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Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters: “An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous [...]

Think Progress » Bush: ‘No regime should ignore the will of its own people.’: In a statement regarding new sanctions against Zimbabwe today, President Bush declares that “no regime should ignore the will of its own people“ (Via nearing @ Newsvine.) Oh irony. To laugh or to cry, that is the question.

POLITICS: Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006: WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (IPS) – Many official and unofficial proponents of a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq are dismissing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s demand for a U.S. timeline for withdrawal as political posturing, assuming that he will abandon it under pressure. But [...]

McCain: Ratcheting up the rhetoric – First Read – msnbc.com: NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports that there was never a plan for Obama to take the press to Landstuhl, despite the claim by McCain folks and others. The plan was to go with his military aide, retired General Scott Gration. The Pentagon said Gration was off-limits [...]

U.S. citizens in Europe give more to Obama – Decision ’08- msnbc.com: “Barack Obama’s campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee.” [...]

Google to face charges over Down’s syndrome video – Times Online: “Google is to face criminal charges in Italy over a video which appeared on one of its sites showing a disabled teenager being taunted by his peers.” This is the part that seems odd to me: Google is understood to have removed the clip [...]

Bloomberg.com: Muse Arts: “For the first time in many years, the ruler of London addressed the assembled populus in Latin. Boris Johnson, mayor of the U.K. capital, climbed onto the podium at the opening of the British Museum’s Hadrian exhibition and began spouting classical prose.” (Via rogue classicism.) Okay, the Classics geek in me just [...]

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/24/2008 | Obama sparks debate: Would Europe elect a black leader?: “Obama’s current tour — he landed in Berlin Thursday and was travelling to Paris and London — has provoked an intense debate among members of Western Europe’s racial and ethnic minorities: What are the chances of a minority politician rising [...]

How much does John McCain really know about foreign policy? – By Fred Kaplan – Slate Magazine: “If Obama had blurted even one of those inanities (especially the one about the Iraq-Pakistan border), the media and the McCain campaign would have been all over him like red ants on a wounded puppy. McCain caught almost [...]

Ancient Bible with a murky past is on the path to a new era of clarity – Times Online: “For the first time the British Library will bring all the extracts together. The entire Codex will be available to web users by next July but the Book of Psalms and the Gospel of Mark go [...]

As World Embraces Obama, McCain Attacks: “‘I believe any partisanship ends at the water’s edge,’ John McCain said when he visited Colombia in early July. At least that’s what McCain believes when he’s across the water. Since Obama departed overseas–on a trip McCain baited him to take–the McCain campaign has sent out a barrage of [...]

Seeded at Newsvine: ROME (AP) – The Italian government was ordered to pay euro100,000 ($160,000) to a gay man who received a driver’s license for the disabled after he declared his sexual orientation on an official form, the man and a gay-rights group said Monday.