Arlo Supports Ron Paul

 Posted on February 12, 2008

In the strange bedfellows department, folk-singer Arlo Guthrie has thrown his political hat to Ron Paul with this ringing endorsement:

“I love this guy. Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of The United States had he been there. I’m with him, because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has as much relevance today as it did a couple of hundred years ago. I look forward to the day when we can work out the differences we have with the same revolutionary vision and enthusiasm that is our American legacy.”

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Library of Congress Photo Collection

 Posted on January 20, 2008

2162646403_fcbbe516d3 The Library of Congress has started posting some of their enormous collection of over 1 million photographs to Flickr with the hope that you can give them the tags necessary to improve their catalog. It’s a pretty amazing first start. Of course, I’ve spend hours at their main site, The Prints and Photographs Reading Room, which is a truly amazing collection. It’s nice to see that these truly priceless gems are still getting views after all of these years.

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Categories: Photography 

Global Warming Sense in The New York Times?

 Posted on January 2, 2008

An editor must have fallen asleep because this gem of an article appeared in yesterday’s New York Times:

You’re in for very bad weather. In 2008, your television will bring you image after frightening image of natural havoc linked to global warming. You will be told that such bizarre weather must be a sign of dangerous climate change — and that these images are a mere preview of what’s in store unless we act quickly to cool the planet.

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Categories: News and Politics