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THE QUOTE
“The agenda of the Republican Party is to limit access to health care services. It’s to deny women equal pay for equal work. It’s to cut funding for Planned Parenthood. And it’s to select as a vice presidential nominee someone who co-sponsored legislation with Representative [Todd] Akin to redefine ‘rape’.” — Elizabeth Warren
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KEEP TALKING, WOMAN!
Quite frankly, I haven’t had enough of Elizabeth Warren, candidate for the US Senate from Massachusetts. So here’s more:
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FREE SPEECH
Here are some of the guests speakers at IU this fall, straight from the Themester announcement page:
- Werner Herzog, filmmaker — Friday, September 14th
- Chaz Bono, LGBTQ activist — Wednesday October 4th
- Robert Gibbs, former White House press secretary, & Karl Rove, Republican political strategist — Thursday, October 16th
- David Lacks, son of the subject of the bestseller, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” — Wednesday, November 14th
Rove
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All are open to the public.
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ORAL ARGUMENTS
Have you checked your state’s statutes recently?
If not, you may find that you broke the law last night. Or this morning. Or even as you read this.
That’s because as many as 18 of these great United States have laws on the books banning the catch-all “sodomy,” which includes the giving and receiving of fellatio and cunnilingus.
So the next time you hear the phrase, “Pitchers and catchers report,” it might not mean baseball spring training is about to begin. It may mean you’d better start packing your toothbrush for an extended stay in your state’s correctional inn.
Enjoy Your Stay!
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Teehee — I’ll bet there’s a mad dash of Pencillistas doing Google searches right now.
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LOVE TO LOVE YOU, BABY
Something for you to listen to while you flout the laws of this holy land.
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Here’s how I waste my time. How about you? Share your fave sites with us via the comments section. Just type in the name of the site, not the url; we’ll find them. If we like them, we’ll include them — if not, we’ll ignore them.
❏ I Love Charts — Life as seen through charts.
❏ XKCD — “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.”
❏ Skepchick — Women scientists look at the world and the universe.
❏ Indexed — All the answers in graph form, on index cards.
❏ I Fucking Love Science — A Facebook community of science geeks.
❏ Present/&/Correct — Fun, compelling, gorgeous and/or scary graphic designs and visual creations throughout the years and from all over the world.
❏ Flip Flop Fly Ball — Baseball as seen through infographics, haikus, song lyrics, and other odd communications devices.
❏ Mental Floss — Facts.
❏ Sodaplay — Create your own models or play with other people’s models.
❏ Eat Sleep Draw — An endless stream of artwork submitted by an endless stream of people.
❏ Big Think — Tapping the brains of notable intellectuals for their opinions, predictions, and diagnoses.
❏ The Daily Puppy — So shoot me.
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Electron Pencil event listings: Music, art, movies, lectures, parties, receptions, games, benefits, plays, meetings, fairs, conspiracies, rituals, etc.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
◗ Bear’s Place — Al Cobine Big Band; 5:30pm
◗ Malibu Grill — Steve Johnson Trio; 6-9pm
◗ Rachael’s Cafe — Rick Hornyak; 7pm
◗ IU Cinema — Film: “Silver Bullets”; 7pm
◗ IU Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center — Auditions Soul Revue; 7pm
◗ The Player’s Pub — Open mic, hosted my Martina Samm; 8pm
◗ IU Memorial Union, Whittenberger Auditorium — UB Films: “The Avengers”; 8pm
◗ Serendipity Martini Bar — Team trivia; 8:30pm
◗ The Bluebird — Three Story Hill; 9pm
◗ Max’s Place — Stuttering Ducks; 9pm
◗ The Bishop — Psychic Twin, Brownie Mountain; 9:30pm
◗ Max’s Place — 220 Breakers; 10pm
◗ IU Memorial Union, Whittenberger Auditorium — UB Films: “The Avengers”; 11pm
◗ Max’s Place — Fifth on the Floor; 11pm
ONGOING
◗ Ivy Tech Waldron Center — Exhibits:
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“40 Years of Artists from Pygmalion’s”; through September 1st
◗ IU Art Museum — Exhibits:
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“A Tribute to William Zimmerman,” wildlife artist; through September 9th
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Willi Baumeister, “Baumeister in Print”; through September 9th
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Annibale and Agostino Carracci, “The Bolognese School”; through September 16th
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“Contemporary Explorations: Paintings by Contemporary Native American Artists”; through October 14th
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David Hockney, “New Acquisitions”; through October 21st
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “Paragons of Filial Piety”; through fall semester 2012
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Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Weston, & Harry Callahan, “Intimate Models: Photographs of Husbands, Wives, and Lovers”; through December 31st
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“French Printmaking in the Seventeenth Century”; through December 31st
◗ IU SoFA Grunwald Gallery — Exhibits:
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Coming — Media Life; August 24th through September 15th
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Coming — Axe of Vengeance: Ghanaian Film Posters and Film Viewing Culture; August 24th through September 15th