Politics
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Anarchist Book Gets a Boost From Beck
“But even before the official pub date, The Coming Insurrection benefited from an ‘endorsement’ from Glenn Beck. As part of a seven-minute rant on Fox News in July, he said, ‘I am not calling for a ban on this book.…
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Poet Loses Favorite Cafe Table
“‘I wrote three books sitting at the table,’ he said.” Poet Rodrigo Toscano laments the closing of the Greenpoint Coffeehouse in Brooklyn, where he wrote for seven years.
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“I tell you, this station will be operational as planned…”
Directed energy missile defense works, for the first time.
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Sunday Politics
A new documentary paints Italy as “a democracy of boobs (in all senses).” How does one “explain the gay” in terms of evolution? (via The Daily Dish) “That’s not what countries think of when they go to war.” Why no…
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San Francisco’s Demographic Shift
“San Francisco’s Marcus Books has long been a gathering place for African-American authors such as Maya Angelou. But last year, manager Blanche Richardson faced the realization that the 50-year-old bookstore might have to close, the victim of a mix of…
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Iran News Links
Iran’s government and its supporters are celebrating the Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. The Iranian opposition movement is using the holiday to protest the regime. Blood has been spilled. Street Journalist is live blogging from the streets of Iran. Robert…
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The Rumpus International Rivers Interview #4: Dumitru Tsepeneag on the Danube
Dumitru Tsepeneag is a Romanian novelist, essayist and one of the founders of the Romanian Oniric literary movement. Established in the mid-60s, the Oniric group was inspired by surrealism and built an aesthetic platform centered on dreams. As one of…
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Operation Titstorm
“Several Australian government websites were slowly recovering Wednesday hours after the online prankster group, Anonymous, unleashed a massive distributed denial-of-service attack to protest the country’s evolution toward internet censorship.” That’s right, “Operation Titstorm” was a success, with the Australian Parliament’s…
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Lobbying for Loans
Desperate to save their businesses, the private companies who sell loans to college students have been heavily lobbying the government to keep subsidizing their loan programs. A bill that will overhaul the private loan industry recently passed in Congress with…
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Politics Sunday
“One in four Americans is employed to protect the rich.” Here’s an underreported story: Dominicans are coming to the aid of Haitians, despite a less-than-idyllic history between the two countries. VICE is taking a ton of heat for its treatment…
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Aim Ray Guns at Amazon
Citing Amazon’s recent hissy fit over its dispute with Macmillan Publishers’ over e-book pricing, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America are removing all Amazon.com links from its website. The SFWA was founded in 1965 and is made up…
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The Ghost in the Search Engine: Google Conspiracies
Conspiracies surrounding the world’s most highly used search engine are nothing new. Tech nerds have long speculated on the myriad ways in which Google could be selling off our personal information piecemeal to the highest bidder, or even volunteering information…