Arts

The Worst Photograph Ever Made

polymeme — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:47:53 -0500

THE ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHER :One thing there has unfortunately never been a shortage of is bad photographs, and collectively they parade a grand variety of shortcomings... READ MORE

Marty Peretz and the American political consensus on Israel

polymeme — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:50:19 -0500

SALON :Opinions about the Israeli-Palestinian dispute are so entrenched that any single outbreak of violence is automatically evaluated through a pre-existing lens... READ MORE

Run for the Hills

polymeme — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:50:17 -0500

NEW YORK MAGAZINE :MTV’s heightened reality spinoff, The City, is coming to New York, giving a new collection of young, beautiful people the chance to become the next collection of young, beautiful things... READ MORE

The return of Elektro, the first celebrity robot

polymeme — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:53:43 -0500

NEW SCIENTIST : WHEN Jack Weeks first saw the racy comedy Sex Kittens Go To College in the 1960s, he was taken aback to see his childhood friend in a leading role. More surprising, perhaps, is the fact that his buddy was actually a golden 2.5-metre-tall humanoid robot called Elektro.. ... READ MORE

Taleban 'will kill school girls'

polymeme — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:53:43 -0500

BBC NEWS :A local Taleban commander ordered parents to stop sending their daughters to school by 15 January. In comments broadcast on an illegal radio station, he threatened to blow up schools which enrolled female students.... READ MORE

Drug Companies And Doctors: A Story of Corruption

polymeme — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:53:43 -0500

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS : Recently Senator Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has been looking into financial ties between the pharmaceutical industry and the academic physicians who largely determine the market value of prescription drugs. He hasn't had to look very hard... READ MORE

Internet Overtakes Newspapers As News Source

polymeme — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:38:13 -0500

PEOPLE-PRESS.ORG :The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international news... READ MORE

Nasa hunts for its rubber ducks

polymeme — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:05:22 -0500

GUARDIAN : Sailors, fishermen and cruise passengers should be on the alert. If anybody spots a yellow rubber duck bobbing on the ocean waves, Nasa would like to know... READ MORE

'Kappa Girl' fired for sex video

polymeme — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:40:30 -0500

SHANGHAIIST : A 12 minute long sex video of a female employee working at the Kappa store in the east building of the Shanghai No.1 Department Store on Nanjing Lu has recently been spreading like wildfire on the Chinese internet via Bittorrent and the ... READ MORE

Sexy secrets of the Syrian souk

polymeme — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:26:57 -0500

BBC NEWS :Just off the crowded central market in Old Damascus, a sales assistant called Mahmoud is giving me my first introduction into an unusual Syrian speciality - musical knickers... READ MORE