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...Orleans voters - at least those who bothered to show up at the polls; turnout for the runoff election was an abysmal 16% to 17% - may be willing to wait for that explanation. But some observers here worry that the rest of the nation may be losing patience with the city, and are asking that outsiders consider the election in the volatile post-Katrina political context. They fear that New Orleans could be viewed as not taking corruption seriosuly. "The national perception of this - 'How did they reelect a guy with $90,000 in his freezer' - is not what...
...might argue that if the Arab dictators were deprived of the Great Excuse, they might begin to rule with greater concern for their constituents' needs. But why should they be allowed to wait--in the meantime cynically selling their people the Israel Myth--especially since the wait is apt to be long? The Baker commission is quite right in wanting to see sooner rather than later a viable Palestinian state. But the report's airy prescription for frog-marching Israelis and Palestinians into new peace talks perpetuates another persistent fiction: that U.S. involvement is the key to a breakthrough. That...
...cult movie director and a cow wait placidly on a busy Los Angeles street corner on a sunny autumn day. A giant image of Laura Dern's face printed with the words FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION looms beside them. The director delivers an encomium on cheese. The scene is surreal enough to be from a David Lynch movie, and it is, a two-minute film that has been downloaded more than 50,000 times on YouTube since it was posted Nov. 9. The director of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks didn't direct this one; a couple of guys named Nate...
...doozy. It's three hours long, with no real plot, but rather a Greek chorus of Valley Girls cum crack whores, scenes of rabbits watching TV and Dern playing three different characters. At least three; Dern's not sure. "Once David said there were four, and I was like, Wait a minute--what?" she says...
...Party’s over...more time to work” said Anene, who has a paper and a problem set due today. Still, the ticket decided to wait for the official phone call before disbanding. “I guess we’re done,” said an exhausted Anene, after a call informed them of their second-to-last finish...