media-rich spanish-lang social networking site: mucha merengue, reggaeton, remixes, etc. (via unfashionably late)

Zizek’s classic Matrix(/Baudrillard)-quoting post-9/11 essay :: pull quote — ‘America’s “holiday from history” was a fake: America’s peace was bought by the catastrophes going on elsewhere.’

Republicans “who care about honest and transparent vote-counting” — you don’t say

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