msNgo/the-surge-now-you-know.html

From watching the audience pans during the telecast and then looking at stills, the problem with Obama's Afghan escalation speech was evident in the room. Between the distractibility of the cadets, the flat expressions and the cocked heads, Obama's description and [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/ntwTjh7f5fM/854-The-Stupidity-Of-Green-Shown-Once-Again.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:53:32 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/ntwTjh7f5fM/854-The-Stupidity-Of-Green-Shown-Once-Again.html Time and time again, the effects of "green" living shows that it is not "green".  It does not save "green".  It does not create "green" jobs, nor does it cause the earth to "green".

What it does do is cause people to turn red in rage and their accounts to see [...] ]]> http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/dec/1/less-more/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:36:43 -0500 http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/dec/1/less-more/ Hopefully you read my previous post about Sass and CSS preprocessors and felt my angst toward learning a new syntax. I’ve been using LessCSS for about a week and I’m really impressed. For starters, no new syntax to learn. This is simply an augmentation of existing CSS [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/zQTPDOCFLjY/853-The-Stupidest-White-House-In-History.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:14:56 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/zQTPDOCFLjY/853-The-Stupidest-White-House-In-History.html Says the White House's buffoon bouffant, "I'm not entirely sure, uh, what qualifies the former Vice President to render an opinion on Afghanistan."

Let's just say that we dastardly Republicans here at Snapped Shot might have an idea or two.

Former Secretary. Of Defense. Richard B. Cheney.

Of Defense.

[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/De3D-xNduuI/the-most-scandalous-gate-crasher-picture-inside-the-white-house-tent.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:46:49 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/De3D-xNduuI/the-most-scandalous-gate-crasher-picture-inside-the-white-house-tent.html

After a week dominating cable infotainment, the White House gatecrasher story has become a media distraction game.

The much bigger question is what Katie Couric and America's top network (so-called) journalists are doing at the Administration's first State Dinner, and why they are standard [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/-egvC5R5vRY/852-RIP-Lester-Shubin-Inventor-of-the-Kevlar-Vest.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:28:55 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/-egvC5R5vRY/852-RIP-Lester-Shubin-Inventor-of-the-Kevlar-Vest.html Mr. Shubin has done more in one act to protect our police and military forces than many of today's politicians--or, dare I say, the entire staff of Washington Post--have done in their entire lifetime.

For that, I mourn the passing of this humble man:

Lester D. Shubin, 84, a Justice Department [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/3iJ50_DY7Rs/851-History-Repeats-Again-Iranian-Dictator-Starts-Blogging-Again.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:32 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/3iJ50_DY7Rs/851-History-Repeats-Again-Iranian-Dictator-Starts-Blogging-Again.html I used to keep an occasional eye on Mahmoud's blog way back in 2006, but apparently, it fell out of fashion at some point since then.

Never fear, though -- Mahmoud is back online, and he's back with a vengeance.

Not that any of you regular readers are surprised [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/business/jeff_chu_shines_light_on_design_within_reachs_modern_mess_144504.asp?c=rss Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:40:28 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/business/jeff_chu_shines_light_on_design_within_reachs_modern_mess_144504.asp?c=rss Times are tough for Design Within Reach, the ten-year-old retail startup turned publicly traded lifestyle emporium. According to the company's most recent regulatory filings, quarterly net sales (for the period ending July 4) plummeted 35% compared to the previous year. In the first half of 2009, [...] ]]> http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/who-designed-that/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:15:25 -0500 http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/who-designed-that/

Have you ever seen a beautiful design and been curious who created it? Would you like to not only learn who the designer is but also interview them? Me too. And so, I thought I’d try something new and invite NoD readers to site beautiful designs that [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/OhNz2ZvLM9w/850-Tonight-Its-All-About-Steve-Hunt.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:58:38 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/OhNz2ZvLM9w/850-Tonight-Its-All-About-Steve-Hunt.html Pictured: The man, in action!

If you're looking for a strong Constitutionally-minded candidate to replace Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia Senate, and you're a Republican, and you live in the 37th Senate District, then I've got a story for you:

The primary election to determine our candidate for [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/for_all_its_good_has_brad_pitts_make_it_right_campaign_also_hurt_new_orleans_144507.asp?c=rss Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:00:01 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/for_all_its_good_has_brad_pitts_make_it_right_campaign_also_hurt_new_orleans_144507.asp?c=rss

There's been lots of swooning and applauding over the years for actor-turned-architect Brad Pitt over these past few years because of his Make It Right program which has gotten lots of starchitects designing homes for displaced residents of New Orleans. Heck, the guy even landed [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Z7iQoexd3Kw/849-Charles-Johnson-Grade-Schadenfreude.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:07:28 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Z7iQoexd3Kw/849-Charles-Johnson-Grade-Schadenfreude.html In a followup to this childish impetulance, we have an amazing series of pwnages to chronicle:

* Robert Stacy McCain fires back with documentary-grade coverage of the whole episode. I hear it'll be titled "In the Pony-Tail of Madness." Paging Sam Neill...

* Vinnie lays on a downright [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/urbanity/helsinki_wins_world_design_capital_designation_for_2012_144506.asp?c=rss Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:02:09 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/urbanity/helsinki_wins_world_design_capital_designation_for_2012_144506.asp?c=rss

It might be wise to plan on just asking for frequent flier miles donations this holiday season, or outright plane tickets, instead of the usual stuff in wrapped boxes. You'll have Seoul to visit next year as they serve as the World Design Capital for 2010. [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/bbc-photographer-shocked-that-he-was-harassed-for-taking-photos/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:40:02 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/bbc-photographer-shocked-that-he-was-harassed-for-taking-photos/

This is the picture that BBC photographer Jeff Overs was taking when he was suspected of being a terrorist.

By Carlos Miller
It’s been almost a year since the United Kingdom enacted a law that turned photographers into terrorists but it is only now that the [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/arizona-detention-officer-refuses-to-apologize-for-swiping-court-files/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:15:25 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/01/arizona-detention-officer-refuses-to-apologize-for-swiping-court-files/

Update: Arizona detention officer spared from jail because judge “screwed up”.

By Carlos Miller
Defying a court order, Maricopa County detention officer Adam Stoddard said he would rather go to jail than apologize for swiping a defense attorney’s court file.

Now it’s up Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe to follow through [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/48NYWLxX2-Y/scoring-the-surge-mcchrystal-30000-obama-12.html Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:04:04 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/48NYWLxX2-Y/scoring-the-surge-mcchrystal-30000-obama-12.html

Well, what a relief to finally see Stanley smile.

(photo: Scott Olson, Getty Images. caption: General Stanley A. McChrystal, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, visits with soldiers from Blackfoot Company of the Army's 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment on Thanksgiving [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/mitlEEocXw4/848-Bumped-from-the-Sidebar.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:20 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/mitlEEocXw4/848-Bumped-from-the-Sidebar.html I linked Ace's article in the Fast Lane earlier this evening, but I think it bears a broader look.

In your traditional Cult-of-Personality dictatorship, say for example one such as Josef Stalin's reign, every action and activity is traditionally set in terms of the Leader to whom the [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/_cTkQhcK-9c/847-Our-Iranian-Partners-in-Peace-Part-Deux.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:55:16 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/_cTkQhcK-9c/847-Our-Iranian-Partners-in-Peace-Part-Deux.html In a not-so-stunning repeat of 2007, it would seem that Iran has taken another set of British sailors hostage:

The Foreign Office confirmed that a racing yacht owned by Sail Bahrain and crewed by five British sailors was detained by the Iranian Navy on November 25.

The yacht had been on [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/SEWQi-MH91s/846-Randon-Thoughts.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:01:06 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/SEWQi-MH91s/846-Randon-Thoughts.html You know, with all the attacks by the greens and the freedom-hatin-capitalism-hatin leftists in our world decrying our energy usage, one must wonder how projects like these EVER get constructed.  Without a peep from Al Gore.

CERN announced early Monday that the Large Hadron Collider has become the world?s highest-energy [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/jwe_7s6fvTk/845-A-Frenchman-Speaks-on-Switzerland.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:34:37 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/jwe_7s6fvTk/845-A-Frenchman-Speaks-on-Switzerland.html He doesn't really say a lot these days, but when he does, the Dissident Frogman really packs a mean wollop: A lengthy and most amusing article on the Swiss vote banning Minarets, which is too long and insightful for me to even begin to consider excerpting (So Read It [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/wey-Na2_dHA/844-Aww-Shucks.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:14:04 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/wey-Na2_dHA/844-Aww-Shucks.html Thanks to Ron Coleman for the kind words!

(What's the good of having all that spare time if you don't do something horrid with it, huh? ;) )

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[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/7kjPfDxSuKI/843-Unclinched-Press.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:56:31 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/7kjPfDxSuKI/843-Unclinched-Press.html When you see this photo, taken by Reuters stringer Sharif Karim, do you think:

(a) What kind of news agency treats the rantings of a murderous thug as a valid democratic expression?

(b) Did Sharif Karim go out of his way to select a woman raising her hand in order [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/uvM7VUiezbI/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:01:58 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/uvM7VUiezbI/

One of my favorite things from the photo-web-universe is the 2008 interview of portrait photographer Platon from World Press Photo where he describes the circumstances behind one of my favorite portraits of all time: the cover shot of Time Magazine’s Person of the [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/exhibitions/atlantas_high_museum_salutes_john_portman_144474.asp?c=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:26:02 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/exhibitions/atlantas_high_museum_salutes_john_portman_144474.asp?c=rss

Architect and Atlanta native John Portman, who designed a hefty chunk of his hometown's downtown, gets the star treatment in a peachy new exhibition at the High Museum of Art. On view through April 18, 2010, "John Portman: Art & Architecture," features architectural projects by [...] ]]> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/News.aspx?NID=6423 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.microsoft.com/typography/links/News.aspx?NID=6423 ceramics by Zuzana Licko is now available as well as Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issue. [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/education/only_24_photoshopping_days_left_til_christmas_144500.asp?c=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:56:59 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/education/only_24_photoshopping_days_left_til_christmas_144500.asp?c=rss Enhance your resume and your Thanksgiving photos with the Mediabistro mothership's two-day crash course in Adobe Photoshop, back by popular demand. This very weekend (December 5 and 6) in NYC, you can get up and running on the program of programs—the subject of many [...] ]]> http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/nov/30/sass-isnt-me/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:54:59 -0500 http://nathanborror.com/posts/2009/nov/30/sass-isnt-me/ I’ve been window shopping the CSS preprocessor world the last week or so. Sass seems to be everyone’s new bicycle but it hasn’t won me over and here’s why:

1) It’s a new syntax that I don’t want to learn or support. I have an awesome job where we [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/LtZg1dd3oEU/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:57:31 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dvafoto-posts/~3/LtZg1dd3oEU/

Just got recent word that two photocontests that were to be closing on December 1st have been extended to Monday December 7th.

Socialdocumentary.net’s ?Crisis & Opportunity: Documenting the Global Recession? ($35 entry for a series)

The 2010 Anthropographia Award for Human Rights and Photography (Multimedia and stills, $30/series)

As always you [...] ]]> http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/general/more_consumerism_to_attend_to_with_core77s_starstudded_gift_buying_guide_144458.asp?c=rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:26:54 -0500 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/general/more_consumerism_to_attend_to_with_core77s_starstudded_gift_buying_guide_144458.asp?c=rss

When we posted our Special Black Friday edition last Friday, we were remiss to include one of our other favorites: Core77's annual picks for the best things to get those design crazed folk on your holiday buying list. And unlike A Daily Dose's Holiday Gift [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/Ixg6NpDi5A4/dubai-getting-pinked.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:20:29 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/Ixg6NpDi5A4/dubai-getting-pinked.html

In 2007, Magnum photographer Martin Parr was drawn to Dubai as an example of the raging excess of wealth -- just before major economic systems hit the skids and the rich nearly everywhere toned it down.

Today, as the financial status of [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/KrcEp0E6Jkc/842-Most-Scientific-White-House-Evar-Eschews-Scientific-Process.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:33:41 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/KrcEp0E6Jkc/842-Most-Scientific-White-House-Evar-Eschews-Scientific-Process.html Fresh on the heels of the Climate scandal that's rocking the world, we get a "What, Me Worry?" from the Presidential Spokesdunce-in-Chief: (I'll translate Robert's babblings for you in italics below.)

The White House on Monday made exceptionally clear that it wants nothing to do with the furor over documents that [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Vh33Ac-_NmQ/841-Elitism-in-Action.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:52:15 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/Vh33Ac-_NmQ/841-Elitism-in-Action.html

It says alot about the current Administration that fewer than 10% of the Cabinet-level appointees have been selected with a background in private-sector experience. In the midst of a recession of almost-historic proportions, we see a President who insists on actively ignoring any input from people whose experience [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/BscYno42BKA/840-Our-Iranian-Partners-in-Peace.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:57:01 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/BscYno42BKA/840-Our-Iranian-Partners-in-Peace.html Once again, we see the impressive rewards that the Obama Administration's smart diplomacy are bringing us: Iran has announced over the weekend that it will no longer be voluntarily cooperating with the United Nations nuclear monitoring agency:

TEHRAN - Iran officially announced that it will cease its voluntary cooperation with [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/vLfNKtI06iw/839-Steve-Hunts-Pledge-to-You.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37:44 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/vLfNKtI06iw/839-Steve-Hunts-Pledge-to-You.html As many of you know, the race to fill Ken Cuccinelli's soon-to-be-vacated Virginia Senate seat is coming to a close in tomorrow's primary election. For those of you who live in the area, here's yet another reason why Steve Hunt deserves your support:

Dear Friend,

As you know, the Republican primary [...] ]]> http://www.porchez.com/article/567/pascal-bejean-a-propos-d-emigre Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:47:05 -0500 http://www.porchez.com/article/567/pascal-bejean-a-propos-d-emigre

Le magazine Étapes avait demandé à Pascal Béjean de collaborer à une interview de Zuzana Licko à la fois pour le contenu et la forme.

[...] ]]> http://www.sportsdesigner.com/1/2009/11/dallas-big-list.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:03:56 -0500 http://www.sportsdesigner.com/1/2009/11/dallas-big-list.html As much as we sometimes hate to admit it, fans love "list" stories. Sunday's Dallas Morning News featured the mother of 'em: The Top 50 Cowboys of All Time.

Tom Landry topped the voting list, which was created using [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoCaptionNeeded/~3/dk7yIbgaxlo/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:13 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoCaptionNeeded/~3/dk7yIbgaxlo/

Much of the time, photographs provide the ideal pretext for those who would deny the obvious.  The gambit goes like this: someone, often a photographer with intimate knowledge of the setting, takes a photograph that  is circulated by the press and then used as evidence in political argument.  At that [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/F6638wRLRkk/seattle-10-an-original-slideshow-of-the-wto-protests.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:44:33 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/F6638wRLRkk/seattle-10-an-original-slideshow-of-the-wto-protests.html

From photographer George Hickey on the tenth anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests:

I see the WTO as basically a protesters vs cops event. The cops being there to protect the interests of corporate power. The protesters attempting to make their views known [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/cops-threaten-media-during-four-cop-murder-investigation/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:35:09 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/cops-threaten-media-during-four-cop-murder-investigation/ Slain cops (photo from Salem-News)

Clockwise from top left: Greg Richards, Mark Renninger, Ronald Owens and Tina Griswold.

By Carlos Miller
Police have turned against the media in the wake of four cops getting ambushed and executed [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/tsa-orders-man-to-stop-filming-altercation-at-ohare/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:14:12 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/tsa-orders-man-to-stop-filming-altercation-at-ohare/

By Carlos Miller
As we learned a couple of weeks ago, the Transportation Security Administration does not have a specific ban on photography inside airports.

That, of course, doesn’t prevent TSA officials from making up their own laws.

A man who goes by Villagechief on Flyer Talk describes [...] ]]> http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/the-video-that-walmart-does-not-want-you-to-see/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:43:06 -0500 http://carlosmiller.com/2009/11/30/the-video-that-walmart-does-not-want-you-to-see/

By Carlos Miller
Walmart did an excellent job in controlling the crowds during Black Friday this year.

At least that is what the mainstream media is telling us.

But then again, they were not exactly allowed to enter the stores to see for themselves (except for four pre-selected [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/wsRCTxX-95Y/the-swiss-minaret-missile.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:48:36 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/wsRCTxX-95Y/the-swiss-minaret-missile.html

I'm really curious to know how much the poster might have done it.

(Here was the alternative, by the way.)

(photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters. caption: People walk under posters of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) demanding 'Stop - Yes to ban of minarets' at the central [...] ]]> http://www.porchez.com/article/566/cursive-letterpress-coasters Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:24:50 -0500 http://www.porchez.com/article/566/cursive-letterpress-coasters

Nice small things using good type, don’t miss the animals and others symbols. Nice. From USD 10 on their website: Cursive New York.

[...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/qvjQywgs_VM/838-Hindsight-Is-Always-Better.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:23:35 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SnappedShot/~3/qvjQywgs_VM/838-Hindsight-Is-Always-Better.html Remember back in 2006 when Dubai wanted to take over management of six American ports?

Boy, isn't hindsight just awesome?!?

The United Arab Emirates' central bank said Sunday it would offer additional liquidity to banks, signaling a push by the federal government to reassure investors worried about the country's banking sector [...] ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/oQbhnWPAep8/whos-in-the-house.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:17:24 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bagnewsnotes/~3/oQbhnWPAep8/whos-in-the-house.html

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Why photos of the White House gatecrashers (1, 2, 3, 4) -- otherwise, a superficial story lapping up attention in a holiday news vacuum -- have impact.

1. Speak to ever-widening gap between "two Americas" [...] ]]>