The Tissue-Industrial Complex
- At April 16, 2006
- By Bob Howe
- In Blog Posts
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An old friend, Rebecca Skloot, has the (fascinating) cover story in today’s New York Times Magazine, Taking the Least of You.
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All of the people who are surprised about Mitt Romney ... y'all remember this is the guy who put his dog on top of the car for a road trip, and said 47 percent of y'all are freeloading off the rich, right? Stop being surprised.
Facts:
In 2018, the most recent full year for which FBI data is available, New York ranked 111th for violent crime on a per capita basis out of 294 cities with populations of over 100,000. Portland ranked 116th and Seattle ranked 82nd respectively.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/09/21/trumps-anarchist-jurisdictions-of-nyc-portland-and-seattle-arent-even-among-the-80-most-dangerous-us-cities/
"There are two reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on your story and/or talent." - Nancy Kress
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kijjohnson
Interesting article. On an unrelated note, Skloot is a fabulous last name.
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You know Becca—you met her, anyway: she was one of the technicians at Lake Grove.
kijjohnson
That’s right! I forgot.
minnehaha
The Article
I printed it.
Airplane reading….
B
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Re: The Article
Saw you quoted in the piece on security cameras today. Bentham’s panopticon.