August 21, 2009

Yet more interestingness: 21 August 2009

Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

Over twenty companies have now pulled their Glenn Beck advertising
It started because of his remarks a few weeks ago that President Obama is a "racist" who "hates white people;" for those who don't know, FOX News forced Beck on a week-long "vacation" this week, in an attempt to get the dust to settle a bit over it all.

What exactly is the 'public option,' and why are radical liberals so crazy about it?
One of the better articles I've come across, regarding what exactly the "public option" within the healthcare debate actually is (think EU-style socialized medicine), and why radical liberals are threatening to sink the entire reform movement without it.

Kids In The Hall announce new eight-part miniseries
All right!

Starbucks lowers prices on plain coffee, raises prices on fancy drinks
All right!

Rupert Murdoch caught trying to create cabal-style price-fixing among nation's last news organizations
What a surprise -- Rupert Murdoch is trying to create a cabal-style conspiracy among the nation's remaining major news organizations, by which they all charge the same amount for their online content so that consumers have no choice but to pay. What a f-cking surprise.

Nude photo of Jackie Kennedy found buried in Warhol possessions
Oh my.

Filed by Jason Pettus at 1:33 PM, August 21, 2009. Filed under: Arts news |