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calumet412: Smoking pot on Lake Shore Drive, 1968, Chicago. Lee...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:43:18 -0500

calumet412:

Smoking pot on Lake Shore Drive, 1968, Chicago. Lee Balterman

Don’t Bogart That Joint My Friend…….

In Search of Perfect Light...: Notes From the Field -- Gone Fishing

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:00:52 -0500

In Search of Perfect Light...: Notes From the Field -- Gone Fishing: A Fish Swims By It

explore-blog: publius-esquire: Founding Father Pin-Ups, 2nd...

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:24:08 -0500

How about a little XYZ Affair?

President Booty reporting for duty

Virginia is for lovers mmm

Raid my treasury

Ratify /this/

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explore-blog:

publius-esquire:

Founding Father Pin-Ups, 2nd Ed.: Tread on Me

And now for some subversive commentary on the objectification of women…

In Search of Perfect Light...: The Hermit of Gogebic County

Sat, 04 May 2013 18:00:33 -0500

In Search of Perfect Light...: The Hermit of Gogebic County: Only the name change.

calumet412: Chicago River, 1930, Chicago. Tunis Ponsen Old Man...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:38:56 -0500

calumet412:

Chicago River, 1930, Chicago. Tunis Ponsen

Old Man River

All Thens Lead to Now (via In Search of Perfect Light…:...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:00:42 -0500

All Thens Lead to Now (via In Search of Perfect Light…: Northwoods Follies — A Friend Indeed)

That Great Street calumet412: Bright spring morning on State...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:31:59 -0500

That Great Street

calumet412:

Bright spring morning on State Street, 1952, Chicago.

"such inadequate coverings as the fig leaf of scientific observation will now not be enough to hide..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:02:22 -0500

““such inadequate coverings as the fig leaf of scientific observation will now not be enough...

retrocampaigns: Benjamin Harrison, speaking in Vermont on...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:41:32 -0500

retrocampaigns:

Benjamin Harrison, speaking in Vermont on August 28, 1891

Photo from The Library of Congress

Dusks and Dawns (via Notes From the Field — Reboot)

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:00:27 -0500

Dusks and Dawns (via Notes From the Field — Reboot)

calumet412: As most of you are aware, Chicago’s modern...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:17:53 -0500

calumet412:

As most of you are aware, Chicago’s modern shoreline is nothing like what the original settlers of the city knew. Most of the shore, from Grant Park to Hollywood Ave is all landfill. In some places, the shoreline now extends half a mile east from the original.

Landfill usually comes from displaced soil from other events and projects, i.e. debris from the Great Fire was used to create Lakefront Park and debris from highway development was used for land east of Lake Shore Drive.

Here’s a photo of soil displaced from creating the Loop’s tunnel system used to help fill in Grant Park, 1904, Chicago.

http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cdot/ShorelineHistory.pdf

You believe what and why again? (via Why We Can’t Tell...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:23:34 -0500

You believe what and why again? (via Why We Can’t Tell Good Wine From Bad)

Voices in the Wilderness (via Creative Conversation)

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:00:40 -0600

Voices in the Wilderness (via Creative Conversation)

European Porn Ban

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:54:25 -0600

European Porn Ban: Pillow Placement.

literaryjukebox: He allowed himself to be swayed by his...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:54:35 -0600

literaryjukebox:

He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

Gabriel García Márquez in Love in the Time of Cholera

Song: “Birthday” by Blur

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Me the People (via The Porkies — People & Their...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:00:45 -0600

Me the People (via The Porkies — People & Their Government at Work)

shortformblog: pol102: “America’s fiscal union: The red and...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:52:53 -0600

shortformblog:

pol102:

“America’s fiscal union: The red and the black” | The Economist

The sequester is here! And this map is probably a good indication of what it means for you. The “redder” your state, the most likely you’ll be negatively affected by the sequester. Why? Because “redder” states get more money from the federal government than they send back in taxes.

I currently live in Mississippi. We’re going to be hit especially hard. Because, as this map shows, Mississippi runs a 254% deficit (as of 2009) in federal transfers. The state gets an estimated $2.47 for every federal dollar sent.

Basically, think of the “redder” states as on a form of federal-to-state welfare. And since the cuts are going to all kinds of programs and services, they’ll likely hit those state hard. That means states like Mississippi will have two options: 1) Kick in more state revenue to make up for cut programs. 2) Lose the benefits of those programs. Since the many of the “redder” states are poorer than the “bluer” states (e.g. the median household income in Mississippi is $36,656 compared to $69,272 in Maryland), option #2 would simply mean falling further behind in terms of poverty, education, and health. But option #1 means collecting more taxes to make up the differences. And since states collect taxes less efficiently than the federal government, often through less progressive taxes, and will have to negotiate prices for goods and services from a weaker position, the pocketbook impact of taxes would be high.

So let’s get our sequester on! Let’s find out just how little federal government voters really want.

Feels like everyone’s heads have been spinning, to the point of fatigue, on the matter of the budget sequestration that went into effect with President Obama’s signature Friday night. It’s a nice change of pace, instead of arguing political benefits and machinations, to start getting some practical information about what sequestration will mean for the states.

Vintage Vista Visions (via The Porkies)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:00:42 -0600

Vintage Vista Visions (via The Porkies)

One For The Books (via Treasure Trove)

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:00:22 -0600

One For The Books (via Treasure Trove)

Robert Reich: Why Customers are Disappearing, Why Higher Unemployment Is the Likely Result, and Why Many in Washington Don't Have Half...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:50:37 -0600

Robert Reich: Why Customers are Disappearing, Why Higher Unemployment Is the Likely Result, and Why...