Archive for February, 2010
America is Awesome part 1
Blog: February 1st, 2010America is awesome Prostitution in New Orleans These days, Tabitha, who asked that her real name not be used in this story, has yet another burden: a stamp printed on her driver’s license labels her a sex offender. Her crime? Sex work. isn’t it…
America is Awesome part 2
Blog: February 2nd, 2010America is awesome The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle When President Barack Obama took office last year, he promised to “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great.” Toward that end, the president issued an executive order declaring that the extra-constitutional prison [...]
‘Found’ Abstract Comic Redux
Blog: February 4th, 2010Firstly I’ve decided to repost them all here as I found them so you can see for yourself. They are posted in the original order I found them. The original Abstract Comics Post and ‘Found’ Abstract Comic. I posted these because they are just awesome! I was also being a bit provocative which was why [...]
Murray Hill, for Congress
Blog: February 6th, 2010Murray Hill Incorporated, a PR firm is running for Congress here is their snazzy ad. This was just to Awesome not to post! Hat tip to No right Turn
Silent Pictures – Abstract Comics Exhibition
Blog: February 8th, 2010Right! I’ve finally got round to posting some photos of the Silent Pictures Exhibition at the James Gallery of the Graduate Center of CUNY James Gallery Entrance . Silent Pictures entry & Small Zines by Robert Breer . lots of people . a bookshelf of Anthologies . Silent Pictures Programme booklet . Art Spiegelman’s collection [...]
Radical Abundance
Blog: February 12th, 2010Key note speach from O’Reilly Web 2.0 conference by Douglas Rushkoff, from here. On first viewing I really like it, he raised and tried to address some of my miss givings about freeness on the net. Yet the second time around it became clear that I don’t share his assumptions about the system. Still food [...]
