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posted by azul at 9:32 PM PST - 35 comments

Google Blocks Abu Ghraib Images
I went to Google Images to search for it. "Abu Ghraib" brought up only photos of the outside of the prison. Not a single photo from the scandal. Next I searched for "Lynndie England", not a single picture. Next I decided to look for "Charles Graner" her boyfriend who was also prominently features in the pictures, nothing.
See for yourself.
posted by destro at 9:20 PM PST - 71 comments

Go places with Mr. Pickles... visit Appalachia, a cruise ship, and go on a ski trip.
posted by drezdn at 9:01 PM PST - 1 comments

Grape Haiku
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:45 PM PST - 32 comments

The man with a garbage can.
posted by limitedpie at 6:40 PM PST - 7 comments

Join Canada? Okay, many of you feel you've been disenfranchised by the recent election, maybe even to the point of hating the heartland. We've heard lots of "I'm moving to Canada" and discussion of immigration requirements. But some are now talking about a merger of the Blue States and the Great White North. Joining Canada isn't a new idea, either for Americans or others. C'mon, do you really think it would work?
posted by Turtles all the way down at 6:31 PM PST - 64 comments

Memento Mori. The Aztecs made war almost tenderly, wielding wooden swords that were edged with bits of obsidian or flint and, in face-to-face combat, endeavoring not to kill their enemies but, commonly by striking at their legs, to disable and capture them. Later, the captives—thousands of them for a rededication of the Great Temple at Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City) in 1478—were led to high platforms, where priests tore out and displayed their still-beating hearts. An especially respected prisoner might be allowed to fight for his life against Aztec warriors, at the last, with clubs and a sword, but his sword was edged with feathers.
“The Aztec Empire,” at the Guggenheim in New York, is advertised as the most comprehensive exhibition of Aztec art ever mounted outside Mexico. More inside.
posted by matteo at 4:48 PM PST - 16 comments

Southern Conservativism explained from the inside. "I get very antsy when I see this entire election outcome being blamed on radical conservatism or on ignorance or stupidity. Because really when people talk about "radical" conservativism, what they really mean is Southern conservativism, specifically the kind that originated in the Southern Baptist church in the late 70's/early 80's. And that makes me unhappy. I am an ex-Southern conservative." An interesting read coming out of the election fallout.
posted by FunkyHelix at 4:19 PM PST - 131 comments

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posted by srboisvert at 1:55 PM PST - 24 comments

Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib , and Matchbox Twenty
posted by Espoo2 at 12:59 PM PST - 10 comments

Americans who tell the truth.
posted by moonbird at 11:30 AM PST - 7 comments

Jim Crow Stories.
posted by plep at 10:54 AM PST - 2 comments

The LinkSquare Project. Because text is boring.
posted by ginz at 2:09 AM PST - 12 comments