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10 Thoughts About the Grammys (Spin) 1. Interesting that the two acts with the most nominations are Lil Wayne , with eight, and Coldplay , with seven. Besides the obvious contrasts (white vs. black, rap vs. rock, English Vs. American), Coldplay and Wayne represent wildly divergent approaches to stardom. Coldplay still operate under the album-as-event paradigm, taking years between releases, carefully doling out interviews, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
PM attacks coalition as harmful; preps GG meeting (CTV Winnipeg) Stephen Harper is expected to ask for a parliamentary time out when he meets with the Governor General Thursday, a day after he accused his opponents of abusing Canada's democratic traditions. us.rd.yahoo.com
Miller: Black Friday could use a makeover (Summit Daily News) When Black Friday comes, I'll stand down by the door us.rd.yahoo.com
90 Responses to “The poison of ideology” (The Hanford Sentinel) This is a great topic, it very hard for people when they have strong feelings about certain subjects not to fall into the ideological trap. I know that I struggle with it constantly. us.rd.yahoo.com
A Critical Choice Regarding Innovation (O'Reilly Media) This morning, via twitter, I came across two contrasting blog posts, one from JP Rangaswami (@jobsworth), and one from Martin Varsavsky (@martinvars), that seemed to me to sum up the very essence of the problem I've been calling out in my "work on stuff that matters" talks. In Faster Horses in the Age of Co-Creation, JP argues that Henry Ford's... us.rd.yahoo.com
SA mourns Mama Africa (iafrica.com) Archbishop Desmond Tutu said the world was now poorer for Miriam Makeba's death. us.rd.yahoo.com
Local opinions strong on passage of Prop 8 (The Hanford Sentinel) Local residents strongly voiced their opinion Wednesday on the outcome of the most controversial California proposition of Tuesday's election. After weeks of rallies and demonstrations hosted by Proposition 8's supporters and its opponents, it all came down to a difference of about 504,500 votes. By Wednesday morning, California officials announced that Prop 8 had passed, with 52.5 percent of ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Rundle08: Tears and laughter. This is what Obama means (Crikey) Obama's achievement before anything has occurred is this: that every vector of power – money, race, media – has been defeated in the US, the declining but still regnant capitol of the world, writes Guy Rundle . us.rd.yahoo.com
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