March 2009
I am the Magic Eight Ball. Ask me a question and I will answer you! (?)
“Spain’s national newspapers, El País and Público reported that the Spanish national security court has opened a criminal probe focusing on Bush Administration lawyers who pioneered the descent into torture at the prison in Guantánamo.”
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Harpers. According to Sullivan, “the judge involved is the one who nailed Pinochet.”
It’s a fishing expedition. Even if these guys show up in a European court (which they won’t, citing lack of jurisdiction), they won’t implicate their bosses. In fact, they can’t — they’d be disbarred for doing so, having violated attorney-client privilege.
Baudrillard predicted Twitter →
britannica.com
This will prep you for the next metaphysical crisis conversation you have over whiskey in the back of an Echo Park watering hole.
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“We may not have wet t-shirt contests, but we do have some fiiiine statues.”
—actual ad for the Getty Museum I just heard on the radio
"This is America. These people need a Simple Narrative. The most beloved show on television for the past decade has been a fucking low-rent Gong Show, with people singing karaoke. You want to explain leverage and derivatives and equity ratios and Glass-Steagall and whatever to this crowd? Good luck." →
wonkette.com
(via alexbalk)
Facebook User Interface: A Tutorial
Someone took a CRIZAZY photo of me last night and I just have to put it in my “CRIZAZY photos” album on Facebook. OMG, so excited. So, Facebook homepage. Click on the link to the “Photos” application in the left sidebar. Upload a photo (from my drive? wtf?). Hey, wait, that ended up on my Wall. Don’t want it there. I’ll click on it and add it to an album — hey, wait, can’t do that. Can’t delete it, either. Maybe if I go back to the wall … nope, can’t delete my photo from there, either. WTF.
Click “Profile.” OK, there’s a “Photos” tab. Same as the “Photos” application? Nope. Hey, there’s all the photos of me, and — wait — an album called “Wall Photos?” I didn’t create that. I don’t want that. Where’s the “delete album” link? There isn’t one. OK, click on the “Wall Photos” album, maybe it’s there. Nope! “Edit Photos” link. Ahhhh, there it is. “Delete Album” is under “Edit Photos.” That makes … sense? Eh. But I don’t want to delete just yet, I want to move my photo into the proper album, first. Hmmm, not an option. Go into the album where this should have gone in the first place, now I can add a new photos. There. Now go back and delete the other photo. Jesus.
“He’s cool, but he can’t beat me.”
—Kolan McConiughey, champion Special Olympics bowler (has bowled a perfect game three times).
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