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23rd November 2011

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This x That:
Know This:
Occupy Wall Street: Pepper-spraying cop John Pike awarded in 2006 for not using pepper spray; $29,000 OWS field trip to Egypt canceled; OWS spokescouncil votes to post protester’s $25,000 bail; Chinese artist Ai Weiwei calls OWS “hopeless,” “primitive,” and “lacking of content.”
Mitt Romney blatantly lies about President Obama in first paid ad, has tables turned on him by ThinkProgress; In latest GOP debate gaffe, Romney “flip flops” on his first name.
Oregon’s governor halts all executions in the state, calls death penalty “a perversion of justice.”
Afghan court finds rape victim guilty of adultery, sentences her to 12 years in prison.
RIP: Andrea True, “More More More” singer, dead at 68. Also: legendary jazz drummer Paul Motian, at 80.
Read This:
Hurricane Kenneth becomes Category 4 storm — strongest ever in eastern North Pacific for this time of year.
USC’s Annenberg School study finds that Hollywood is sexist.
Footage of Breaking Dawn sex scene with “extra thrusting” might be added to the film’s DVD.
Look At This:
The Umbrella Man: Errol Morris op-doc on the fascinating story of mysterious umbrella’d figure seen near JFK’s motorcade on the day of his assassination 48 years ago.
The Other:
NewsFeed: Airlines Segregating Tots in ‘Baby Ghettos’ (To Some Other Passengers’ Delight).
Tea x Time List: 7 Ways Your Cellphone Is Screwing With Your Body and Mind.
Above: Christoph Niemann’s clever “Promised Land” covers The New Yorker’s Thanksgiving issue.

This x That:

Know This:

Occupy Wall Street: Pepper-spraying cop John Pike awarded in 2006 for not using pepper spray; $29,000 OWS field trip to Egypt canceled; OWS spokescouncil votes to post protester’s $25,000 bail; Chinese artist Ai Weiwei calls OWS “hopeless,” “primitive,” and “lacking of content.”

Mitt Romney blatantly lies about President Obama in first paid ad, has tables turned on him by ThinkProgress; In latest GOP debate gaffe, Romney “flip flops” on his first name.

Oregon’s governor halts all executions in the state, calls death penalty “a perversion of justice.”

Afghan court finds rape victim guilty of adultery, sentences her to 12 years in prison.

RIP: Andrea True, “More More More” singer, dead at 68. Also: legendary jazz drummer Paul Motian, at 80.

Read This:

Hurricane Kenneth becomes Category 4 storm — strongest ever in eastern North Pacific for this time of year.

USC’s Annenberg School study finds that Hollywood is sexist.

Footage of Breaking Dawn sex scene with “extra thrusting” might be added to the film’s DVD.

Look At This:

The Umbrella Man: Errol Morris op-doc on the fascinating story of mysterious umbrella’d figure seen near JFK’s motorcade on the day of his assassination 48 years ago.

The Other:

NewsFeed: Airlines Segregating Tots in ‘Baby Ghettos’ (To Some Other Passengers’ Delight).

Tea x Time List: 7 Ways Your Cellphone Is Screwing With Your Body and Mind.

Above: Christoph Niemann’s clever “Promised Land” covers The New Yorker’s Thanksgiving issue.

Source: newyorker

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