When Georgia O'Keeffe met photographer Alfred Stieglitz, sparks flew. O'Keeffe—nearly 24 years his junior—was an unknown, struggling to define her art; Stieglitz owned the famed Gallery 291, a cauldron of avant-garde art. Soon they became storied lovers.
Since the global financial system started unraveling in dramatic fashion two years ago, distinguished economists have suffered a crisis of their own.
When Irvin Rosenfeld, 56, picks me up at the Fort Lauderdale airport, his SUV reeks of marijuana. The vice president for sales at a local brokerage firm, Rosenfeld has been smoking 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes a day for 38 years, he says.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the first time yesterday suggested she may be backing off her support of the public option.
Let's start with the obvious: America has not only the worst but the dumbest health care system in the developed world.
First and foremost, Jones was one of the only movement progressives in a policymaking position in the Obama White House.
"Money-Driven Medicine is one of the strongest documentaries I have seen in years and could not be more timely. The more people who see and talk about it, the more likely we are to get serious and true health care reform." -Bill Moyers
Valerio Volpi's intended aim with this book is to link the constitutional structure of the United States with the installation of the prerequisites for the rise of corporate supremacy.
There's only one viable avant-garde art form nowadays, and it's called indie rock. Think about it: Experimental film is waning; painting and sculpture routinely are borrowing from traditions. I'd guess that about 20 people seriously listen to serious music.
Every day I get letters asking me to weigh in on the healthcare fracas. As if a redneck writer armed with a keyboard, a pack of smokes and all the misinformation and vitriol available on the Internet could contribute anything to the crap storm already in progress.
The former mouthpiece for insurance giant Cigna divulges his role in misleading the public, the emotional day that led to his whistle-blowing, and what should really scare you.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow went hard after President Obama Monday night for his willingness to give up a public health care option.
Two just-published studies assessing adults' risk of cancer have reported wildly divergent, and fairly extraordinary, outcomes. One study you may have read about. The other has been ignored entirely by the mainstream media. But no doubt the results of both will surprise you.
We all know the privileged need our support or they might lose their ill gotten gains
The CEO of Whole Foods has a plan to reform health care. Not by increasing communist-style government control of healthcare OMGWTFBBQ, but instead by taking simple, common sense steps. Mainly, having every retailer on Earth become Whole Foods.
I'm lucky. Both my parents are in their eighties, but despite a few scares over the years, they're both in relatively good health.
The health care debate has come down to a struggle between greed and hypocrisy.
How the health-care industry, the GOP and one media mogul made common cause with the anti-government fringe.
According to government figures, 1-percenters' share of America's total income is the highest it's been since 1929, and their tax rates are the lowest they've faced in two decades.
Whenever I get a surge of anger just thinking about someone, I know that my reaction is not all about them. I know there must be something in me that this person threatens and exhumes, perhaps from childhood- or perhaps from right now.
When Capitol Hill Block Party's 2009 lineup was announced late April, what was already the hippest music festival in Seattle broke its own mold and became even more hip.
With just a single announcement, a "World of Warcraft" movie went from an eye-rolling geek joke to something any film fan wants to see. What was that stroke of greatness? Sam Raimi!
A drug deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon.
Study Shows That Swearing May Help Lessen the Perception of Pain
Bill Moyers on what's wrong with our government, citing the Washington Post's recent embarrassment, asking for lobbyists and CEO's to fork out a load of cash for a cozy dinner at their publisher, Katharine Weymouth's house, until they decided to cancel it after one of the lobbyis …
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yer Neat-Chi quote, "one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" (sell it, brother): justifies, enables, entertains sed confusion... n implied, if not aforementioned, darkness inside... wherein sparks're sposedta hide... i suspecteth mis-characterization (tho i spose it'd be wiggy if true); n thus key-flag alla androids pinging in, i can see how it'd be otherwise - surprised n assert rebuttal: mebbe the chaos is like magnetic repulsion (self-conflicting etc energies placed too close together, otherwise unassumingly), or aurorae anyway, n therefore fractal... the dancing stars are bein handled, dealt wit by dis - reduced to more manageable, rare n now explainable... otherwise, they'd be everywhere, n their dance seen less random... propagandists pun language wit venom - it's not chaos which gives birth to dancin stars; but if ya call it that, other manifestations o chaos get to be other thingies all they want...
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Redruby,
I want to apoligize for taking the tone I did and getting down in the mud on your article about socialism. It's a good article and a very worthwhile discussion. Rukata nailed me on my bad behavior and btw, she 's my daughter. Crappy to get busted like that by your own kid but I'm proud of her none the less.
Please don't post this comment as I discussed my daughter in it.
Thanks,
John
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Thank you for the kind invite, I echo Djehuty's remark, nice finds, I will endevour to up my game and try to match them. In answer to your Avatar question: Never - because
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of Evil, is for good people to do Nothing"
Amazing how Sage one can get at 5am :) I'll get back in my box, stay well, and I'll see you out there on the Hustings .....
Regards
David— David L
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News Type: other — Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:05 PM EDTenergy, jbdaadOil, Gas, Hydro, Thermal, Elctric, Gas, Solar and some I didn`t list. What are your ideas. I beleive it will be all initialy. A combination in some places as we have now. And combinations specific to certain areas. The best will win out according to cost efficiency.Having said that. Would combinations such as Wind power in a desert that leads to cheaper prodution of glass solar panels be combinations to look into? What are your ideas?
I`m thinking about an article . I value your opinion. Please give it. lol : )
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I hope you can have it all!
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Redrubyis one of those rare and very exotic gems of a person that only come along once in a lifetime and is not one to be missed. She writes with the same passion as she does most of the rest of her life and it shows as she can tackle some of the more difficult subjects for many people to discuss and she does that with ease, something that many of use could not even touch. As I have gotten to know and understand Redruby a bit more, I realize just how important she is to both Newsvine and me. One neat person.
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RedRuby is a good egg! Her seeds are interesting and diverse. You can always count on her to say something funny when you most need a boost. :)
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Good finds indeed - i've spent nearly an hour on your vine alone just checking out what you've got here.... very interesting, keep it up!
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Redruby has a huge variety of interests and her selection of articles shows an innate desire to take the road less traveled. Kudos on her choices.
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Red, you are funny and clever, please add another Sagittarius to your column. Keep going about "our" profiles according with the Signs.
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just joined today. I prefer chat rooms, when is everybody on?
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Red Ruby consistently finds Great seeds, and would make a great edition to anyones watchlist.
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Ruby no-one is generic, least of all you. Keep it up, great stuff :)
— Djehuty
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This one fascinates me. One often catches glimpses of deep personality when she writes.
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You're good Redruby - lots of excellent finds. I'm looking forward to some articles too!
— Djehuty