“I hate to ruin your weekend, but let’s be honest: Mitt Romney now has a good chance of being the next President.”
John Cassidy posts on how the bad jobs report could cost Obama the election: http://nyr.kr/KiETnM
Count 1: Conspiracy MISTRIAL
Count 2: Illegal campaign contributions MISTRIAL
Count 3: Illegal campaign contributions NOT GUILTY
Count 4: Illegal campaign contributions MISTRIAL
Count 5: Illegal campaign contributions MISTRIAL
Count 6: False statements MISTRIAL
“The Sleeper”
An awful recovery just entered its fourth year. This is what the current picture looks like.
(via npr)
Chuck Brown’s Memorial Service - Photo Gallery via Washington City Paper
Photo: Darrow Montgomery
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(Source: yimmyayo, via dailycandy)
Twice every year, the sunset aligns exactly with the east-west streets of the Manhattan grid and produces the phenomenon now commonly known as Manhattanhenge (term coined by Neil deGrasse Tyson). Today and tomorrow evening, during a short period of time, observers standing on grid streets…
Two young women in matching outfits in front of an open air garage.
In the early ’80s Staten Island seemed like a world away from Manhattan. In Chrisitine Osinki’s newly rediscoved photographs, she reveals a time capsule of the growing borough, caught in a state of limbo between New York City and the rest of America. With a new Kickstarter she hopes to publish a new book of the work. See more here.
In early June, the publishing industry takes Manhattan for Book Expo America. We’re taking the opportunity to celebrate the millions of amazing readers and writers who call the Tumblr community home.
Join us at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe for free drinks, fun swag, mixing, mingling, and readings by Edan Lepucki, Alexander Chee, and Baratunde Thurston.
(via housingworksbookstore)