To gain a better understanding of the breadth and significance of this network, we have begun creating an interactive map. The map uses graphical display software called TheBrain, which allows you to click on nodes of the network and see the map redraw to display new relationships between organizations. It’s a cool online tool for exploration.
Map the Mess is a “watering hole” for citizens interested improving Cuyahoga County.
A small group of citizen journalists is forming to map the political and business connections in Cuyahoga County. You can help by adding your voice. We welcome your participation.
Our purpose: To shed more light on the workings of business and government in the County.
Our outcome: To develop a more complete map of how local government and business is actually done in the County.
We are promoting basic democratic principles of openness and transparency. Our first step is to use social networking software to map the connections in local government that have already been revealed by solid reporting in the press.
Hat tip to she who Writes Like She Talks.
Nothing worse than an uppity Negro.
How dare a black man say he has “good odds” to win the presidency.
How dare a black man say he has good odds, period.
How dare a black man presume to be a major party”s nominee.
How dare a black man criticize a white man running for president.
How dare a black man call that white man”s lies “unfortunate”.
How dare a black man speak to 200,000 foreigners.
How dare a black man raise money.
How dare a black man pretend to lead.
How dare a black man speak intelligently.
How dare a black man inspire white people.
How dare a black man have his own campaign plane.
How dare a black man speak truth to power.
How dare a black man get good media coverage.
How dare a black man get bad media coverage.
How dare a black man get media coverage, period.
How dare a black man travel.
How dare a black man meet congressmen.
How dare a black man meet congresswomen.
How dare a black man put ads on television.
How dare a black man have this much money.
How dare a black man become President.
Of the United States.
Of America.
What has to be the silliest version of the 419 scam is finally getting the attention of someone in the Rococo Media. WCBS wants to know if you’ve gotten the email from the kindly-hitman-who-will-not-kill-you-for-a-fee email.
Here’s the comment I received today on my original post:
Hello All,
My name is Gina and I work with WCBS-TV New York. We are doing some research on this “Someone You Call Your Friend, Wants You Dead” scam. I see that some of you have been victims of this scam and we are looking for people in the NYC/New Jersey area to interview. Is anybody interested? Please call me back at 212-975-5623 (ask for Mary or Gina).
Thank you.
So if you’re one of the gazillion people who’ve gotten this email, give ‘m a call. And tell them Jeff sent you.
It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees, Robert Feinman, Peter Sayles and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.
JUDY ROEHM TOSSES IN HER TOWEL… Following litigation with Wal-Mart is like reading War & Peace, the cases just go on and on and on. We began reporting on the case of Judy Roehm back in December 2006 when Wal-Mart booted her out of a job she”d held less than one year. Keep reading…
WHAT MONEY CAN BUY… Money can”t buy you love, but it sure can seriously fund a pretty damn good imitation. That”s the message out of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where delegates considered Resolution No. 14. Keep reading…
IS THE DOCTOR REAL, OR ON MEMOREX…? There are circumstances – such as the patient isolated in Antarctica – where a physician must conduct an examination via remote means. But do you really want to speak with a doctor hundreds or thousands of miles away when you have other choices? Keep reading…
WHERE DOES YOUR BACKYARD END…? Art Carden thinks that your backyard ends at your property line. If there is a real or potential nuisance that is not in your actual backyard, well, just suck it up and let those whose backyards are actually effected decide if the nuisance is a problem or not. Keep reading…
My friend John Ettorre often delights his fellow writers with well-crafted ledes he finds in his wide range of reading. What I found this morning is not a lede but rather the conclusion of a Newsweek feature on the death of 15-year-old Larry King, a maybe-gay student murdered by a classmate.
Here’s how writer Ramin Setoodeh ended his story about the tragedy:
[W]hen Averi got home that day, she learned that Larry had suffered a fatal stroke. Larry was pronounced brain-dead that afternoon, and the family decided to donate his organs. The following day, Feb. 14, doctors harvested his pancreas, liver, lungs and the most important organ of all, which now beats inside the chest of a 10-year-old girl. On Valentine’s Day, Larry King gave away his heart, but not in the way he thought he would.
Whichever editor at Newsweek let that stinker slip by should be drawn and quartered.
How does McCain respond to this? I”m having trouble imagining it myself. If he disagrees with Maliki, McCain is essentially advocating a forced occupation of a country whose US-supported government wants us out. What is the point of arguing over our troop presence in Iraq, when Iraq is saying the Obama plan is what they want?
Because women are bombarded with unrealistic images of womens (so unrealitic, in fact, that they must be created through Photoshop because not even actual models are that thing, wrinkle-free, or flawlessly complected), we doubt ourselves. We spend hours analyzing ourselves in the mirror. What can we do to hide our love handles or plump up a small bust? Clothes and cosmetics are ways to create our own illusions and hide our “flaws.”
Well, this explains Jill’s photo.
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