On The Oscar Grant Verdict and Aftermath
No blacks on the jury, but not all-white: four Latinos (though I don't know if you do the "Latino isn't a race" thing here) and one Asian.
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On We're All Going to Sit Here and Tolerate Our Busted Government, Right?
Fortunately for the GOP, centrist Democrats can be bought off fairly inexpensively.
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On Dear The Left: A Breakup Letter, by E. A. Hanks
"And just by going, and doing her job, and being herself, whether the people she meets know she's gay or not, she does more for gay rights than I could ever do with the best sit-in in the history of sit-ins, or with the most informative flyer ever, or with the most fervent letter to my Senator."
So you're going to contribute to society by going to places most white bougies flee from? Individual acts of gentrification as a means of change -- not a masturbatory idea at all.
(i liked the article btw but it's too easy to make fun of)
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On The Obama Peace Prize: 'Hooting' at the Nobel Institute
It's well established the lower bound is two dead, three cripped, by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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On Black Eyed Peas Success Challenges Power Of Positive Thinking
Dear white males, you should be more concerned that people are still listening to that goddamned Jason Mraz song after sixteen months. Glass houses and all. Sincerely, 3008.
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On The Dumpling Effect: The Trouble with Coolhunting your Dinner
1. In the last two cities I've lived in (Berkeley and Portland, but still), there are no unknown restaurants. Every place open more than a week has already been written about. You can try to affect the consensus if you get in early enough, and though you can occasionally do this without being annoying, there are better reasons to post about a place.
2. To me it seems unrealistic to think to expect that an amateur review will send more than an extra customer a week to a place that doesn't already have a buzz. But maybe things are different on the East Coast.
3. "man Avatar was awesome why'd you got to think about it afterwards"