Oct 15, 2009 -
by Troy Senik
http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california
My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up.
Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.
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Jun 02, 2008 -
couple of weeks ago we reported that CariDee English, winner of cycle 7 of the Tyra Banks’ reality show “America’s Next Top Model,” was hospitalized for dehydration. We didn’t buy the whole “dehydration” excuse, and now the National Enquirer smells a rat, too.
“America’s Next Top Model” winner CariDee English recently attempted suicide by taking an overdose of pills just hours after joining other celebrities for the grand opening of a new casino, The Enquirer has learned exclusively.
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Sep 05, 2007 -
First off, I'd just like to apologize for having been incommunicado for the last month. Lots of family stuff going on and work wasn't helping. But I think it's under control, now, so I should be able to post occasionally -- y'all know I couldn't stay away for too long.
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Sep 24, 2007 -
Okay, so I finally got to watch the premiere last night and, while I was a tad disappointed that it was only an hour long, it was still fun and I'm still glad it's back.
The self-delusion! The ignorance!
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Nov 08, 2007 -
A friend on my mom's board just shared this. I thought I'd share it here too so you can see what's going on with your favorite show.
Desperate Housewives shut down.
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Oct 10, 2007 -
I know that our friends over on the East Coast are probably happily ensconced in their couches or armchairs, enjoying tonight's all-new episode of "America's Next Top Model," but I wanted to review last week's portfolio before I watched this week's show.
I don't quite know how I felt about last week; the shoot was actually pretty cool, and there were some good pix, but, despite the Bianca/Saleisha fight, the show was pretty boring, IMO.
But, meh.
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May 21, 2007 -
So, Jaslene is America's Next Top Model. But did she deserve it?
In order to probe into the true answer to that question, I've decided to compare the girls' complete portfolios for each of their photoshoots to see which I think had the best overall performance through the entirety of Cycle 8.
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Mar 08, 2007 -
Okay, so here's my attempt to critique all the photos from the first episode's portfolio.
On the whole, I though the idea for the photoshoot was pretty lame; it didn't surprise me that the photos didn't turn out that well. I mean, this would've been a challenging editorial for real, professional models to shoot convincingly -- and you're asking a bunch of amateurs to do it?
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Jul 31, 2007 -
Excerpted from An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, by Al Gore (Rodale, 2006)
When considering a problem as vast as global warming, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless. But we need to resist that response, because this crisis will get resolved only if we as individuals take responsibility. By educating ourselves and others, by doing our part to minimize our use and waste of resources, by becoming more politically active and demanding change — in these ways and many others, each of us can make a difference.
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