Month: September 2021
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Famous Weight Loss Program Camp Shane’s Epic Succession Drama – Bloomberg
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-26/famous-weight-loss-program-camp-shane-s-epic-succession-drama A judge soon upheld the sale agreement, and David became the camp’s owner. Selma and Irving continued living across the street. Right before Irving passed away in 1994, Lesley remembers, he confided in her. “Something,” Irving said, “is wrong with your mother.”
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Half Baked: How A Would-Be Cannabis Empire Went Up In Smoke – Indianapolis Monthly
Half Baked: How A Would-Be Cannabis Empire Went Up In Smoke Rebecca Raffle came to Indianapolis from Los Angeles with a story about building a cannabis empire. It was too good to be true. via Indianapolis Monthly: https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/half-baked The offer came fast—too fast—and Hunt became skeptical: “She made a lot of big promises and a…
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Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend a South African Town – The New York Times
Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend a South African Town (Published 2021) As rioting and looting swept the country, Indians in the suburb of Phoenix set up roadblocks to police their streets. Dozens of Black people passing through wound up dead. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/africa/South-Africa-Phoenix-riots-deaths.html Nationwide, more than 340 people died in the mayhem, many in stampedes…
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Did Making the Rules of War Better Make the World Worse? | The New Yorker
Did Making the Rules of War Better Make the World Worse? Why efforts to curb the cruelty of military force may have backfired. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/did-making-the-rules-of-war-better-make-the-world-worse In Arkin’s view, the covid-19 pandemic brought the 9/11 era to an end: two decades of misdirected resources bookended by displays of official incompetence. Arkin argues that…
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The Other Afghan Women | The New Yorker
The Other Afghan Women In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-afghan-women Dado went even further. In March, 2003, U.S. soldiers visited Sangin’s governor—Dado’s brother—to discuss refurbishing a school and a health clinic. Upon leaving, their convoy came under…
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Opinion | The Holocaust Stories We Still Aren’t Hearing – The New York Times
Opinion | The Forgotten Jews of the Forest (Published 2021) More than 70 years after World War II, we’re still learning about facets of the Holocaust. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/opinion/holocaust-jews-forest.html Peter Duffy, author of the 2003 book “The Bielski Brothers,” lamented the lack of a unified collection of these testimonies in a conversation with me recently. “There’s…
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Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable
Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable No one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/674324/kaws-is-terrible-but-thankfully-forgettable/ Once the bastion of visual dissent for underrepresented voices who co-opted the language of branding and advertising, street art (which blends contemporary art strategies with the visual thrill of graffiti) has for the…
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The Bronx – Peace Pipe
The Bronx – Peace Pipe (Official Video) “Peace Pipe” – New song & video out now!BRONX VI is OUT NOW: https://thebronx.lnk.to/bronxviDirected by: Craig StecykShot and Edited by: Jarrod AnthoneeSite:… via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNz1TroooYg
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Opinion | How The Texas Abortion Law is Turning Activists Into Enforcers – The New York Times
Opinion | Republicans Are Giving Abortion Opponents Power Over the Rest of Us (Published 2021) The Texas abortion law is the latest example of a harrowing trend. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/texas-abortion.html But perhaps the most shocking thing about S.B. 8 is the power it gives abortion opponents — or simple opportunists — over their fellow citizens. The…