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F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go—And Who Decides How It’s Spent? (tags: politics)

How Egypt Switched Off the Internet Instead, the signs are that the Egyptian authorities have taken a very careful and well-planned method to screen off Internet addresses at every level, from users inside the country trying to get out and from the rest of the world trying to get in. “It looks like they’re taking […]

The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks – The Atlantic The biggest issue is that political dissidents often do not want to use their real names in places where activism can get you killed. Facebook has adamantly opposed activists attempts to use pseudonyms. “We get requests all the time in a few […]

Congress.org – News : More troops lost to suicide For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. (tags: politics war)

Notes of a Native Tiger Son, Part 2 – Ta-Nehisi Coates – Culture – The Atlantic Plus, throw in the fact that Chua isn't just Chinese15, but she's also young-ish, attractive-ish, affluent, and an Ivy League law professor. Any one of those things can tap into any number of fascinations/resentments people have: with/against the young […]

Photo Fakery? Did ELLE India Lightened Bollywood Star's Skin? ELLE magazine has been accused again of lightening the skin of the woman pictured on its cover, Aishwarya Rai.  (tags: gender race media)

Jaron Lanier –The Hazards of Nerd Supremacy (tags: politics internet culture) Socialists Tell Americans to Eat Their Veggies So here's my question for every politician who has ever riled up an audience with the notion that liberals will “force” people to eat their vegetables: Why is it okay to encourage people to buy junk food […]

The Bipartisanship Racket – NYTimes.com Yet what’s most disturbing about No Labels is that its centrist, no doubt well-intentioned leaders seem utterly clueless about why Americans of all labels are angry: the realization that both parties are bought off by special interests who game the system and stack it against the rest of us. Indeed, […]

Stewart: Aljazeera Pays More Attention to First Responders than Senate Republicans, US Networks | Informed Comment The Republican Party has since September 11, 2001, been absolutely insufferable in invoking those attacks at every possible moment for every possible reason, and in trying to portray themselves as better than other people precisely because they demagogue this […]