Shahryar Rizvi’s blog
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links for 2010-05-01
Think Progress; Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy Accents Can’t Teach English, Ethnic Studies Are Banned (tags: culture , politics, race)
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links for 2010-04-29
Un-American Activities – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com But it’s not just a matter of the letter of the law: it’s about who we are as a nation. What America means to me is a land in which you are judged for yourself (tags: social krugman law culture)
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Geocities-ize your site
Here is Mindqila if it were made in 1998. The only thing that’s missing is Static-X and The Matrix. I had a geocities site once. I made it to impress a girl.
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links for 2010-04-28
Immigration: Corporate Trade Deals Root of Problem "What's wrong with the Schumer-Graham proposal? It ignores trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA, which produce profits for U.S. corporations, but increase poverty in Mexico and Central America (tags: capitalism law politics social culture race)
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links for 2010-04-27
The New York Times' Muslim problem It looks like Ross Douthat picked the wrong month to try to pretend that threat-induced censorship is a uniquely Islamic practice. Corpus Christi is the same play that was scheduled and then canceled (and then re-scheduled) by the Manhattan Theater Club back in 1998 as a result of "anonymous […]
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This Week in Dallas Music History: Our First Music Awards Ceremony, Yay! – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
This Week in Dallas Music History: Our First Music Awards Ceremony, Yay! – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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The Problem With… “OMG” by Usher – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
The Problem With… “OMG” by Usher – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. Yeah. It wasn’t as good as this, I’m afraid. http://web1.nyc.youtube.com/v/KpneeW5Gchc&hl=en_US&fs=1&
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South Park censorship controversy: Not Without My Famous
Last night’s episode of South Park saw the network censor a great deal of content in a way not intended by the creators. The action suggests that the network was scared of backlash by radicals. It’s nice to Muslim brothers and sisters taking cartoons seriously. If only they would tone it down a little. Let me […]
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This Week In Dallas Music History: Island Maroons The Buck Pets. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night
This Week In Dallas Music History: Island Maroons The Buck Pets. – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.
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