REMEMBER. REMEMBER. THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER
Where are the political smears of yesteryear? They’re right at hand in a graphic archive for voters who can’t wait for the election cycle to descend to maximum attack mode.
(Suggested by NEW YORK TIMES)
Domingo Soto's Personal Blog https://domsoto.blogspot.com/
Friday, October 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
progreso-weekly.com - Broad-band carom
CUBA-VENEZUELA ETHERNET PACT
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has signed a decree creating a state-run joint venture to install, operate and maintain a telecommunications system between Cuba and Venezuela which will enable a larger number of Cubans to access the Internet.
(PROGRESO)
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has signed a decree creating a state-run joint venture to install, operate and maintain a telecommunications system between Cuba and Venezuela which will enable a larger number of Cubans to access the Internet.
(PROGRESO)
travelx_papirkugle video in langers's public channel on Twango
OFFICE SKILLS PRACTICE
If you do anything repeatedly you get good at it, like the Chinese with their little plates spinning on rods. Here's a guy with tremendous office skills.
(TWANGO, unearthed by Matt McCarthy)
If you do anything repeatedly you get good at it, like the Chinese with their little plates spinning on rods. Here's a guy with tremendous office skills.
(TWANGO, unearthed by Matt McCarthy)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
CNN/SI - Inside Game - Sports Illustrated - Life of Reilly - Life of Reilly: On a Wing and a Prayer - Tuesday September 14, 1999 06:12 PM
A WING AND A PRAYER
Before the flight I asked if there was something I should eat the next morning. "Bananas," he said."For the potassium?" I asked."No, because they taste about the same coming up as they do going down."
(SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, unearthed by Beth Adams)
Before the flight I asked if there was something I should eat the next morning. "Bananas," he said."For the potassium?" I asked."No, because they taste about the same coming up as they do going down."
(SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, unearthed by Beth Adams)
Monday, October 22, 2007
CUBA BOOK ANNOUNCED
ABC-CLIO has announced the publication of another book in their GLOBAL STUDIES: LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Series, this time by good friend Ted Henken and about my favorite place Cuba. The press release for the book announces it as "a clear, provocative, and up-to-date overview of Cuban historical, political, economic, and sociocultural development from the pre-Columbian period to the present day with an emphasis on the Cuban Revolution, US-Cuban relations, and Cuba's current socio-economic reality." It is a comprehensive reference book of more than 600 pages presenting the many diverse characteristics of Cuba (music and dance, literature, cinema, revolutionary politics, Cuban exile politics, sugar/tobacco/rum, U.S. policy, history of the Spanish conquest and African slavery, and state socialist economics), as a complex but integrated whole - without trying to over-simplify or trivialize any of these characteristics.
ABC-CLIO has announced the publication of another book in their GLOBAL STUDIES: LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN Series, this time by good friend Ted Henken and about my favorite place Cuba. The press release for the book announces it as "a clear, provocative, and up-to-date overview of Cuban historical, political, economic, and sociocultural development from the pre-Columbian period to the present day with an emphasis on the Cuban Revolution, US-Cuban relations, and Cuba's current socio-economic reality." It is a comprehensive reference book of more than 600 pages presenting the many diverse characteristics of Cuba (music and dance, literature, cinema, revolutionary politics, Cuban exile politics, sugar/tobacco/rum, U.S. policy, history of the Spanish conquest and African slavery, and state socialist economics), as a complex but integrated whole - without trying to over-simplify or trivialize any of these characteristics.
HBO's Maher runs and tosses heckler on live TV show
BOUNCER BILL
Bill Maher can add 'security guard' to his job description alongside comedian and political commentator.
(AP, unearthed by Mediabistro)
Bill Maher can add 'security guard' to his job description alongside comedian and political commentator.
(AP, unearthed by Mediabistro)
Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge - New York Times
SKULLDRUGERY
Aides in both parties acknowledge working harder than ever to get favorable coverage for their candidates — or unfavorable coverage of competitors — onto the Drudge Report's home page, knowing that television producers, radio talk show hosts, and newspaper reporters view it as a bulletin board for the latest news and gossip.
(NEW YORK TIMES, unearthed by Mediabistro)
Aides in both parties acknowledge working harder than ever to get favorable coverage for their candidates — or unfavorable coverage of competitors — onto the Drudge Report's home page, knowing that television producers, radio talk show hosts, and newspaper reporters view it as a bulletin board for the latest news and gossip.
(NEW YORK TIMES, unearthed by Mediabistro)
ALICE COOPER PLAYS GOLF?
As promised, Bienville Books now has SIGNED copies of Alice Cooper's first book Golf Monster available on a limited basis. They are currently available for $25.00 apiece, making them a great gift for anyone you know who loves golf and rock n' roll. As far as we can tell, these are the ONLY signed copies available both locally and on the internet. One copy per customer please, and they can only hold them for 24 hours.
Also, stop by their Arts Alive Festival booth in downtown Mobile's Cathedral Square booth this Friday evening, October 26. At 6:30, Mobile Press-Register editorial cartoonist J. D. Crowe will sign copies of his latest collection Smell the Love. Also, artist Kate Seawell will sign copies of Reuben's Mobile, an evocative look at downtown Mobile through the eyes of Reuben, a Great Dane who belongs to Teddy Lee, the unofficial mayor of Dauphin Street. The book has lovely watercolors by Seawell and poems by Sue Walker, head of the University of South Alabama's English Dept. and this year's Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama.
As promised, Bienville Books now has SIGNED copies of Alice Cooper's first book Golf Monster available on a limited basis. They are currently available for $25.00 apiece, making them a great gift for anyone you know who loves golf and rock n' roll. As far as we can tell, these are the ONLY signed copies available both locally and on the internet. One copy per customer please, and they can only hold them for 24 hours.
Also, stop by their Arts Alive Festival booth in downtown Mobile's Cathedral Square booth this Friday evening, October 26. At 6:30, Mobile Press-Register editorial cartoonist J. D. Crowe will sign copies of his latest collection Smell the Love. Also, artist Kate Seawell will sign copies of Reuben's Mobile, an evocative look at downtown Mobile through the eyes of Reuben, a Great Dane who belongs to Teddy Lee, the unofficial mayor of Dauphin Street. The book has lovely watercolors by Seawell and poems by Sue Walker, head of the University of South Alabama's English Dept. and this year's Poet Laureate of the State of Alabama.
Celluloid Tale of Rio's Drug War, Told From Police Perspective, Is the Talk of Brazil - washingtonpost.com
FILM EXPLORES LIFE IN FAVELAS
For decades, most of Rio's 600-plus favelas have been ruled by drug-dealing gangs. The police, both military and civil, have waged war on those groups, and they are often criticized for being as brutal -- if not more so -- than the gangs. Shootouts are common, and favela residents are often caught in the crossfire. Even before it was released in theaters this month, Elite Squad was Brazil's most-watched movie of the season. Director Jose Padilha said his intention was to show the drug war from the perspective of a cop and to let the audience judge whether the cop is good, bad or both. For those with firm opinions about Rio's violence, the movie's refusal to impose its own moral is offensive. (Ed note: for an optimistic view of things check out Favela Rising, an inspirational look at the efforts of a music group to bring some light to their darkness. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE FILM. Of course, there is also the movie City of God a movie so violent that it upset my German friend for the rest of the day when we watched it in New York. There is also a very interesting TV show by the same name which truly merits watching.)
(WASHINGTON POST)
For decades, most of Rio's 600-plus favelas have been ruled by drug-dealing gangs. The police, both military and civil, have waged war on those groups, and they are often criticized for being as brutal -- if not more so -- than the gangs. Shootouts are common, and favela residents are often caught in the crossfire. Even before it was released in theaters this month, Elite Squad was Brazil's most-watched movie of the season. Director Jose Padilha said his intention was to show the drug war from the perspective of a cop and to let the audience judge whether the cop is good, bad or both. For those with firm opinions about Rio's violence, the movie's refusal to impose its own moral is offensive. (Ed note: for an optimistic view of things check out Favela Rising, an inspirational look at the efforts of a music group to bring some light to their darkness. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE FILM. Of course, there is also the movie City of God a movie so violent that it upset my German friend for the rest of the day when we watched it in New York. There is also a very interesting TV show by the same name which truly merits watching.)
(WASHINGTON POST)
Kid Rock arrested in DeKalb after fight at Waffle House | ajc.com
MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR KIDS BUY KID ROCK ALBUMS
Kid Rock was released from an Atlanta Jail on Sunday afternoon after posting a $1,000 bond on a misdemeanor charge resulting from a Waffle House brawl. Five men in his entourage — including the guitarist and the bass player in his band, Twisted Brown Trucker — jumped into the fray, and the fight spilled from inside the restaurant into the parking lot. When the brawl ended, Ritchie and his group got into their tour bus and left the scene. An officer pulled the bus over at Buford Highway and Lenox Road, and all five men were booked into jail.
(ATLANTA JOURNAL)
Kid Rock was released from an Atlanta Jail on Sunday afternoon after posting a $1,000 bond on a misdemeanor charge resulting from a Waffle House brawl. Five men in his entourage — including the guitarist and the bass player in his band, Twisted Brown Trucker — jumped into the fray, and the fight spilled from inside the restaurant into the parking lot. When the brawl ended, Ritchie and his group got into their tour bus and left the scene. An officer pulled the bus over at Buford Highway and Lenox Road, and all five men were booked into jail.
(ATLANTA JOURNAL)
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