A version of this is up at Mother Jones, but this one is too hard for the homepage.
Oh the keffiyeh. How long have I waited, in vain, for you to die? Before it was the emblem of the hipster generation, the keffiyeh (spelled many ways but worn only one) was the preferred and only headdress for PLO leader [...]
There’s a lot to talk about in the World today, so lets jump right into it. You know about Tehran and you know about Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech, so we’re skipping that and getting straight down into the stuff you didn’t hear.
GLOBE:
More than a billion people go hungry, says the World Food Program. That’s about as [...]
Every bit better than Pinkberry/Red Mango/KiwiBerri/Papamingo/TuttiMelon (notice how YogurtLand wasn’t in that list? That’s because YogurtLand is still better), Quickly’s new take on Korean Fro-Yo is so cheap, you’ll do a double take. And again. Whaaa?
What makes Quickly (globally ubiquitous purveyor of Boba) ahead of the game here is 80/20 pricing to quality. While they [...]
We’re starting this round of Daily Oddities with something everybody wants–a job! Today’s odd job listings include counting bees in New York City and catelouging controlled substances for the NYPD. Awesome much?
Now that you’re gainfully employed, lets take a quick gander around the globe.
GLOBE: Things are getting ridiculous in Russia, where the racing collapse of [...]
Subhead: Civil Rights Fail
Well, it’s official folks: the California Supreme Court upheld voters’ ban on same sex marriage in the Golden State, though it ruled to recognize those marriages performed before the ban took effect in November. A dumb but expected move, leading all my gay friends to simultaneously update their facebook status to [...]
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3rdWorldImagineer is back today with another instalment of ‘why language matters’. For the record, I am not a PC fascist, but I do think it’s critical to examine how we talk about certain subjects, particularly ones gaining steam in the media. Hence, my semi-annual beef with the AP Stylebook.
For the uninitiated, the AP [...]
Tweet, Google or Facebook Top Ramen and a portrait of the recession unfolds
It’s official—cigarette prices jumped 62-cents a pack nationwide on Wednesday, bumping the cheapest brand over $9 in NYC. You weren’t really thinking of quitting, were you? Not now. We were having so much fun!
I’m not really sure whether to be proud or mortified right now. It took a joint team of top-flight economists from my two alma-maters, UC Berkeley and Columbia University and a comprehensive study taken from 1,000 California high schools and examining a diverse swath of the state’s 3 million 9th graders to determine that McDonalds [...]
“I have customers who used to work in the offices around here,” said Aamir Ajaz, the perpetually smiling face behind the counter at Lahore Deli, a closet-sized SoHo eatery with a loyal following of taxi drivers. “Now they come in and they’re driving cabs.”
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