- You are now the leader of the entire American Demos, not of a party or a faction. You need to find ways to stay in touch with the Demos.
- Fortifying your borders in order to keep problems at bay is likely to backfire – as it did for us.
- Don’t let anyone tell you that they have figured out how you can accomplish great things without risk.
- Despite what your predecessor believed, don’t start thinking that a democratic leader can mimic the arbitrary powers of autocrats.
Organized by Neturei Karta International at UN headquarters in New York. Rabbi Weiss, who heads the group, talks with TRNS. (via Jews United Against Zionism, United Nations, January 4, 2009)
some interesting tidbits in here
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Mike Patton - A Perfect Twist (Vocal)
from “A Perfect Place” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
from “A Perfect Place” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
“Footage filmed by Jamal Abu-Sa’ifan, a Palestinian resident of Hebron, documenting an Israeli settler shooting two members of his family. The event occurs following the eviction settlers from a Palestinian house they occupied in Hebron. Settlers attacked the nearby house of the Abu-Se’ifan family, and during ensuing clashes, a settler fired his handgun at Hosni Abu-Se’ifan (40), who was hit in the chest and is in stable condition, and his father, ‘Abd al-Hai Abu-Sa’ifan (65) who was moderately wounded in his arm. The two were taken to a Hebron hospital. The video shows other members of the family manage to overcome the shooter, then a security guard from the nearby settlement Kiryat Arba arrives and the scene, and fires his weapon in the air.” (via Israeli Settler Shooting Palestinians in Hebron)
I’m not familiar with “Sabbah TV”, this source of this video, so I can’t verify that the description is accurate. That said, the video does not paint a pretty picture.
TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: No End in Sight
“With the 9th day of the Israel-Gaza conflict done, there is little prospect for a cessation of the violence any time soon. And the Sunday morning talk shows had far more questions to offer than solutions to the crisis.”
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”
— Jim Jarmusch (via strangeland/hangmanblues) (via sycamore) (via electronicalrattlebag) (via getbuck) (via bitchville) (via semisetadrift) (via tristanjay7)
“I’d like to see him run. I’d like to see him be president some day.”
— G.H.W. Bush, on his son Jeb.
“Photographer Duane Kerzic was standing on the public platform in New York’s Penn Station, taking pictures of trains in hopes of winning the annual photo contest that Amtrak had been running since 2003. Amtrak police arrested him for refusing to delete the photos when asked, though they later charged him with trespassing.”
— Slashdot | Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested By Amtrak Police
1000 cars racing at once. One of several time merge videos linked from kottke.org.
Beautiful. As an added bonus, Moby’s elevator electronica for grandmas seems much more interesting when accompanying thousands of cars flying through he air.
![schlomo:
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Animated gifs are a distinct type of cinema that is ONLY found on the web. It’s a vibrant, snarky, simple, powerful, moving medium.
You think I’m kidding? Then maybe you don’t take the internet as art-form as seriously as I do. That’s ok, maybe you suck and should be immortalized on ytmnd.com
turkeydinner:
Now tumblr is de-animated gifs. Boo.
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THIS IS A BIG DEAL. Animated gifs are a distinct type of cinema that is ONLY found on the web. It’s a vibrant, snarky, simple, powerful, moving medium.
You think I’m kidding? Then maybe you don’t take the internet as art-form as seriously as I do. That’s ok, maybe you suck and should be immortalized on ytmnd.com
Now tumblr is de-animated gifs. Boo.
“Will Pike, a 28-year-old Englishman, was badly injured in the tragic Mumbai terror attacks — shattering his body in a failed escape attempt.
During Pike’s ongoing recovery, he and his girlfriend missed their eagerly awaited night out to see British comic Eddie Izzard. Pike’s father wrote Izzard, asking if the comic could send along a note to ease Pike’s disappointment and depression.
Izzard refused. Instead, the star of The Riches and Valkyrie showed up at the hospital and performed his entire 90 minute stand-up set at Pike’s bedside.
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“This short documentary, I Am Sean Bell: Black Boys Speak by Stacey Muhammad is exactly what it sounds like. Black boys (between the ages of 11 and 13), along with their parents, speak about the brutal murder of Sean Bell by police officers, the effect it has had on their communities, and their heartbreaking fear, spurned by growing up as young black men in our racist society, of Sean Bell’s fate someday being theirs.” (via Feministe)
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eric mortensen is the director of content development @ blip.tv. he lives in brooklyn, ny. you are currently caught up in his tumblr catastrophe. he also uses last.fm, twitter, facebook, flickr, vodpod and probably some other stuff, too.
in a previous life he co-founded linkfilter, which is now a crumbling retirement community for OLFTs.
in a previous life he co-founded linkfilter, which is now a crumbling retirement community for OLFTs.
