Can Someone Tell Me Why AIG Should Pay Employee Bonuses it Clearly Can't Afford?

I'll admit that I'm not the one to come to if you need money management advice. But like many other Americans, the idea of AIG handing out bonuses to executives after being bailed out with taxpayer monies, just doesn't sit well with me.

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Proof That Despite All Our Progress, Racism is Not Dead

Most people who really know me, know that I highly tolerant and accepting even. I used to be militant and wear my blackness on my sleeve. This was a result of being accused by my black peers of "talking like a white girl," and feeling like I always had to prove I was black enough.

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The Artist in Profile: Keri Hilson

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Listening In Live: Bumbershoot Day 2

After an intentionally slow Saturday – besides Beck there were no absolute must sees – we headed back to Bumbershoot Sunday for a whammy of an evening. Everything we planned to see was packed into the last five hours of the day.

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Listening In Live: Bumbershoot Day One

We started the day refreshed, slept in, and took our sweet time getting to the festival. After the suck that was yesterday, we were stoked at the efficiency and consideration of the festival organizers, One Reel.

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So The Other Day...Bumbershoot Murphy's Law

As you're reading this, realize we made it to Seattle. Oh, but was it an adventure.

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Bumbershoot Weekend Preview: Part I

I am northbound this weekend, flying to Seattle for the 38th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Instead of looking forward to school I get to anticipate 3 days of all things art in a city I've never seen.

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Bumbershoot Weekend Preview: Tentative Schedule

This weekend I'll be traveling with my partner in crime to Seattle for the sold out Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Just looking at the breadth of this festival strikes fatigue in my bones.

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Experiential Learning: A Tiny Step Toward Self-Subsistance

Last I time I checked in with the Gonzo Agriculture crew, I had just started my potted garden and a few of my seeds had begun to sprout.

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What's the Big Deal with Gnarls Barkley?

When Gnarls Barkley broke out with the debut single "Crazy," it was as if they literally started a craze. The song was in high rotation on practically every radio station, became a standard for Las Vegas lounge performers, and sparked other strange and creative remakes.

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By Their Acts Ye Shall Know Them: A Field Guide to Spotting Organized Anti-Newsvine Trollery

Allow me to preface this article by saying that I recognize that staff would probably prefer I not write this article. I know from Calvin's post that this might be viewed by some as counter-productive. That's not my intent, but I have an action left undone.

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Nomic Proposal #311

We propose an amendment to rule 206: When a proposed rule-change is defeated, the team who proposed it loses 10 points.

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Oh How Ridiculous!

You all know I'm an optimist. I've refrained from jumping on the MSNBC bashing bandwagon. However, in my curiosity about whether or not a certain Newsviner's article about the New Yorker cover had been picked up by MSNBC, I noticed something quite strange.

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I Can Garden Too!

When I attended the Ohio Vinemeet in May, I was inspired by Ryan's potted garden. It was pretty, low maintenance and edible...well mostly. Walt's centennial article about deer proofing his farm sort of lit an internal fire.

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What's the Big Deal with Amy Winehouse?

Since her 2007 break out album Back to Black, Amy Winehouse has become a tabloid queen. The world watches with pity and fascination as she plays out a classic tale of the drug addicted songstress on a downward spiral.

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Ice T vs Soulja Boy: This Has Nothing to do With Old School vs New School, It's Good vs Bad Hip Hop

So some of you may have already heard about the latest beef in hip hop. Ice T recently took a shot at Soulja Boy while making a mixed tape, accusing the the youngster of single-handedly killing hip hop. Be that as it may, Soulja Boy responded with his own video.

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They Bring the Music To Us: Oh Word

This week TBTMTU we take a look at Oh Word a hip hop blog for purists. Claiming that the bloggosphere is saturated with music bloggers all writing about breaking music news, so they chose to focus on hip hop roots.

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Press Play: The Last Shadow Puppets' The Age of the Understatement

Borne of a friendship minted during the Arctic Monkeys' 2005 UK tour, The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project of Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys front man, and Miles Kane, front man for The Rascals.

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Listening In Live: Nico Vega Set the Viper Room Afire

Nico Vega put on a fired up show in the hot and steamy Viper Room in Hollywood, California last night. There's not much else to it than that. As curtain opened, Aja took the stage, barefoot and clad in leggings and a leotard, the audience screamed in excitement.

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Looking on the Bright Side of Newsvine/MSNBC

There are quite a few people who have been upset about what they call "sock puppets," trolls and drive-by commenters who either seem to have no standard or don't understand Newsvine's standard of decorum.

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The Bachelorette: DeAnna Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve

Since the beginning of this season of The Bachelorette, DeAnna Pappas has worn her heart on her sleeve. At each rose ceremony, DeAnna has either cried or been on the verge of crying; once she even left the ceremony in order to compose herself.

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The Artist in Profile: Kissey Asplund (Audio Included)

With the first wave of MySpace bands over and done with the novelty seems to have worn off. However, MySpace continues to be a place where otherwise overlooked artists can cultivate their talents and share them with the world independently.

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My Self-Imposed Isolation Chamber

I went from living in my mother's house with a nuclear family of 10 to living with my boyfriend, to living with a roommate, to being married.

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What's the Big Deal With MTV?

When MTV was launched 27 years ago, its purpose was to play music videos. This noble concept gave way to a pop culture phenomenon, forever changing the dynamic of celebrity culture.

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Strangers In A Strange Land: America's Multiracial Reality

Today MSNBC.com premiers the latest in its Gut Check America series with an edition focusing on issues of America's multi-racial and multi-ethnic past, present, and future.

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