“On the second anniversary of the single worst massacre of Iraqi civilians committed by a private force since the US invasion, President Obama should be forced to explain to the American people and the people of Iraq and Afghanistan why he continues to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to this company and why he permits them to remain on the ground, representing the United States in these countries. At a recent hearing of the bipartisan Wartime Contracting Commission, commissioner Linda Gustitus asserted that in not canceling Blackwater’s contracts after Nisour Square, the State Department “helped to send a message to other contractors that you can do a lot and not have your contract terminated.”
This modernist 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom home features views of the San Francisco Bay, Angel Island and surrounding hills. In addition to the main home (which was extensively renovated in 1993), the property includes a separate Artist Studio and Zen Studio Apartment.
Every Bright Eyes song ever.
ilovecharts: The recovery process of Earth if humans were eradicated completely.
Get on it, people.
UBC Housing via PNWRA on Flickr
UBC was my “second choice” school. Nice to see some stuff from home on Tumblr.
World Map showing surface area of solar panels required to power the globe.
Every day, children who come to the clinic write their names on sheets of paper and tape them to the windows of the walkway for ironworkers to see. And, every day, the ironworkers paint the names onto I-beams and hoist them into place as they add floors to the new 14-story Yawkey Center for Cancer Care.
(via bb-blog / more at boston.com)
Museum 1302 features customized, colorful versions of the furniture line’s 01 Chair, its seat and backrest upholstered in different hues. Against the auditorium’s spare grey walls and cement steps, Room 26 bursts as wildly as pop rocks. The chairs achieve what Studio Arne Quinze intends—“infectious creations that pull you into their self-shaped sphere and hold you captive.”
(via @grainedit / bb-blog)
