This & That, Ceci et Cela

Poet Taylor Mali talks about speaking with conviction. Animated typographically by Ronnie Bruce. Via Ask The Head Hunter.

By Steve Kelley at  Times Picayune

“Black Desi” and his colleague “White Wanda” uploaded a video on youtube showing how cameras installed in HP laptops cannot detect black faces. See video below.

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‘The Cow-Pock—or—the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation!’ By James Gillray, 1802  Via Wikipedia:
“In this cartoon, the British satirist James Gillray caricatured…

A little subscription love note from the Economist magazine.

As attested by the prehistoric blinged out skull above: From ancient peeps to medieval clergy, to latterday pimps and rappers, Bling has been from the beginning of time.  Word.

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Overheard from comedian dude on the comedy channel: Charles married him.  Who?  Camilla… looks like a scrotum.      How crazy is it that he actually has a point there?

Proof that this here recession has been causing all kinds of creativity:

From HeraldNet:
Everett WA — Five baristas are accused of engaging in prostitution at an Everett bikini espresso stand following a two-month undercover…

Belgian dairy farmers protesting falling milk prices by dumping 3 million litres on their fields in addition to marching outside the EU headquarters in Brussels.  Via BBC.