Seventy-five years ago this month an amateur weather-watcher from West Sussex published a landmark paper in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society directly linking the burning of fossil fuels to the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere. Guy Callendar was a successful steam…
Sundsvall: ‘It’s like living in a wok pan’
Bird-watcher and nature enthusiast Leelene Karlsson presents Sundsvall for this week’s My Sweden, where she explains that a gigantic ice lolly, a cross-dressing singer, and life in a wok pan make Sundsvall the ideal Swedish town. … Read More
Pick of the week: A “Girls” guy creates an ambitious thriller-comedy double bill
If you already know who Alex Karpovsky is, you’re either a loyal watcher of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” (on which he plays the recurring and hotly debated character of Ray Ploshansky) or the sort of person who has attended the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, more than once. Or perhaps you’re a member of his immediate family; I don’t know whether that’s Karpovsky’s real-life mother on the phone in his new shaggy-dog road comedy “Red Flag,” abusing him in Russian about how badly he treated his ex-girlfriend. But this young actor and filmmaker’s ultra-indie, Brooklyn-centric obscurity is about to change. A peculiar double bill of very different but thematically related movies directed by Karpovsky reveals him to be a subtle, intelligent and “adroit filmmaker” (it’s the phrase he uses in one of the films, in a suicide note), and he has a supporting role in the Coen brothers’ upcoming early-’60s folk music drama “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
‘Dressing The Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe’ Reveals Queen Elizabeth’s Fashion Secrets (VIDEO)
It’s Christmas Eve — have you gotten a present for the royal watcher in your life?If not, we’ve got the perfect thing. Dressing The Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe, one of several books published this year about British royals, contains every little detail about Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion. Penned by Angela Kelly, personal assistant and dresser to the queen, the book hones in on the queen’s Diamond Jubilee wardrobe: how it was prepared, where the fabrics came from and why certain colors were picked over others. The “Today” show took a closer look at the book on Monday morning, highlighting the best tidbits about dressing the royal that we’ve always wanted to know. Five things we learned:Read More…
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Two Republicans Arrested for Attempted Double Voting Just ‘Testing’ the System, They Say
Last Saturday, we told you about a rare case of polling place voter fraud, when a Republican voter attempted to vote twice in Nevada during Early Voting in the state. Appropriately enough, she was quickly arrested and taking into custody by the FBI. Nevada’s system of preventing double-voting at the polls worked well and efficiently, [...] … Read More
Long Time Philadelphia Voters Reportedly Missing From Rolls, Forced to Cast Provisional Ballots
Okay, this one is quite troubling. It’s being reported that long time voters in Philadelphia have been showing up to vote today, only to find out that they are not on the voting rolls anymore at all.
In the bargain, “large numbers” of voters are being forced to vote on provisional ballots which may, or [...] … Read More
Harris-Perry: Tea party group aims to tie up election results
Citing a report from one of her “Nerds,” MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry said the real goal of the allegedly non-partisan voter observation group True The Vote is to tie up this year’s elections in the court system. In a first-hand account of poll watcher training posted on the…
