April 2013
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March 2013
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why do teachers have such an intense hatred for wikipedia
because it does their job better than them
my history teacher used to mess with wikipedia when he gave us assignments
half my class had essays about how hitler was secretly in a relationship with stalin
IM LAUGHING REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW
January 2013
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The Depressing ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ →
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Which brings me to my biggest criticism of Bigelow for this movie and for her Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, a drama about U.S. demolition experts defusing “improvised explosive devices” in Iraq. Both movies treat the inhabitants of the countries mostly as scenery and provide almost no historical context for the events that Bigelow portrays.
In The Hurt Locker, you’re presented with a framework in which U.S. military personnel somehow find themselves in Iraq trying to save both Americans and Iraqis from bombs planted by other Iraqis, presumably because those Iraqis must be pathological “bad guys.” The American bomb crews sacrifice greatly for the benefit of all, doing their best to frustrate these evil-doers.
Bigelow treats the Iraqis as either props for her drama or as villains, i.e. crazy terrorists. If you didn’t know the history, you’d be lost regarding the background of an unprovoked U.S. invasion of Iraq and a military occupation that many Iraqis were resisting.
Similarly, in Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow offers the thinnest of historical context. The film starts with a black screen and 911 calls from desperate people dying in New York’s Twin Towers. It then jumps to the torturing of detainees and CIA interrogators doing the unpleasant work of extracting information to prevent future terrorist attacks.
December 2012
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October 2012
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Bohemian Arthouse: The Youngstown food bank that was used by Paul Ryan and his caravan for a photo-op is losing donors for its manager... →
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When the charity’s president, Brian J. Antal, found out about Ryan’s stunt, he was furious. Ryan and his campaign had “ramrodded” their way into the kitchen, Antal told The Washington Post on…
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September 2012
10 posts
i really like your pictures!:) they show parts of EP that look so cool and most people take for granted. you should take a picture of tricky falls (downtown) or maybe go to doniphan:)
yes. there are untold pieces of urban art, lettering, and grafitti here that go unnoticed and all created by terrifically talented, yet unknown artists who create them.
funny you should say tricky falls as my cousin is gabe is a partner there. i haven’t been yet, but my daughter has. i’ve seen the big david bowie picture and want to go inside and shoot that.
also, i’ve shot a lot on doniphan over the years, but haven’t posted them on el chuco storefronts. maybe i will. to start, i will post a mural on doniphan that has faded badly, but that was one of my first holga pictures.
August 2012
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May 2012
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“
Here’s what I know. If it’s in a tortilla, it’s Mexican food. If it’s made by a Mexican, it’s Mexican food.
Gustavo Arellano, author of “Taco USA” and the widely syndicated column, “¡Ask a Mexican!”
” —North of the Border, It’s Everyone’s Mexican Food - NYTimes.com
