Linkage: March 2009 Archives
- U.N. rights envoy sees Israeli war crimes in Gaza
A United Nations human rights investigator said on Thursday that Israel's military assault on densely populated Gaza appeared to constitute a grave war crime.
tags: israel palestine gaza war-crimes united-nations
- Subway Art Gallery Opening at Improv Everywhere
Improv Everywhere arranges an art opening in the subway station at 23rd and 8th.
tags: art gallery nyc funny opening subway improv-everywhere
- U.S. Abandons Detainee Label but Policy Is Largely Intact - NYTimes.com
tags: war civilliberties guantanamo detention - Most BYOB restaurants are breaking the law - Crain's New York Business
The agency says the vast majority of eateries that encourage customers to supply their own alcohol need a special "bottle club" license to do so. Restaurants that have fewer than 20 seats are the only exception to the rule.
tags: restaurant newyork booze alcohol drinking
- Obama takes US closer to total ban on cluster bombs | World news | The Guardian
Remember that current Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, as Senator, was fine with Israel using cluster bombs in Lebanon.
tags: obama clusterbombs foreign-policy - SFAppeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper
New online-only newspaper in San Francisco, contributors include Violet Blue and Jimmy Stamp (Life w/o Buildings)
tags: media sanfrancisco newspaper - Seeing Antlers, Feeling Dendrites - SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
write-up on artist & friend Christopher Reiger, in our collection thanks to Art Fag City
tags: artist art christopher-reiger - Fall 2009 Alexander McQueen - New York Times
I love the hats!
tags: fashion hats couture alexander-mcqueen - Leap Into the Void: Self-Censorship, From Warhol to Kylix to Book
on the de-queering of the Getty, via Tyler Green
tags: art queer museum getty
- Met puts up two Chagalls as collateral for loan - Crain's New York Business
Two huge murals that hang in opera house's lobby now will help back long-term credit facility.
tags: art finance metropolitan-opera loan chagall mural
- Conservative, religious states consume the most porn. Biggest consumer? Utah
Residents of 27 states that passed laws banning gay marriages boasted 11% more porn subscribers than states that don't explicitly restrict gay marriage...
tags: politics usa porn religion