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Blend up your Election Coverage

This website Baudrillards Blender seems pretty intense though I lack the time to delve into it too deeply. Basically a blender for election coverage specify your criteria and hit your blend mode, you’re rewarded with a news clip from 2008 election coverage. (via...

Helen Suzman, Insanely Prolific

Helen Suzman died on Jan. 1st. Didn’t know much about her so decided to read up on wikipedia “Suzman was awarded 27 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize[5] and received countless other awards...

A Nation Divided

BLDGBLOG seems dubious of a WSJ article predicting the dissolution of the U.S. into six fractionalized nations, under foreign influence. Does this suggest the end of the perfect California burrito?

Nuke the Fridge, Lexicography of

The NY Times discusses some of the more popular buzz-words from 2008. I’m sort of surprised by how many words on the list I recognize since they all seem to have a slant towards various subcultures. Unfortunately the article also has pointed me towards yet...