Jan 07
A daily digest of notable items found in the series of tubes called the interweb. Compiled by Aja West. Read by miscreants, geniuses, and search engine robots.
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Jan 07
Porn industry seeks federal bailout
Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.
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Jan 07
In this June 27, 2008 file photo, a man runs next to balloons placed at Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro. Demonstrators released around 4,000 red balloons during an event representing the 4,000 people who were expected to become victims of violence over the next six months.
Jan 07
A U.S. Marine with a ground combat element assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Mechanized, Multi-National Force - West walks through the Hatra Ruins in the Jazeerah Desert in Iraq on July 20, 2008. The task force is conducting disruption operations in the area to deny the enemy sanctuary and prevent foreign fighters from accessing the area.
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Astronaut Karen Nyberg, STS-124 mission specialist, looks through a window in the newly installed Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station on June 10th, 2008.
Jan 07
Palestinian men bury the body of 4-year-old Lama Hamdan at Beit Hanoun cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip December 30, 2008. Lama and her sister were reportedly riding a donkey cart Tuesday near a rocket-launching site that was targeted by Israel.
Israel and Gaza - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace…
I’m not trying to be shocking, or sensationalist. I’m just trying to use the medium I have available to me to remind everyone that I can that body counts are not just numbers on CNN’s news ticker, that war is not a game of Battleship, and that dead children are not just “casualties”, but tiny tragedies being played out worldwide while we worry about new iPod’s for Christmas and New Years resolutions that will be broken within the month. Resolve, this year, to make a difference in some small way… or, at the very least, not to turn your eyes away.
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