Standing up against Bush era tax cuts

Senator Sanders is fiercely opposed to the deal to continue all of the Bush-era tax cuts, even for the highest-income Americans. He thinks that it is a huge and unnecessary giveaway to the rich. And he has already put Senate leaders on notice that they will have to jump over all the procedural roadblocks available to him. As a result, a vote to overcome a filibuster is already set for Monday afternoon. Please continue reading and/or viewing via The Caucus.


As unfortunate as it is not to extend unemployment benefits, it does not make any sense to extend tax cuts for the rich. I do not worry what will happen to those rich american's that have  to pay taxes that are equivalent to there usage, but I do worry about what will happen to the those that will loss there unemployment benefits. 

This week on Daytrotter: Lonnie Walker!

 

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Luckovich's Cartoons

 

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It's a Small World, Afterall

This map shows the most remote places on the earth. 

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Sexy Infographic ;) The Ebb and Flow of Movies

The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008

Summer blockbusters and holiday hits make up the bulk of box office revenue each year, while contenders for the Oscars tend to attract smaller audiences that build over time. Here's a look at how movies have fared at the box office, after adjusting for inflation. The New York Times has an interactive version of this model, so it's a quick find for any specific movie (link). 

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GOOD.IS - Infographic About Energy

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Troika 2010

I missed Troika festival entirely this year, and am just getting around to reading up on what I missed. And as I read Indy's reviews of the festival (link), I realized that it's not a festival for everyone and Durham is not a place for everyone (i.e. Duke). Durham is a place for the young-at-heart--entrepreneurs that are interested in revitalizing a community - a community for their expression.  If an outsider went to Troika they wouldn't be listening to the music intently, but would be wondering what they were doing there - what they were all doing there.I maybe one of those, and most of the Indy writers are sure to be one of them, but am glad Troika exists as an outlook for those that belonged.

North American Indian Photographs by Edward Curtis

The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners." Find these photo's through the Library of Congress or some through the denverpost. 

This week at Local Beer Local Band

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Raleigh Denim Grand Opening!

Slugfork this weekend!

The Love Language: Heart to Tell

The Love Language - Heart to Tell from Merge Records on Vimeo.

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Get out and Vote

Perfume Genius

Just found this beautiful voice, Perfume Genius from Seattle, Washington (link).

The Future Sight

VeeLee has now released their first album, The Future Sight, through Grip Tapes!  

Dual Turntable

Found this yesterday at an estate sale! This girl is now going to be rocking the house!

Small Black tonight at Kings*

Cooke Street Carnival 2010: House Party in the Street

U.S. Religions Knowledge Survey

Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new Pew Forum survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

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Infographic: Forgetting Food Safety Costs Hundreds of Billions

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Soiree de poche: Beach House

Google Partners Up With Arcade Fire to Launch HTML5 Chrome Experiment

The Wilderness Downtown

Choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, real-time compositing, procedural drawing, 3D canvas rendering... this Chrome Experiment has them all. "The Wilderness Downtown" is an interactive interpretation of Arcade Fire's song "We Used To Wait" and was built entirely with the latest open web technologies, including HTML5 video, audio, and canvas.

via http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/

Twin Sister & Memoryhouse played last night at Cat's Cradle

Last night Memoryhouse and Twin Sister played at the Cat's Cradle, to an audience of about 25. I felt that I got to know these two bands intimately. Both these bands have shown up on Pitchfork's 'Rising Section'. Pitchfork writes, Long Island-bred indie-pop quintet Twin Sister make music that sounds like a secret. Main vocalist Andrea Estella's voice breathes like a whisper while the rest of the band pulse, reverb, and twang behind her. The result is intimate, diffuse, and even a little funky. and writes, Ontario duo Memoryhouse layer reverb over wistful, bittersweet hooks and minimal drum machine tics like a more fresh-faced Beach House.

If you get a chance to see these bands, I wouldn't miss it.

Suburbs hit #1 on the Billboards!

They beat out Taylor Swift, Eminem, and everyone else in the Pop world (Billboard). I can't believe it. Is there a change in the mainstream? Well, I hope so. For your moment of Zen, see their recent live performances on the Daily Show, posted via Stereogum.

Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that the state's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional right to equal protection, the first step in a legal struggle that most expect will end at the Supreme Court.
It was the first federal trial to consider whether banning same-sex marriage violates the U.S. constitution, and Olson and Boies provided an elaborate record for Walker and future courts, with their own clients, social scientists, psychologists and experts on marriage providing testimony. Cooper called only two witnesses, and, in his questioning at closing arguments, Walker seemed peeved that the Proposition 8 backers did not do more. continue reading . . .
via http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Class Portrait

The ethical issues and paranoia surrounding the laws of photographing children in today’s society is confusing and somewhat farcical. At what point will the photography of children be completely forbidden.

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You Ain’t No Picasso’s favorite songs of summer 2010

Going through some new songs that 'You  Ain't No Picasso' has added as their 2010 summer jam (link).
YANP’s favorite songs of Summer 2010
MP3: Menomena – TAOS
MP3: Jaill – Snake Shakes
MP3: Wavves – King Of The Beach
MP3: Wolf Parade – What Did My Lover Say (It Always Had To Go This Way)
MP3: Of Montreal – Coquet Coquette
MP3: Lissie – Bully
MP3: Cults – Oh My God
MP3: Guards – Sail It Slow (feat. Cults)
MP3: Antarctica Takes It! – C & F
MP3: Cotton Jones – Glorylight and Christie
MP3: Black Mountain – Old Fangs
MP3: John Grant – I Wanna Go To Marz
MP3: Tennis – Marathon
MP3: Polock – Fireworks
MP3: These United States – The Great Rivers
MP3: Magic Kids – Summer
MP3: Sibylle Baier – Tonight
MP3: Kevin Barnes – Tonight
MP3: Family Trees – Dream Talkin
MP3: Edriano Celantano – Prisencolinensinainciusol
MP3: Carl Broemel – Heaven Knows

Burning Man Infographic

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The Guardian's summer photo competition

This photo was taken in the north-west of Scotland in Fort William. We were there to climb Ben Nevis and afterwards, when camping by a loch, this scene was truly enough to relax our sore muscles

This photo was submitted and was accepted into the guardian's summer photo competition (link). I love this Photo.

Elon Musk: 'I'm planning to retire to Mars'

The SpaceX founder is convinced that humanity's survival rests on its ability to move to the red planet.
Musk wants to secure humanity's future by turning the human race into a space-faring people able to colonise other planets. It's the only way, Musk believes, that we can be saved, either from destroying ourselves or from some outside calamity. To put it mildly, Musk thinks big and takes the long view. "It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now," he says in an accent hinting at his childhood in South Africa. "It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible and that window could be open for a long time – hopefully it is – or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now." continue reading...
I still think that the earth is worth saving and the we can do it. I also view the world as a whole, and not humanity separate -  so, this is a bit too much for me to grasp.