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November 2010
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Decision Points, Facebook Firing, and Graphic...
Decisions, decisions, decisions, so the midterm elections were a referendum on the current administration. Now it’s time to see what Bush thinks about his own run at the office. With his newly released memoir, Decisions Points, George W. Bush attempts to put a human face and spin to the crucial points of his presidency. And with that, perhaps, rehabilitate his legacy. But my...
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If you were looking for another reason to go out... →
You know, apart from it being important for you!
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Vote No on Prop 19 from a Drug Dealer
Ice Pick is a drug dealer. He wants you to vote no on Prop 19 if you live in California and care about mom and pop dealers.
October 2010
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Even President Obama is telling teens, It gets...
Bullying has been in our minds these past weeks. With the surprising suicides of several young teens as an effect of bullying due to their presumed sexual orientation, what was once considered as part of the cruelties of childhood is now considered a dangerous epidemic. In response, an MMA fighter has offered his services (sweet, but not particularly safe; bullies bleed too) and Perez Hilton...
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Are we all ready to get all lit up? Is the US...
So what do you think? Click here to vote on our poll, let’s get a consensus so we can send it off!
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Before we begin a new week, this week on Qwanz.
1. The Simpsons Meet Counterculture artist, Banksy click here for the rest of the entry 2. Carl Paladino says that he’s sorry for his statements, while OkCupid reminds us that maybe we’re not all so different. Click here for the rest of the entry 3. And you have to admit, everyone was watching Chile when they rescued the 33 miners. click here for the quick entry. ...
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Facebook was a definite phenom, will The Social...
Perhaps that it was a good enough idea to have 500 million active users (70% of which live outside the United States,) a movie loosely based on the origins of Facebook were made. And with the grand cinematic visual prowess of David Fincher, the distinctive dialogue of Aaron Sorkin, and the surprising acting fête of Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake, it seems we have another winner. ...
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The Top 5 iPhone apps reveal Modern Living at your...
We’ve learned to live with everything literally at our fingertips. With our entire lives (or at least as developers would like us to think) on our smartphones or feature phones, the recently released Nielsen Mobile Apps Playbook is more than market research on mobile usage. It’s a quick view of what matters to the modern urbanite. The proliferation of mobile phones has signaled how we...
Are they are tempest in teacups or are they a...
Christine O’ Donnell releases a new campaign ad, and aren’t we all left wondering what’s going to happen next? Whether or not we want her to win, it just can’t be helped. You be the judge. Especially since she’s well, you. But with that out of our system, the bigger question. With a candidate who can make such broad statements because she believes she...
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We're really sorry that we've been quiet!
If you’ve noticed, there’s tons going on at the site. But we haven’t been really updating here. But don’t worry, we’re going about to fire up the printing press. And we’re beginning again soon!If there are any topics that you’d like us to cover, then leave a comment here or tweet at us @qwanz! You can also go to our YouTube channel to watch Tanya and Inka talk about the latest issues that...
August 2010
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July 2010
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Happy 4th of July!
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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June 2010
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STOP! How many things are you doing right now?...
so what do you think? Cast your vote on Qwanz. Take your opinion to the world! Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
In Which Karl Rove Makes His Defense of Arizona's... →
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Bafana Bafana! Who do you think will win the world...
Who are you rooting for? Cast your vote on Qwanz!
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So Facebook, can we quit you? | PCMag.com
Have you heard of “Quit Facebook Day?” If not, you’re not alone. In response to the recent Facebook privacy issues, a batch of users founded this celebration of-sorts (not on Facebook, obviously) in hopes that thousands more would join their commitment to deactivate their Facebook accounts come May 31. Well, that’s tomorrow, and according to a new batch of research from...
For Some Homeowners in Foreclosure, a Rent-Free...
A growing number of the people whose homes are in foreclosure are refusing to slink away in shame. They are fashioning a sort of homemade mortgage modification, one that brings their payments all the way down to zero. They use the money they save to get back on their feet or just get by. via nytimes.com This seems like a form of civil disobedience. And one can’t help hoping that they...
Mom of toddler smoker in Indonesia seeks help for...
via edition.cnn.com When do we say enough, and take over from parents who can’t control their children from knowingly hurting himself? Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
Tropical storm leaves more than 115 dead in...
via edition.cnn.com This sinkhole looks like it’s out of a science fiction film. Our hearts go out to Guatemala and the rest of Central America. We hope you’re all safe now. Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
May 2010
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Oil Primer - Where It Comes From, Where It Goes
via awesome.good.is something to think about while you watch how BP will try to solve the oil spill problem. Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
Op-Ed Columnist - Toilets and Cellphones -...
Toilets and Cellphones By ROGER COHEN NEW YORK — I was intrigued to learn the other day that there are now more cellphones in India than toilets. Almost half the Indian population, 563.7 million people, is hooked up to modern communications, while just 366 million have access to modern sanitation, according to a United Nations study. This can be seen as skewed development...
Italian priests' secret mistresses ask pope to...
Dozens of Italian women who have had relationships with Roman Catholic priests or lay monks have endorsed an open letter to the pope that calls for the abolition of the celibacy rule. The letter, thought by one signatory to be unprecedented, argues that a priest “needs to live with his fellow human beings, experience feelings, love and be loved”. It also pleads for understanding of...
Nuns Dare Call it Treason
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Lisa Miller is really great in this story about the Catholic church’s war on American nuns:
Earlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix was excommunicated for approving a first-trimester abortion last year at that hospital to save the life of a critically ill patient. “An unborn child is not a disease,” said Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the...
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let us overthrow the tyranny of common sense, and...
Sir Ken Robinson posed the question, “Do schools kill creativity?” and answered it with a resounding yes. Now he comes back to push the revolution even further. something to chew on, while I shake sand off. It puts our questions about Cursive writing into a different light—because now, what does cursive penmanship (and other staples of education) actually represent in the education...
you must be wondering about the silence around...
Sorry about that, went for a quick holiday! I’m still shaking sand off, but will up and running by tomorrow! Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
Fish: Depoliticizing education on Opinionator Blog...
You don’t cure (what I consider) the virus of a politicized classroom by politicizing it in a different direction, even if that direction corresponds to the notions of civic virtue that animate much of our national rhetoric. The political scientist James Bernard Murphy has been arguing for years that teaching civic virtue is not an appropriate academic activity, both because schools are not...
Court Bars Life Terms for Youths Who Haven’t...
Five justices, in an opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, agreed that the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment forbids such sentences as a categorical matter. “A state need not guarantee the offender eventual release,” Justice Kennedy wrote, “but if it imposes the sentence of life, it must provide him or her with some realistic opportunity to obtain release before the end...
i just thought you'd all forgotten that campaign...
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Editorial - Mr. Gates and the Pentagon Budget -...
Why should the Navy have 11 aircraft carriers (at $11 billion a copy) for the next 30 years when no other country has more than one, he asked at the Navy League exposition in Maryland. He questioned the need for the Marines’ beach-storming Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (vulnerable to advances in anti-ship systems) and $7 billion ballistic missile submarines for the Navy. via nytimes.com It...
Editorial - The Right to, and Need for, Counsel -...
Earlier this month Judge Lippman delivered a Law Day speech in Albany arguing for an even broader vision of justice, one that includes guaranteeing a lawyer for poor people in civil disputes where basic needs are at stake, like evictions and foreclosures. He plans to hold hearings around the state before unveiling a detailed plan next year. We applaud Judge Lippman’s new initiative. Equal justice...
Editorial - The Threat to Miranda - NYTimes.com
For nearly nine years, the threat of international terrorism has fueled a government jackhammer, cutting away at long-established protections of civil liberties. It has been used to justify warrantless wiretapping, an expansion of the state secrets privilege in federal lawsuits, the use of torture, and the indefinite detention of people labeled enemy combatants. None of these actions were...
Plan B - Skip College - NYTimes.com
For college students who ranked among the bottom quarter of their high school classes, the numbers are even more stark: 80 percent will probably never get a bachelor’s degree or even a two-year associate’s degree. That can be a lot of tuition to pay, without a degree to show for it. A small but influential group of economists and educators is pushing another pathway: for some students,...
Uncertainty Buffets Japan’s Whaling Fleet -...
Whaling experts and environmentalists were also encouraged when the government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama took charge last year determined to eradicate exactly the sort of outdated, bureaucratic programs that whaling represents. Tokyo seemed to hint at a compromise in March when the agriculture minister, Hirotaka Akamatsu, whose ministry oversees research whaling, said that Japan was...
Op-Ed Contributors - The Content of Their...
via nytimes.com With the introduction of Cyrillic and Arabic characters into the working language of domain names, it seems that perhaps the internet will truly become a democratic world. It’s interesting that we tout the inclusive nature of the internet, but forget that not everyone reads or speaks English or the Latin alphabet exclusively. Let’s see how this one goes. ...
Editorial - Pssst, Obstructionists, Over to You -...
The United States Senate was supposed to have dropped its insidious tradition that let members put endless secret holds on nominations and other important matters. The abuse continues, more murky than ever. The reform, adopted three years ago, required senators to identify themselves within six days of blocking a nominee, and to state their objection. That stricture has been routinely...
Op-Ed Contributor - Why Miranda Matters — and Why...
SINCE its adoption after a landmark 1966 Supreme Court decision, the Miranda warning has worked its way into not only everyday police procedure, but American culture as well — even if you’ve never been arrested, you probably know the words “anything you say can and will be used against you.” But as the Obama administration considers carving out an exception to the Miranda rules for...
New York Minorities Frisked 9 Times as Often, Data...
The more than 575,000 stops of people in the city, a record number of what are known in police parlance as “stop and frisks,” yielded 762 guns. Of the reasons listed by the police for conducting the stops, one of those least commonly cited was the claim that the person fit the description of a suspect. The most common reason listed by the police was a category known as “furtive movements.” ...
E.P.A. Unveils Rule to Regulate Greenhouse Gases -...
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a final rule on Thursday for regulating major emitters of greenhouse gases, like coal-fired power plants, under the Clean Air Act. Starting in July 2011, new sources of at least 100,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year and any existing plants that increase emissions by 75,000 tons will have to seek permits, the agency said. via nytimes.com...
Hawaii slams door on 'birthers,' who turn to Obama...
The state government can legally ignore repeated requests for President Obama’s birth certificate – a blow (or perhaps a publicity boost) to the birther movement, which claims that Mr. Obama was not born the US, and is therefore not eligible to be president. The birthers are instead turning to another claim against Obama’s legitimacy: an Internet rumor that questions the Obama social security...
About New York - Creating a Network Like Facebook,...
via nytimes.com Four nerds doing it for themselves. Posted via web from Qwanz | Comment »
You mean stereotyping's wrong?
Wait, wait, do you mean we never thought that all actors are poofers or whores? Mr. Setoodeh, your conclusions regarding gay and lesbian actors being unable to act “straight” is as confusing as your expectations that Jonathan Groff should be a convincing straight guy on Glee. Aren’t farces a huge part of theater? [because it is normal for high school students to burst into song...
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TAKE ACTION: End Child Labor in US Agriculture |...
via hrw.org We’ve all heard about the South American children sewing soccer balls they can’t play with, or the Chinese girls who have to assemble dolls that don’t look like them. And we’ve been able to ignore it because it doesn’t happen here—child labor laws are very strict here. Unless you’re a farmworker. Watch this video to learn more about the CARE...