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October 2009

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September 2009

The New York Review of Ideas

by karlcow

Introducing a New Magazine About the Ideas Behind American Culture.

The Big Screen in Big D: Observatory: Design Observer

by karlcow

Even more likely, they were gawking at a very, very large scoreboard — the 160-foot-long, 1.2 million pound, Mitsubishi Diamond Vision true HD display, that is the centerpiece of Cowboys Stadium. This is a spectacular object, this scoreboard. It cost, by itself, twice as much to build as the previous Cowboys Stadium. It is maintained via a ten-level internal scaffolding system and its use requires the services of a full-time, highly trained operations team. Its display capacity is equal to 4,920 52-inch flat panel televisions, and it is illuminated by 30 million pulsing light bulbs. In short, it makes your typical Jumbotron look like a 13-inch TV/VCR.

gigantisme

La tyrannie des lobbies, par Serge Halimi (Le Monde diplomatique)

by marco
La politique américaine est à ce point gangrenée par l’argent des lobbies industriels et financiers que seules les réductions d’impôts franchissent sans peine le barrage du Congrès. Imposer quoi que ce soit aux banques, aux compagnies d’assurances, à l’industrie pharmaceutique relève donc de la gageure.

August 2009

Federal-Reserve.net

by rwatuny
Is Neither Federal Nor A Reserve, It Stole Our Currency In 1913

but does it float

by karlcow

An anti-functional accumulation of atavistic monuments engaged in a process of continuous poetic reproduction

manhattan

Northern Brooklyn artists encourgage local spending with unique currency

by karlcow

It's legal to print your own money in the U.S. as long as you don't re-create or deface the dollar, according to the Treasury Department. The Torch would be subject to the same taxes as the dollar.

July 2009

Main | Smarter Cities

by karlcow

Smarter Cities, a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a non-profit 501(c)(3), is a multimedia web initiative whose mission is to foster a little friendly competition (see Annual Cities Research and Rankings below) as well as provide a forum for exploring the progress American cities are making in environmental stewardship and sustainable growth.

June 2009

Las Vegas, off the record: Incident diplomatique

by tehu
Only in Las Vegas. 1000 personnes debout dans la salle pour écouter le "God Save the Queen", version Sex Pistols.

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