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“ At least 45 people have died in a missile strike by a US drone aircraft in a Taliban stronghold area of Pakistan, officials there have said. The people killed in South Waziristan had been attending a funeral for others killed in a US drone strike earlier.

‘Dozens dead’ in US drone strike | BBC News

via AZspot & sexartandpolitics

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“ Is it any surprise, then, that where the mass pursuit of greater citizenship ends, the mass pursuit of greater sexuality tends to begin? Though almost any product can be marketed as offering sexual satisfaction, nothing beats the reality. No amount of video gaming or Internet porn has yet satiated all our pride, envy, greed, and lust—and if it did, we’d uncomfortably feel like we’d become, in some essential way, less than human. We have diligently cleared the decks to making sexual life a central feature of the full experience of individuality today. A great sex life, exceptionally well-tuned to our personal preferences, is very nearly our vision of the highest. Poulos — tremendous article, read the whole thing.

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Les Rois De La Reforme - Jacques Dutronc - Il Est Cinq Heures

I hung out with Jessica’s friend Nicholas last night at BBlessing and he turned me on to this french singer from the 60s named Jacques Dutronc. I’ve been listening all morning and its great stuff.

Jacques Dutronc is possibly the coolest man alive, on top of being a tremendous artist. His son Thomas is also a very talented singer in his own right.

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“ Don’t expect that this will be resolved cleanly with a win or loss in short period of time. The Iranian revolution, which is usually regarded as one of the most accelerated overthrows of a well-entrenched power structure in history, started in about January 1978 and the shah departed in January 1979. During that period, there were long pauses and periods of quiescence that could lead one to believe that the revolt had subsided. This is not a sprint; it is a marathon. Endurance is at least as important as speed.

Read the whole thing.

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“ The irony isn’t directed at Obama but at liberal expectations about Obama. (Think of the contrast with Steven Colbert’s ‘truth to power’ approach when giving the same speech, where Bush himself was the target of the jokes.) It’s one of the most complicated political speeches (in terms of its layers of meaning) that I’m aware of.

Untravel on John Hodgman’s Obama roast, via c0wb0yz Lives

(Excellente analyse du discours par c0wb0yz pour mes lecteurs francophones)

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aminamania:

ninakix: Metaphys created this power outlet: plug in your devices along the notches, then turn them all on or off by pressing the button in the middle! (via Core77)

ninakix: Metaphys created this power outlet: plug in your devices along the notches, then turn them all on or off by pressing the button in the middle! (via Core77)

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“ It’s a very ignorable little quirk. Mandalay on Tumblarity

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“ Every tennis lover would like, someday, to play like Federer but every man wants to be Rafael Nadal. Which is different. Philippe Bouin (via mdugard)

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Running a startup board meeting

Earlier today, Andy Payne wrote a great post about running a startup board meeting.

I highly recommend reading it if you are a startup CEO.

Thanks Andy.

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The Twitter Experiment

A professor at UT Dallas encourages her students to contribute to class discussion using Twitter updates, which are projected on a wall for the rest of the class to see. Not sure if this would improve the classroom experience or not (seems distracting to me and doesn’t push students to build a complete argument), but an interesting experiment.

Yeah, I’m similarly mixed. This works great at conferences, though.

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tommaso:
If you can read this…

If you can read this…

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“ Three years ago, teammates of Barcelona star (and Cameroonian native) Samuel Eto’o persuaded him not to leave the game after he exploded in reaction to repeated racist abuse by fans of the opposing home team Real Zaragoza. Likewise, Gooch’s teammates rallied around him to persuade him not to leave the game in Belgium last month. But why should the victims of racist abuse continue playing in this kind of hostile environment? Why, instead, don’t teammates join with the victimized player and collectively walk off the soccer field? That would be a better expression of solidarity than imploring a black teammate to suck it up and play through the pain. And it would show that blatant racism injures all players—white and black alike. World Cup in Africa and a Black American’s Challenge to Ongoing Racism in European Soccer

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“ A coalition of reformers and clergy, with Rafsanjani’s backing, could have challenged Khamenei’s choice for the next Supreme Leader. This concerns Khamenei not simply as a threat to his prestige, but also to his family’s welfare and political ambitions. Some analysts believe Khamenei wishes to secure his family’s well-being by appointing his son Mojtaba to replace him as Supreme Leader. Khamenei has been described as “Ali of the age” more and more in the Iranian media. This is a reference to Imam Ali, the first Shiite Imam who passed on the reigns to his son Hassan. It is very possible that the reason Khamenei is being referred to as the current version of Imam Ali is to prepare the ground for him to pass on power in the same manner.

RealClearWorld - Supreme Leader and Iran Election

Fascinating article on Khamenei’s motives, must read.

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“ Steve Jobs’ wealth and power let him jump the queue for organ transplants in a way that even I am uncomfortable with—and I am in favor of paying organ donors. Megan McArdle

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A troubled week in Iran - The Big Picture:

A supporter of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi shows her hand, covered in the blood of a wounded person during a demonstration on June 20, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

A troubled week in Iran - The Big Picture:

A supporter of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi shows her hand, covered in the blood of a wounded person during a demonstration on June 20, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

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