Daily Archive: December 2, 2010

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Erik Kain

/// December 2, 2010

The Future of Screen Technology

This is neat, but I’m so paranoid that I immediately started thinking about all the privacy implications, which sort of colors my viewing in an unfortunate way. There’s a lot of very graceful and...

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Barrett Brown

/// December 2, 2010

The Project PM Schematic

I have mentioned in passing my distributed think-tank Project PM which I founded a year ago in order to fulfill a narrow function but which has since expanded in intent quite a bit. Last...

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Will

/// December 2, 2010

Birth of a Nation

I encourage everyone to read this fantastic New York Times article on how competing regional and ethnic mythologies contributed to The Civil War. No surprise here: The Yankees started it!

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Will

/// December 2, 2010

Defending Basketball Mysticism

I know I should be talking about Four Loko or Thomas Friedman’s latest column on the horrors of deliberative democracy, but the start of a really compelling NBA season demands some sports blogging. Despite...

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James Hanley

/// December 2, 2010

Oddities

Today I clicked the unsubscribe link on an email from an academic products company and got the following incongruous message: Thank you for your interest. You are now unsubscribed.

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Ned Resnikoff

/// December 2, 2010

WikiLiterature

Call me a cynic, but I don’t see WikiLeaks changing much — for better or worse — about the way the government both classifies information and conducts diplomacy. But until the noise subsides, it...

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From the Daily Mail: Mexico and Colombia may have their first coronavirus cases
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From the Daily Mail: Mexico and Colombia may have their first coronavirus cases
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From the Daily Mail:

Mexico and Colombia may have their first coronavirus cases as the contagious illness that has killed 17 spreads from China to at least 531 people around the world

  • Mexican and Colombian officials are investigating their countriess first possible case of the new coronavirus
  • In Mexico, the patients is on the northern border state of Tamaulipa, which borders Texas
  • The Colombian case concerns a 19-year-old Chinese citizen, who traveled to Bogotá from Turkey
  • As of Wednesday, 531 worldwide have caught the viral illness and 17 have died 
  • Cases have been confirmed in Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the US, which reported its first patient, a man in his 30s in Washington state, on Tuesday
  • One person in Australia is reportedly in isolation and may have the virus  

 

(Featured image is coronavirus, from the Science Photo Library.)

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Terry Jones, Founding Monty Python Member, Passes at Age 77
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Terry Jones, Founding Monty Python Member, Passes at Age 77
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From the BBC:

Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77, four years after being diagnosed with dementia.

A statement from his family said: "We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man."

(Featured image is Terry Jones, taken by Myung Jung Kim/PA Wire URN:49759970 (Press Association via AP Images)).

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Impeachement Day 2: Now That The Rules Are Settled
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Impeachement Day 2: Now That The Rules Are Settled
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Day one done, day two kicks off at 1PM EST. Let's Talk about it..

CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News:

With a marathon day of debate on the rules of President Trump's impeachment trial now behind them, the Senate will gather at 1 p.m. Wednesday to hear opening arguments from the House's impeachment managers.

The Senate approved the parameters for the impeachment trial in the early morning hours Wednesday after Democrats were roundly rejected in their efforts to subpoena witnesses and documents before opening arguments are finished.

Increasingly restless senators sat silently over the 13-hour session as House impeachment managers and White House lawyers debated 11 amendments to the resolution introduced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell setting the rules for the trial, all of which failed, and all but one in party-line votes. McConnell's resolution was adopted in another party-line vote of 53-47.

A particularly bitter exchange in the early morning hours prompted a stern rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial.

Live feed can be found here.

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Impeachment Day One: Pack a Lunch, Gonna Be Here a While
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Impeachment Day One: Pack a Lunch, Gonna Be Here a While
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The Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is underway in the Senate:

The first day of President Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate is officially underway, just the third time a president has faced removal from office in U.S. history.

The proceedings began with debate over the rules of the trial. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican and an ally of the president, unveiled a resolution laying out the procedures on Monday.

The resolution delays votes on whether to call witnesses or admit new evidence until after opening arguments by House impeachment managers, who act as prosecutors in the case, and the president's defense team. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, blasted McConnell for delaying votes on witnesses and said he planned to offer several amendments to allow witnesses before opening arguments.

A simple majority of senators — 51 votes— is needed to approve the resolution and other motions. There are 53 Republicans in the Senate, and 47 Democrats, including two independents.

Live updates and feed can be found here.

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MLK Day
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MLK Day
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For this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The New Yorker compiled various pieces on the man and his legacy in their Sunday Reading:

This week, Americans will be celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. In 1965, Renata Adler published a report in The New Yorker on King’s march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, writing about the participants’ experiences along the way and describing King’s calm and steady presence. At one point, King approached an old man with a cane and asked if he would join them. “I’ll walk one step anyway,” the old man said. “Because I know for every one step I’ll take you’ll take two.” This weekend, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces about King’s legacy and the significance of the upcoming holiday. In “The Hours Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ ” from 1963, Calvin Trillin joins the March on Washington and writes about the events leading up to King’s famous speech. In “When I Met Martin Luther King, Jr.,” Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who became one of the first black students to integrate the University of Georgia, in 1961, recounts how her meeting with the civil-rights leader that year inspired her. In “The Mission,” David Levering Lewis examines the complicated political alliance between King and President Lyndon Johnson. Finally, in “Martin Luther King Day with Trump,” Jelani Cobb explores how the holiday has taken on a new meaning in our current political climate. We hope that you find these pieces as fascinating—and inspiring—as we do.

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