Ryan Sholin

Tag: Politics

  • Alexandra Samuel on Democratic Engagement

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    The You’re It blog is a clearinghouse for all things taxonomic (tagging, tags, tagsonomy, taxonomy, etc.) If you haven’t tried tagging yet – type the word “delicious” in your browser’s URL bar… If that doesn’t work go for del.icio.us. Check it out. Delicious, Technorati, and Flickr are all super-tag-happy. Alexandra Samuel writes in her self-intro…

  • More staged media with the Governor Schwarzenegger

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    I know I’m late, but the long weekend swallowed up most of my political anger/impatience/responsiblity. So, last Friday’s San Francisco Chronicle has this story of a completely, 100% staged media event featuring the Governor of California, who happens to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. A work crew dug a pothole out of a San Jose street, and…

  • Don’t even TALK about P2P in Spain

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    He gave the presentation, was forced to resign from the University, and the school has attempted to distance itself from his ideas in order to protect themselves.

  • Term Paper Wrap Up

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    Well, now that I’ve emailed the presentation in and printed out the paper (still looking for a powerful stapler), here’s a slide and an excerpt from the exciting and ornery beast now offically known as: Interpersonal Communication and the Formation of Public Opinion in the Internet Age: An Analysis of the Movement and Influence of…

  • Existence Preceeds Essence: Afghanistan in the Spotlight

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    photo of Afghanistan May 11th protests via AP From Norbizness: Well, At Least We’re Reminded That Afghanistan Exists. Uh, no, I don’t remember how I found a blog called “Happy Furry Puppy Story Time With Norbizness,” but who am I to argue with my aggregator. Norbiz on the Newsweek schlamozzle (and what is the difference…

  • Paging Walter Lippmann

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    Or is a lack of curiosity just a function of a consumerist society based upon spectacle? We seem to be far more curious about the spectacle than we are about reality.

  • 132 Mayors work around Bush on Kyoto

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    The basics? Lots and lots of people live in cities. We can make a difference with or without the federal government’s support.

  • Found on Flickr: Bean Pod Battle

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    Found this on Flickr: “The field he’s standing by extends in several directions for many hundreds of meters. In the summer they harvest shitloads of beans. Well, by spring the bean pods are pretty welld eveloped and would attract even more kids because they would hang out and munch on the beans while we bullshitted…

  • Get Your War On

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    JUST in case I haven’t mentioned it before, Get Your War On is the coolest thing on Earth. Okay, “cool” is subjective, but how about, “awesome-est.” Yeah, well start working on that writing style any minute now…

  • Social Security Flashers

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    MoveOn‘s got a winner in their “Bush in 30 Years” contest — they were looking for a few good Flash animations to illustrate the social security “crisis” and proposed solutions. Check out the flashy goodness here.