Archive for August 13th, 2008
Amuse Bouche: Jesus is a Raver
It took a while for a worthy follow-up to the cultural mash-up genius of the Bert n’ Ernie and M.O.P. combo, but we have finally found it. Take a basement-level evangelical meeting, throw an old-school, warhouse raver track (circa 1992) under it, and watch how they line up. Eat your heart out, Dark Side and [...]
Noontime Nuggets: News Roundup
Keep diggin, Vladdy…
Maybe McCain DOES get the Internet: The Los Angeles Times blog Webscout is reporting that on the site Digg “in the last 30 days, at least 28 stories critical of GOP Sen. John McCain have been mysteriously “buried”— meaning enough Digg users have voted against a story that the submission may no longer [...]
Beijing Beat: Age Discrimination in Gymnastics
There’s been much hoopla over whether or not the female Chinese gymnasts —who won the gold medal in the team competition last night—are of age.
Writes NBC News: “Yang Yilin, a medal contender in the all-around and uneven bars, was born Aug. 26, 1993, according to the 2004, 2005 and 2006 registration lists previously posted on [...]
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