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...been a Communist, a Ba'athist and a liberal-secular democrat; these days, he represents the Shi'ite-fundamentalist Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, which, like Jafaari's Dawa Party, is beholden to Tehran. Halfway through last year, Mahdi told TIME he was about to bolt from SCIRI and form his own party. He changed his mind-likely because he knows he has no grassroots support or street cred of his own. As prime minister, he would be little more than a puppet in the hand of Iranian ayatollahs, and unlikely to do more than Jafaari...
...worship celebrities because they're simple focal points in a world in which we have too much information. As Witness preaches--See It, Film It, Change It--the most valuable commodity in ending misery is not money or even will but attention. And attention is the celebrigod's lightning bolt. If the most fatuous celebrity plants himself near a problem, he may embarrass himself. But at least someone will see it. And someone will film it. And a few of us may, little by little, be moved to change...
...this practical cohabitation brings about a catalog of ethical puzzles. What is the proper protocol in such circumstances? Do these pajama pants make me look fat? How much does a double-bolt lock cost...
...Green Mind.”Things kicked into high gear with Lou’s lead vocals on “Bulbs of Passion,” showing just how tragic his feud with J was. Lou’s buzzsaw attack was more distorted than any Lightning Bolt bass line. Barely 10 minutes in, an amp had already blown, and while J donned his usual icy glare, Lou chatted it up with the crowd, rambling on about how much they had played Boston.The amp fixed, J went screaming and soloing into “Little Fury Things?...
Shortly after Rigoberto Alpizar rushed through the airline cabin clutching a backpack, passenger Mike Beshears saw a man in a Hawaiian shirt bolt out of his First Class seat. The man, who turned out to be a federal air marshal, followed Alpizar toward the jetway. Beshears heard yelling and then a series of shots...