Mike Arauz is a strategist at Undercurrent, and lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Mike's interested in media, marketing, technology, photography, film, food, and politics. This site is a place for you to discover the things that Mike thinks are interesting enough to pass on. Email: him[at]mikearauz[dot]com
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Someone's created a nifty automatic little test. [link] It would only be better if it checked your RSS feeds from Bloglines or whatever you use. (h/t MicroPersuasion)
George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world is like … well, it's like George W. Bush criticizing someone for not understanding the world. It's sui generis: No parallel quite captures the absurdity so succinctly. [link]
Bruno Kirby is dead at the young age of 57 [link]. You may remember Kirby from some great character roles in movies like The Godfather Part II, City Slickers, and When Harry Met Sally.
Federal Judge rules against Warrentless Wiretapping
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. [Federal link]
Is there anyone in the country who can say honestly, in their heart of hearts, that when that moment of fear hit them after the recent reports out of London, they said to themselves, "God, I'm glad we're in Iraq"? [link]
The NSA eavesdropping scandal has never been about whether the government should eavesdrop. It is about whether the president has the right to break the law.
Ani DiFranco has another new album [link] coming out on Tuesday. Salon posted a link to listen to the album online in its entirety [link]. I think it's the strongest album she's put out since Revelling/Reckoning. Give it a listen, and then go out and buy it.