Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Editing Palin
Vanity Fair lets its executive literary editor and research and copy departments clean up Palin's resignation "speech." For more go to Vanity Fair.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Will the Daily Show shift its tone?
With violence escalating in Iran seemingly everyday, it will be interesting to see how The Daily Show handles the situation. Following the election results, The Daily Show aired a few reports from a correspondent, Jason Jones, sent to Iran to cover the Iranian election. In one report, Jones humorously investigated why the Iranians "hate" America.| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Jason Jones: Behind the Veil - Minarets of Menace | ||||
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Now that lives have actually been lost, will The Daily Show abandon its flip treatment of the Iranian unrest? Will it adopt a somber tone similar to its first show post 9/11? As much as I enjoy The Daily Show, some of the show's Iranian Indecision gags might not fly so easily at this point.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
State Department asks Twitter for a Favor
In another sign that Twitter rules the world, the Washington Post reports that the State Department confirms that it asked Twitter to put off scheduled maintenance "earlier this week to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens" during Monday's protests.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Los Angeles Bike Lanes
Los Angeles city planning officials are now accepting suggestions for previously proposed bike lanes plan. The deadline to submit any and all suggestions is June 12.I had a chance to quickly peruse the proposed plan and one thing jumped out at me; a large stretch of Santa Monica Blvd (the portion south of Doheny Blvd and north of Avenue of the Stars) has been designated as a "proposed but currently infeasible" bike lane. Now, anyone who has been stuck in gridlock on this part of Santa Monica Blvd has surely noticed the large expanse of land located on the western border of Santa Monica Blvd. Predominantly grass with a dirt path along with some trees, this area has plenty of space to accommodate 2 meager bike lanes (4 feet in width probably) going opposite directions. Many bike commuters already use this stretch of Santa Monica Blvd, choosing to perilously weave in and out of traffic.
Those against a bike lane will point to the fact LA already lacks parks, why pave over this area in order to put in a bike lane. Putting a bike lane here isn't a case of paving over Canal St. Martin in order to make a bike lane. For all I can tell this area is hardly ever used except for the jogger, wandering tourist, or periodic art show. Has anyone ever seen someone sitting on the grass? A protected bike lane would leave most of this area intact.
What I think is happening here is the NIMBY phenomenon. Just as Beverly Hills residents have impeded the expansion of LA's budding metro, now we have these same residents preventing a simple bike lane from being put on Santa Monica. Sadly, I don't this think will change until a cyclist gets in a bad spill on this stretch of road. Or maybe our ineffectual Mayor will follow his New York counterpart's example.
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