Newsletter 306
[1]My Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death
Links:
1. http://b.rw/jTc1cV
Noam Chomsky | Guernica | 6 May 2011
It was a planned assassination in violation of international law. "We might
ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W
Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic"
[2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-reaction-osama-bin-ladens-death
[3]The Lonely War
Links:
3. http://b.rw/l7CO4C
Eric Pape | LA Weekly | 5 May 2011
Bizarre story of a US accountant who attempted to overthrow totalitarian
regime in Cambodia. Now prosecuted and facing life imprisonment in America
despite judge admitting he was not a bad man, just unlucky with his country
of birth [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/lonely-war
[5]Martyrs' Day
Links:
5. http://b.rw/lkCvEb
Amina A | Gay Girl In Damascus | 6 May 2011
Blogpost from Syrian protests. "Today, I went into the streets. On every
corner, there were security forces, party militiamen, all the thugs of the
regime. Someone near me wondered if there were any apes left in the Nusayri
hills" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/martyrs-day
[7]Fall Of The Female In Kids’ Movies
Links:
7. http://b.rw/iVOILW
Stefan | Persephone | 3 May 2011
"One of the unfortunate (and surprising) side-effects of the triumph of
computer-generated animation was the death of the female protagonist in
children’s movies. Think of female leads in Pixar movies. There aren’t any.
Not one" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/fall-female-kids’-movies
[9]One Hundred Years Of Mississippi Blues
Links:
9. http://b.rw/jtRQOE
Denise Sullivan | Crawdaddy | 6 May 2011
8 May 2011 marks 100 years since the birth of Robert Johnson. He left only
29 songs, but his music shaped folk, rock, blues and soul. Good read on a
groundbreaking musician. Thanks to @damienjoyce for alerting us [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/one-hundred-years-mississipi-blues
[11]World View
Links:
11. http://b.rw/k2sm3N
Various | BBC | 5 May 2011
Stunning audio slideshow of entries for Travel Photographer of the Year.
Competition promoted by Royal Geographical Society, some of whose best
archive images are interspersed among this year's entrants. Seven minutes
well spent [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/world-view
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Amy Chua on Being a Mother
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/amy-chua-on-being-mother
Author of self-satirising memoir on ambitious "tiger mothers" discusses the
books about parenting that have made the most impact on her
Featured Topic
[14]Natural History
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Everything you need to know about natural history. Experts from London's
Natural History Museum discuss their top five books on everything - from
bats to plants, dinosaurs to meteorites and more
Reader Recommendations
@[15]polit2k It's not divorce, but the coalition is now poisoned by bitter
mistrust | Andrew Rawnsley | The Observer - [16]goo.gl/Myz0I #[17]browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/polit2k
16. http://goo.gl/Myz0I
17. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[18]The Land of the Great Image by Maurice Collis
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/land-great-image-by-maurice-collis
[19]Wendy Law-Yone says: "Apart from being terrific entertainment, and
wonderfully droll in places, _Land of the Great Image_makes an important
contribution to the literature of dynastic lunacy"
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/wendy-law-yone-on-her-own-burma
Video of the Day
[20]David Lynch Coffee Commercial
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/videos/david-lynch-coffee-commercial
Yes, he is faking a conversation with Barbie. Yes, it is a bit creepy. No, I
don't know if it helps sell the coffee
Quote of the Day
[21]Alfred Hitchcock, on suspense
Links:
21. http://tomshone.blogspot.com/2011/05/fine-art-of-suspense-botched.html
"Suspense consists of letting an audience know precisely what is about to
happen—and then making them wait for it"