Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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links for 2010-11-29
The FBI successfully thwarts its own Terrorist plot But it may also just as easily be the case that the FBI — as they've done many times in the past — found some very young, impressionable, disaffected, hapless, aimless, inept loner; created a plot it then persuaded/manipulated/entrapped him to join, essentially turning him into a […]
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links for 2010-11-27
TSAstroturf: The Washington Lobbyists and Koch-Funded Libertarians Behind the TSA Scandal – By Mark Ames and Yasha Levine – The eXiled While this issue is certainly important—and offensive—to Americans, we are nonetheless skeptical about how and why this story turned into a national movement. In fact, this whole campaign feels a bit like déjà-vu: As […]
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links for 2010-11-26
Shareable: Real Girl Talk: Is Remix Culture A White Spin on Mixtapes? Mash-up DJs tend to be whiter than mixtape rappers, and it could be that the poster boy for a para-academic intellectual property movement has to be, in the minds of those in charge, a certain color. Literally no one will accuse the white […]
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The Problem With… Mike Posner’s “Please Don’t Go” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… Mike Posner’s “Please Don’t Go” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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links for 2010-11-24
The Pakistani Golden Girls In Pakistan, we have a long way to go when it comes to women’s rights, but the recent press coverage of the women’s cricket team is an opportunity to discuss the benefits of allowing young girls to play sports. From a development perspective, there are numerous reasons why supporting sports for […]
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links for 2010-11-23
Unlogo (tags: culture politics movies) Hold Fast Hold Fast: Stories of maniac sailors, anarchist castaways, and the voyage of the S/V Pestilence… (tags: movies toread green politics sustainability)
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links for 2010-11-22
Sarah Palin and Gawker to Debate Freedom and the Constitution Does Gawker have a First Amendment right to excerpt Sarah Palin’s book and make fun of it? Or can Sarah Palin use her powers under copyright law to stop them? The answer is, depends! The copyright clause of the Constitution does not always get along […]
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The Problem With Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With Ke$ha's "We R Who We R" – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. I itched for an opportunity to compare Ke$ha to Diogenes when I thought up the idea. I'm glad it finally came up. I say, K-dog's become the most reliable character for my writing voice. Also, when wrote the phrase […]
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links for 2010-11-18
Famous Sounds "Famous sounds" are sounds that have been created or used by somebody, liked and then copied by many others, and thus earned a "classic" status. (tags: history music)
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links for 2010-11-15
Privilege Denying Dude Look, I wasn't around when all that bad stuff happened. All I know is I got to where I am solely by hard work. Discrimination? I'm not going to listen to this. You obviously can't hear me: my reality is the only reality. (tags: comedy race gender religion images internet) Budget Puzzle: […]
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