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Hey everyone! Let’s “Make America Great Again” by eliminating/crippling our national research, arts and community improvement institutions; allowing millions of citizens to be kicked off of their health insurance and/or jeopardize the system by choosing not to obtain health insurance; alienating our allies; and making the entire Muslim world think we hate it. #Sarcasm #PeopleVotedForThis? #ButWe’llHaveACoolWall
“Fearless Girl” is a beautiful and timely piece of work. It’s a shame it will not be a permanent installation on Wall Street.
Still, the message seems lost on some....
Images of the Week (Mar. 14, 2017)
So Michael Brown, hours before his death, traded marijuana to a store clerk in exchange for cigarillos, which he was returning to pick up (rather than steal) just before the shooting. According to some, this shows that police were manipulating evidence to make it appear that Brown had robbed the store, a classic character assassination.
1. If that clerk didn’t have permission from the owner to trade store merchandise for drugs (which the later video of Brown bullying a different clerk just before the shooting supports), isn’t it still a form of theft?
2. If the earlier video had been released at the same time as the later video, many of these same protestors would likely have argued that the portrayal of Brown as a drug dealer was racist/prejudicial.
3. The police never claimed that Brown’s encounter with Wilson was instigated by the alleged robbery. The story was always that Wilson did not know that Brown was a robbery suspect. Whether or not Brown was in fact guilty of that crime thus has no relevance to Wilson’s state of mind at the time he shot the eighteen-year-old.
3. If anything, the fact that Brown had sold drugs earlier that morning provides a motive for him to have acted furtively or aggressively during his encounter with Wilson (in addition to the fact that marijuana was found both on his person and in his system).
Honestly, Michael Brown and Ferguson are the worst example of police racism/bias in recent memory. It is really astounding and troubling that this incident has been elevated to the level that it has.
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Photos of the Week (March 5, 2017)
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New Music (March 4, 2017)
The opinion piece linked below, which primarily concerns the #OscarDisaster, raises an interesting broader point: In the United States, public shaming of criminals was outlawed as a punishment in every state except for Delaware by 1837. The founders considered it inhumane. Today, there is no need for the government to impose a shaming punishment on criminals. The widespread availability of information and interconnectedness of people via the internet and social media make public shaming of wrongdoers (both proven and perceived) as easy as the click of a button. While humans may behave in a decently enlightened manner in our schools, jobs, and “real lives,” online we remain troublingly prone to mob mentality. What do we do about this problem?
Publicly Shaming the Oscar Accountant Was Wrong (CNN)
#OscarDisaster. How embarrassing and awful for the La La Land folks, who thought they had won. They showed true class in the moment. Moonlight shared an important, untold story, and its team deserves credit for that. I do think, however, that as a film it was inferior in most respects to La La Land. I can’t say I agree with the result and I think the way it was revealed made it that much worse.
Images of the Week (Feb. 26, 2017)
Oscar Predictions 2017:
Best Picture: La La Land Best Actress: Emma Stone, La La Land Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Fences Best Director: Damien Chazelle, La La Land Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Fences Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Writing (Adapted) Moonlight Writing (Original) Manchester by the Sea Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America Best Animated Picture: Zootopia Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman (Iran) Best Cinematography: La La Land Best Film Editing: La La Land Best Production Design: La La Land Sound Editing: La La Land Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge Visual Effects: The Jungle Book Best Costume Design: La La Land Best Makeup / Hairstyling: Star Trey Beyond Best Music (Score): La La Land Best Music (Song): City of Stars, La La Land Best Documentary (short): The White Helmets Short Film (Animated): Piper Short Film (Live Action): Timecode
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Unlocking the Cage (2016) is a fascinating documentary about the efforts of attorney Steven Wise and the Nonhuman Rights Project to achieve legal rights for certain nonhuman animals, in particular chimpanzees. The focus of the legal case revolves around whether chimpanzees should be considered “persons” for purposes of a writ of habeas corpus, a type of order traditionally used to free humans from involuntary confinement.
As recognized in a recent court decision, chimpanzees share almost 99 percent of their DNA with humans. They can understand and communicate with humans through sign language and technology. They are capable of empathy, self-recognition, and self-reflection. They behave in a manner indicative of an understanding of morality. In many ways, they are comparable cognitively and socially with very young humans. Yet chimpanzees are treated as “things.” They can be held in solitary confinement, used as test subjects for scientific research, and killed for arbitrary reasons.
The legal case for recognition of civil rights for chimpanzees is a complex and controversial one. If recognized, where and how would a new line be drawn between “persons” and “things”? How will recognition of such rights effect humanity’s relationship with our pets, work animals, food sources? The documentary makes a strong moral case, however, for permitting certain high-intelligence species, at least, much more self-autonomy than they currently possess.
Images of the Week (Feb. 25, 2017 - Oscars Edition)
Home Alone remains a delightful movie.
It’s a little unclear what exactly happened, but today’s exclusion of a number of mainstream media outlets, including the N.Y. Times and CNN, from an informal press briefing at the White House has much of the media in an uproar. Even FoxNews disapproves of the decision.
Although it apparently is not uncommon for the administration to offer informal briefings to a limited “pool” of reporters, or to invite specific outlets (and not others) to briefings on particular topics, the White House generally makes an effort to keep things representative. Spicer’s actions appear targeted to punish mainstream outlets that have been critical of the president, while favoring of a handful of far-right outlets, including Breitbart News, and a number of less critical journalists. Spicer may have plausible deniability (after all, he didn’t exclude all liberal media from the briefing), but this is another discouraging sign from a White House that has already declared the press the opposition party and enemy of the American people.
White House Bars Major News Outlets From Informal Briefing (AP)
It seems a little odd for CNN to have a televised debate in the race for chairperson of the Democratic National Convention. The vast majority of registered Democrats won’t vote in that election, which is decided by party officials. Given recent accusations of bias within the DNC, however, I guess it's useful for the media to shed some light on these leaders who so often seem to operate out of public view. Pete Buttigieg, the young, openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana and Afghanistan war veteran, is by far the breakout star of this debate. He has a demeanor and an inclusive, reasonable message that should appeal both to moderate rural voters and to impassioned liberal voters. Which means he will probably lose.
Also, not to sound shallow or anything, but....
Side note... is it me or is Pete Buttigieg kinda political nerd cute? #DNCDebate pic.twitter.com/ltbm89qh6o
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February 23, 2017