Shahryar Rizvi

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  • links for 2010-05-21

    Bob Cesca: Rand Paul Underscores the Tea Party's Connection to Race Private industry can pave roads, educate children, put out fires and protect our streets from drunk drivers. It can shuttle our kids to corporate schools and back, it can provide clean water to our homes and they can guarantee our meat and vegetables aren't […]

  • links for 2010-05-19

    200 Moments that Transformed Journalism, 2000-2009 (tags: history journalism media newspapers) Along The Grand Trunk Road: Coming Of Age In India And Pakistan : NPR An ancient road spans South Asia, connecting the present and the past in a dynamic — and sometimes dangerous — part of the world. NPR journalists travel the route and […]

  • R.I.P. ISIS — In the Absence Of Kings

    R.I.P. Isis | Music | Newswire | The A.V. Club. This is unfortunate news for rock music fans and anyone who kept track of ISIS, one of the most popular post-metal acts in our time. My first experience with ISIS was the album Oceanic, when I was in high school. Lot of the kids back […]

  • links for 2010-05-18

    Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam | Racialicious – the intersection of race and pop culture (tags: desi culture politics race social movies)

  • R.I.P Dio 1942-2010

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  • links for 2010-05-16

    So You Want to Be an American: 5 Circles of Immigration Hell | Cracked.com …when you make the legal pathway to something long, baffling and infuriating enough, many people are going to skip it in favor of the easy option. Even if choosing that option makes them a criminal. So are you part of the […]

  • The Problem With… “Breakeven” by The Script – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

    The Problem With… “Breakeven” by The Script – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.

  • links for 2010-05-12

    Quote of the Day "I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me," – Arnold Schwarzenegger. (tags: politics culture law race social) FREE KUTMAH On Wednesday morning, May 5th armed agents entered Kutmah's house and detained him. He […]

  • links for 2010-05-11

    For The Win » Download for Free For the Win is an adventure story about kids around the world who work as "gold farmers" (people who do repetitive tasks in games like World of Warcraft to amass virtual fortunes that are sold on to lazier players) who use the video games and other networked systems […]

  • links for 2010-05-10

    Eros, Philia, Agape BY RACHEL SWIRSKY (tags: fiction scifi toread)

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