theboard::The Board::The Plutocrats Go Shopping
                   
nytimes.com     May 16, 2008            

You'd think the meltdown in the credit markets sparked by the housing crisis would be just the sort of economic upheaval that might even touch the checkbooks of the financial plutocracy at the pinnacle of economic power. Think again. If the big contemporary art sales at New York's auction houses... [read full story]                

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Stark Museum of Art to host special exhibit

orangeleader.com     5 hrs ago          

Tommy Mann, Jr. The Orange Leader In celebration of its upcoming thirtieth anniversary, the Stark Museum of Art will display a special exhibition, Thirtieth Anniversary Treasures, Tuesday, Aug. 19 through Wednesday, Oct. 29....                

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Quicky addendum to Bishops and Biology…

inversesquare.wordpress.com     18 hrs ago          

This is why the kind of rhetorical shenanigans discussed below matter. PZ Myers links to the latest follies from the Texas State Board of Education. For a report from the front lines about the damage done by asserting false...                

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Who scribbled all over Darwin's work? [Laelaps]

scienceblogs.com     yesterday          

Beyond the importance of his ideas I find the life of Charles Darwin fascinating because of all the innumerable opportunities for history to have turned out differently. If his father had kept Darwin off the HMS Beagle, for...                

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Americans Want More Drilling... Right?

dailykos.com     yesterday   8 related          

Back in February, the Republicans knew they had a losing issue on their hands. Even some Republicans admit that it may be hard to sell voters on the idea of continuing to provide tax incentives to oil companies earning record...                

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