Monday 21 January 2013

Far Right Poses As Much Danger To The U.S. As Radical Islam

Home schooling the equivalent of Islamic madrassas?

Terrorist attacks and related incidents in the United States

Darkstar - News From Nowhere (Albumstream)

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(Pulp) Fiction

When fact becomes fiction: Manly librarian grabs headlines around the world with Lance Armstrong sign



David Lynch

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David Lynch and Laura Dern Have a Mysterious Project in the Works




Old Woman in a Casket

Einstürzende Neubauten and Butoh collective DaiRakudokan - Halber Mensch (1986)

For the boy in Bruges XXX

Precedent Ford

Girlz with Gunz #59395

(Thanx Walker!)

Faking waves: how the NRA and pro-gun Americans abuse Australian crime stats

The Sandy Hook massacre and President Obama’s response to it has refocused attention on impact of regulation on American gun crime. Crime statistics before and after the implementation of gun laws provide a quantifiable measure of their impact. As a consequence, Australia’s gun laws and their impact have become part of the American gun debate.
In the wake of the Port Arthur massacre and Monash University shootings, the conservative government of John Howard introduced a series of gun laws. These restricted who could own guns and the type of guns they could own.
While the impact of the Australian gun laws is still debated, there have been large decreases in the number of firearm suicides and the number of firearm homicides in Australia. Homicide rates in Australia are only 1.2 per 100,000 people people, with less than 15 percent of these resulting from firearms.
Prior to the implementation of the gun laws, 112 people were killed in 11 mass shootings. Since the implementation of the gun laws, no comparable gun massacres have occurred in Australia.
Remarkably, American pro-gun advocates try to use the impact of the Australian gun law reform to make a case that reform “doesn’t work”. This seems amazing given the homicide rate in the United States is 5 per 100,000 people, with most homicides involving firearms.
When gun advocates use Australian crime stats, they sometimes employ a number of misleading tricks and sleights of hand. These tricks are common to several politically charged debates, and are a form of pseudo-science. Lets look at these tricks in action...
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Michael J. I. Brown @'The Conversation'

Grief And Anger At Aaron Swartz's Memorial


It might not get weirder than this

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Andy Warhol's unseen early drawings unveiled next week