Friday, May 30, 2008
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Todos Contra Todos
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Leonard Baskin, 1969
The ancient blood and deeds of chivalry
Of my forebears made me so arrogant
That, of our common mother recking nought,
I held all men in absolute contempt.
Purgatory XI, 61-64
Here's What Happened
George Bush appeared to have won Florida, and therefore the presidency.
The Florida court ordered a recount.
Then the United States Supreme Court stepped in and shut the recounts down.
Bush was left as the victor and became the president.
-Larry Beinhart, CommonDreams.org
Hell Bound, Matt Sesow, 2008
Presumably, the whole world wanted to know who actually did get the most votes. It would make a great and important story. But getting the truth was too time consuming and expensive for any single news organization, so a consortium was formed. It consisted of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Tribune Company, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The St. Petersburg Times, The Palm Beach Post and CNN.
It took almost a year and cost over a million dollars.
All the news organizations had the same information: Al Gore got more legal, countable votes than George Bush.
Here are the headlines:
The Wall Street Journal: “Bush Wins Without Supreme Court Help,”
Los Angeles Times: “Bush Still Had Votes to Win in a Recount, Study Finds.”
The Washington Post: “Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush”
CNN.com: “Florida Recount Study: Bush Still Wins.”
The New York Times: “Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote.”
The St. Petersburg Times: “Recount: Bush.”
Friday, May 23, 2008
Burtynsky - Nickel Tailings, Sudbury, Ontario
Tailings are the materials left over after the valuable fraction is separated from the worthless fraction of an ore.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Inigo Montoya
Hard in chase, Inigo rounds a corner and is hit by surprise...
Inigo: (slumping against the wall, the knife thrown by Rugen deep in his belly) Forgive me father... I tried ... I tried.
Rugen: You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago.
With great effort, Inigo pulls the knife from his stomach and tries to stand.
Rugen: Good heavens. Are you still trying to win? You have an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It's going to get you into trouble one day.
Rugen attacks, thrusting twice for the heart , but missing each time, the thrusts deflected by what strength Inigo has to block with his sword, the deflected thrusts going into each of his arms, which he doesn't seem to notice.
Inigo: (back to his feet now) Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Rugen attacks again. But his swordplay is deflected.
Inigo: (a little louder now) Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Rugen backs away, then thrusts again. Misses.
Inigo: (a little louder still) Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Rugen: Stop saying that!
Inigo: HELLO! MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA. YOU KILLED MY FATHER.
PREPARE TO DIE!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Edward Burtynsky: Densified Oil Filters: Hamilton, Ontario
We incarcerate 500% more people today than we did thirty years ago. The United States is home to a mere five percent of the world’s total population, and 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated population: 2.3 million people, most of whom are incarcerated for nonviolent offenses. And that number doesn’t include those living under the thumb of the criminal justice system: probationers, parolees and those on tethers, the electronic monitoring devices worn by people on house arrest.
... from "The Society of the Incarcerated," by Anna Clark: May 19, 2008: The Women's International Perspective
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