producermatthew: NHK aerial video of tsunami damage following a massive earthquake in Japan Friday afternoon. [NHK via CNN] Terrifying. (Source: http://producermatthew.com/)
March 2011
theatlantic: Scenes From Japan’s Historic Earthquake A massive 8.9-magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing dozens of deaths, more than 80 fires, and a 10-meter (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country’s coastline. Homes were swept away and damage is extensive. See more photos at In Focus [Image: Reuters/Kyodo] Incredible images at In Focus
[T]he Republicans went too far in their zeal to bust the unions and too far in their stubborn tactics to accomplish that mission. They are forcing these changes on an unwilling state at great cost — and they still haven’t filled the budget hole the original measure was designed to fill … Republicans, in the
[F]ocusing on a singular group, particularly a religious minority group, is counterproductive and destructive to the goal of protecting the country. It does a few bad things, one thing it does is that it ignores other threats; Timothy McVeigh, Jared Loughner, neither one of them are Muslim. The person who shot down all those folks
Smashing ‘Demon Government’: Walker’s small-government zeal resembles that of the prohibitionists Interesting article by JSOnline’s John Gurda – My mom posted the link to her facebook with this note: While I’m not entirely convinced with the the writer’s comparison of politics & gov’t. in WI today with Prohibition, this is one of the most precise
A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter
A 5-minute framework for fostering better conversations in comments sections | Poynter This is a great post by Matt Thompson. We’re already doing some of the suggestions at MinnPost.com (requiring registration with real names, for example). Some other items I found interesting: I liked the description in “The difference between conversation and graffiti.” O RLY?
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