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#illuminatetheproject

Oskar Thompson — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:03:03 +0000

mmm that makes sense. it doesn’t come out negative from him and I hope I don’t sound negative not really, but not warm fuzzies either – i know what you’re meaning, but I’ve realized recently ...

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CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes. So What?

Alibi Pierce — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:30:54 +0000

The way that CVS was praised today you would think they had announced a company-funded initiative guaranteeing the end of homelessness, or maybe something slightly smaller and more achievable like paying their employees a living ...

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Carrying Capacity: The Pathetic Wisp of Our Collective Attention Span

Winnie Cooper — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:11:10 +0000

Best Albums of 2013. Best Books You Never Read in 2013. Best movies, best video games, best sasquatch erotica. Surely the annual “best” lists that websites, magazines and newspapers publish New Year’s Day intend to ...

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What Happened to the Stop Button?

Alibi Pierce — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:16:00 +0000

The stop button has disappeared. Once ubiquitous, these buttons with the solitary but powerful impressed square were seen on every device from the Walkman to DVD players. If a device played media, it had a ...

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Wendy Davis Didn’t Lie

Alibi Pierce — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:33:48 +0000

So this is how it works: The GOP is a bitter bunch, with a serious and well-deserved inferiority complex. They like to go tit-for-tat. So, back in 2008, when the McCain campaign was releasing attack ...

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The Next Crazy Idea From The Right That Just Might Work

Alibi Pierce — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:02:19 +0000

A disturbing read by Salon’s Paul Rosenberg today in which he he describes the ideas presented in a conference call he was able to eavesdrop on that was led by rising conservative idea-man Charles Kacprowicz. ...

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Wilford Brimley

Alibi Pierce — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:17:39 +0000

Proof that advertising and product placement work: One minute I’m sitting on the sofa watching The Daily Show, hearing Jon Stewart reference Wilford Brimley. The next I’m craving a motherfucking oatmeal cookie. -Alibi Pierce

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Google Fixes Most Aggravating Web Feature

Alibi Pierce — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:10:29 +0000

True to the headline at Slate, it appears that Google really did just fix one of the most annoying things about web surfing. Few things drive me as crazy as the sudden blast of an ...

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#postrock

Oskar Thompson — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:32:14 +0000

what I enjoy the most about really good postrock is when it becomes very difficult for me to picture humans making these sounds, behind instruments in a studio, with headphones on listening to a click track somewhere ...

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A Star is Born

Alibi Pierce — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:37:55 +0000

As the Chris Christie “Bridgegate” coverage becomes more heated and more inescapable, and local Democrat senators begin talking about impeachment; as the full gamut of MSNBC hosts gleefully celebrate the impending demise of the GOP’s ...

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