At lunch today, I was perusing a book on modernist architecture, and I found it:
The Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles
Am I wrong?
And yes, I bought the book.
8.05.2010
I Knew I Knew Where Mal Lived
The buildings from Inception's purgatory reminded me of some mid-century modernist building, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was.
At lunch today, I was perusing a book on modernist architecture, and I found it:
Am I wrong?
And yes, I bought the book.
At lunch today, I was perusing a book on modernist architecture, and I found it:
Am I wrong?
And yes, I bought the book.
8.04.2010
Somebody Smack This Has-Been
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich called the decision "an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution"...For Newt, marriage has been between 1 man and 3 women. Not at the same time, of course; that would be too traditional.
"Congress now has the responsibility to act immediately to reaffirm marriage as a union of one man and one woman as our national policy," Gingrich said in a statement.
Prop 8 Overturned, 14th Amendment Next
Chief Judge Vaughn Walker (a gay, libertarian conservative first nominated to the bench by known socialist and butt-cancer survivor, Ronald Reagan) overturned California's Prop 8, stating that,
After going on about how the government must have a very compelling reason to restrict rights of a group of people--or some communist French nonsense like that--up comes my favorite part (which is a header, no less):
Cheers to Gov. Schwarzenegger for refusing to defend Prop 8. And cheers to Chief Judge Walker for including this nugget:
The freedom to marry is recognized as a fundamental right protected by the Due Process Clause. See, for example, Turner v Safely, 482 US 78, 95 (1987)...Uh oh, it's the Republican/Tea Party's new worst enemy: Amendment XIV!!! But what about "traditional marriage" in the US?
The evidence shows that the movement of marriage away from a gendered institution and toward an institution free from state-mandated gender roles reflects an evolution in the understanding of gender rather than a change in marriage. The evidence did not show any historical purpose for excluding same-sex couples from marriage, as states have never required spouses to have an ability or willingness to procreate in order to marry. FF 21. Rather, the exclusion exists as an artifact of a time when the genders were seen as having distinct roles in society and in marriage. That time has passed.Don't tell that to the fussbudgets over at Concerned Women for America. Those pious, submitting broads might rend their maternity aprons and stomp on them in disgust with their bare feet.
After going on about how the government must have a very compelling reason to restrict rights of a group of people--or some communist French nonsense like that--up comes my favorite part (which is a header, no less):
PROPOSITION 8 IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT DENIES PLAINTIFFS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT WITHOUT A LEGITIMATE (MUCH LESS COMPELLING) REASONThe whole thing is a scathing page-turner. Early in the ruling, Chief Judge Walker describes how the defendants only called two witnesses, one of whom was not qualified to enter expert testimony. It's as riotous as dry legalese can get, and it reminds me of Judge Jone's ruling in Kitzmiller vs. Dover.
Cheers to Gov. Schwarzenegger for refusing to defend Prop 8. And cheers to Chief Judge Walker for including this nugget:
That the majority of California voters supported Proposition 8 is irrelevant, as “fundamental rights may not be submitted to [a] vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.” West Virginia State Board of Education v Barnette...Cue "activist."
8.03.2010
8.01.2010
7.27.2010
Still One Of The Best Endings Ever
Six Feet Under had one of the best endings of any series ever, transcending from a modern show exploring death to a sci-fi celebration of our inevitable end.
I cry every time I watch it...
I cry every time I watch it...
From Reason.com
Internet Addiction
What once was parody may soon be diagnosis.
What once was parody may soon be diagnosis.
In 1995, in an effort to parody the way the American Psychiatric Association’s hugely influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders medicalizes every excessive behavior, psychiatrist Ivan Goldberg introduced on his website the concept of “Internet Addiction Disorder.” Last summer Ben Alexander, a 19-year-old college student obsessed with the online multiplayer game World of Warcraft, was profiled by CBS News, NPR, the Associated Press, and countless other media outlets because of his status as client No. 1 at reSTART, the first residential treatment center in America for individuals trying to get themselves clean from Azeroth, iPhones, and all the other digital narcotics of our age.
7.23.2010
7.22.2010
7.20.2010
Disturbing
A Drug Raid Goes Viral
A violent police raid posted on YouTube sparks outrage—but the only thing unusual was that it was caught on video.
A violent police raid posted on YouTube sparks outrage—but the only thing unusual was that it was caught on video.
In May a Missouri police raid that was captured on video went viral. As of this writing, the video had been viewed more than 1.2 million times on YouTube. It lit up message boards, blogs, and discussion groups around the Web, unleashing anger, resentment, and, regrettably, calls for violence against the officers involved. I’ve been writing about these raids, including some that claimed the lives of innocent people, for five years. There’s never been a reaction like this one. (You can see the video at youtube.com/watch?v=RbwSwvUaRqc.)
Brilliant!
Ru Paul's Drag U is fucking brilliant! Best spin-off show ever. We gotta get a certain someone onto season 2. I'm talking about you, Miss Tobermory Thang....
7.19.2010
TV Alert: Revenge, And Redemption, Of The Queens
The greatest insane reality show ever, Ru Paul's Drag Race, starts its offshoot--Drag U--tonight on Logo.
You know you should watch it Miss Thang. So don't fuck it up!
You know you should watch it Miss Thang. So don't fuck it up!
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