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Friday Six -- Olympic Controversy Edition
19 hours ago by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
More than handi-capable...The great thing about sports is, except for the draft which rewards franchises that finish last, it is largely free from a lot of the egalitarian bull-crap that invades the rest of our lives. As of this writing, the...
Shifting Political Landscape in China
Yesterday by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
According to reports from devastated Sichuan province, the Chinese government has devoted substantial resources to ongoing earthquake rescue and recovery efforts. China's emergency response now stands in stark contrast to the corrupt Burmese...
Take My Advice
Yesterday by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
Better listen to him...he's pre-med.I think the hardest thing about being an advice columnist would be that whole part where you have to stop laughing long enough to write the column. Being an advice columnist has to be like winning the West...
John McCain Looks To Appeal To Younger Voters
05/12/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
"Yo, dude, let me rap with you about social security..."-This report is the first in a series of articles about the upcoming hysterical historical Presidential election...-Republican candidate John McCain took a combative stance on the campaign...
Obama draws diverse crowd of eager volunteers
05/12/2008 by Ryan Miller @ politicalfrenzy.com
This past Saturday I attended a voter registration drive hosted by Barack Obama's campaign. At 10am the office was packed, with volunteers pouring out the front door. They had to announce that they had ‘too many volunteers,’ and didn’t have...
Why Hillary won't drop out....just yet (Al Gore to the rescue?)
05/09/2008 by Ryan Miller @ politicalfrenzy.com
Why won't she just drop out? There are a number of reasons why Hillary won't just drop out of the race. Let's explore a few of them.First of all, and this is one nobody is talking about, Al Gore has not endorsed anyone yet. We all know that a Gore...
Burma and the UN
05/09/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
An angry cyclone pounded Burma last week and left a bitter cloud of despair in its wake. As entire villages now battle to survive, thousands of aid workers sit just over the borders waiting for the call to go in and help. By refusing to allow...
McSame's Disastrous Economic Policies
05/05/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
Don't look now, but the Straight Talk Express has derailed again. Lately, the senior Senator from Arizona has been serving up enough whoppers to make the Burger King proud.Surely by now someone in the McCain campaign has noticed that 70% of...
Civil Unions Inevitable Despite Backward Adherence to Religious Interpretation
04/30/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
An intersection of personal reading and casual conversation this weekend led me to think again about the issue of gay marriage. I read an article in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine written by Benoit Denizet-Lewis about the trend toward...
World Food Crisis Originating from Multiple Sources
04/30/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
Everyone who has stayed up late to watch bad movies and old TV shows is familiar with ads from non-profit groups soliciting funds to feed the poor. These commercials use heart-rending images of children sleeping in streets, drinking dirty water and...
Thrifty Homes
04/30/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
It's back to the future all over again for the environmental movement. Maybe those Bronze Age architects with their homes of straw and sod had the right idea after all. Indeed modern builders have now returned to these old school building...
Summer Blockbusters: Reason to Look for Alternative Forms of Entertainment
04/29/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
I was reading one of The Onion’s AV Club lists about summer blockbusters the other day that made me think about the upcoming crop of bloated, overrated films. The article listed 18 summer blockbusters from the past that did not disappoint in terms...
Lights Getting Smarter
04/28/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
While oil companies and public utilities continue to seek the Holy Grail of alternative energy, smaller businesses are quietly developing innovative new ways of reducing power consumption. The latest devices on the market conserve energy by...
“The Future of the Internet” is the Future of Alternative Media
04/26/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
I watched some of Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about the “future” of the internet. The name of the hearing sounds like it was created in 1990 when the Internet was still in its early...
The NFL Draft: Another Rich Person’s Stock Market
04/26/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
I love sports and I am a huge football fan (I grew up in Green Bay so I don’t think I could be anything else.) It is tough to admit to everyone that I spend hours on Saturdays and Sundays watching football games while letting projects gather dust...
WFMU Offers Music, Comedy for Listeners Sick of Clear Channel Dominance
04/25/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
My regular complaints about politics, media and society will be replaced today by one of my biggest pet peeves. I hate commercial radio stations whether it is the Morning Zoo with Fart Man and Zonkers (I hope I made that up) or two old people...
Obama or Clinton? You don't get to decide
04/23/2008 by Ryan Miller @ politicalfrenzy.com
After last night's 'big' Clinton victory in Pennsylvania it is now impossible for either her or Senator Obama to claim the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination. What does this mean? It means that your vote no longer counts.As of today...
Walking The Walk For 'The Walk'
04/23/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
Isaac Hanson filming white girls for charity... When they're not appearing on some stupid reality show or getting picked up for DUI, you can often find celebrities doing charity work to get publicity for whatever CD or film they happen to be working...
Rambunctious Young Democracies
04/22/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
GhanaThe peace loving citizens of Ghana have seen their diamond encrusted West African neighborhood explode in violence over the past two decades. Fortunately, the civil wars in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone are now over and Ghana's vibrant...
Investment in Colombia
04/20/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
It seems fairly certain that any serious US response to the humanitarian crisis in Colombia will have to wait until after the next president takes office. The 3.8 million Colombians currently living in exile have failed to penetrate the...
The Friday Six -- The Return of the Magnificent Six
04/18/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
The Magnificent Seven -- if you're grading on the curve...You can probably name, or at least recognize, six of the actors in The Magnificent Seven. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Charles Bronson and Robert Vaughn all went on...
Off for the Week
04/16/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
Hello all,I will not be posting until Thursday, April 24th. I have several projects that are wrapping up in the next week that need extra attention. I will return on the 24th with new posts about alternative media. Nick...
Alternative Media Showcase: The Daily Mississippian
04/16/2008 by Nicholas Katers @ mediacritiques.com
My final entry in this week’s showcase of student newspapers is The Daily Mississippian. This publication is the student organ of the University of Mississippi (commonly referred to as Ole Miss) and distributes five days per week. The paper’s...
Colombia Deserves a Better Deal
04/16/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
The US State Department estimates that Colombia ranks second only to Sudan in the number of internally displaced refugees. Up to 3.8 million Colombians live in exile, more than 5% of the population. Our country fuels this humanitarian crisis with...
What's The Big Deal?
04/15/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
Can someone explain to me what the emoticon "XVI" is supposed to represent? ...As a humor blogger it's important for me to keep my finger on the cultural pulse so that in the event the people at CNN call and want a humorous take on the day's events,...