Is Islamophobia sweeping the US?
I can never get enough of these Taiwanese news animations.
[via BI]
Top Secret America
The Washington Post is delving into New York Times territory with a data-intensive info-graphic that digs into the relationship between government organizations and contractors in the post-9/11 security regime.
[via Information Aesthetics]
True American Leadership
We need more of this. Not enough politicians are willing to stand up and say what is right, at the expense of their popularity.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg:
This nation was founded on the principle that the government must never choose between religions or favor one over another. The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.
Let us not forget that Muslims were among those murdered on 9/11, and that our Muslim neighbors grieved with us as New Yorkers and as Americans. We would betray our values and play into our enemies’ hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone else. In fact, to cave to popular sentiment would be to hand a victory to the terrorists, and we should not stand for that.
[via Daring Fireball]
The new 2010 penny
Are we seriously still sinking money into designing and minting new pennies? Will those little bastards never die?
[via Graphic Hug]
U.S. to add 11 new states
At least according to Chinese manufactures of plastic American flags.
Tim Childress thought he was being patriotic when he went to buy an American flag at his local Dollar Tree store in Dallas. But he soon discovered that his purchase was a cheap impostor of Old Glory that was emblazoned with a not-so authentic 61 stars.
Congress didn’t watch The Wire
Back in 2002, anyone that watched HBO’s series The Wire learned about the benefits of prepaid cell phones, or “burners”, to drug dealers and other criminal organizations. Well apparently no one in Congress is a fan of The Wire because they’re just now working on legislating stricter tracking measures for the prepaid phones.
This proposal is overdue because for years, terrorists, drug kingpins and gang members have stayed one step ahead of the law by using prepaid phones that are hard to trace.
- Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Long overdue.
[via Engadget]
The Deprofiler
Removing reasonable suspicion.
Being brown was never easy. But now, due to SB 1070, it can get you thrown in jail. Deprofiler.com allows you to print a mask of a friendly white person’s face to wear while you’re in Arizona.
[via @Zeldman]
The real 100 most influential people of 2010
Time magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 most influential people is an absolute joke. Lady Gaga? Anyone who’s qualifications include “diva” are automatically disqualified. Sandra Bullock? Snooki? Are these really the “women” we want to put on a pedestal for our youth to emulate? And so it doesn’t look like I’m just tearing down women on the list, you can’t be serious about Neil Patrick Harris? And Dan Coudreaut, really? The head chef of McDonald’s? You can’t be serious.
Since Time’s list is obviously a joke (I can’t really blame them since you need to sell copies by any means necessary in today’s print publishing world) I feel it would be a disservice to America and the world if a real list wasn’t put out. So below, compiled by me and me alone, is the real 2010 list of the 100 most influential people. They’re in no particular order, but are organized by category. Read the rest of this entry »
Kanellos the Greek protest dog
This dog is a national treasure.
