Team Obama: Campaign Underway in a Purple (+ Corporate) State of Mind
The most telling element, though -- no accident, because really, it's a telegraph -- is the display of purple, or blue-and-purple ties (especially on the Carney, the new press guy and face of the Administration). Beyond the business profile, this new incarnation of Team Obama is about killing...
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David Degner in Benghazi: Victory Signs, Mostly (and How Arabs Play for the Camera)
Raising my camera in Libya these past two weeks, the most common reaction is a smile and the flashing of a peace sign. It is used by protesters and rebels to identify themselves as anti-Qaddafi. But Eastern Libya is not complete with "peace signs," by the way.
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Hosni's Threads
Good folks like MoJo and BoingBoing bit on it, but I'd bet my tailoring budget the Mubarak "me-suit" pic is a fake.
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Your Turn: Obama Intel
Surely, the post-Rahm, post-Axelrod, Daley/Plouffe Obama, reflecting their new slogan above, has got a lot more cool.
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Newtandcallista
What got me going on this in the first place were all the campaign photos I've seen lately where the Callista head of the Newtandcallista seems to watch the Newt head like a hawk.
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Danny Ghitis in Poland: Ordinary Life in Auschwitz
In a departure from our usual focus on contemporary news imagery, BagNews is excited to launch this series from photographer Danny Ghitis, who has been traveling to Poland and exploring the subtle and nuanced nature of memory, history, and ordinary life in Auschwitz:
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Relative Size of the iPad
I suppose the point here, given the scale (and Steve's health), is that Apple is a lot bigger than Steve Jobs
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Nicole Tung in Eastern Libya: The Front Line
The battle for Brega south of Benghazi in eastern Libya: Qaddafi repulsed by the opposition.
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And Hitler Had a Funny Mustache: How to Look at TIME's "Crazy Clothes" Gaddafi Slideshow
I hate to spoil the party but the Western media has got to get sober when it comes to the dictator.
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Wisconsin Update: Trashing "the Hippies"
With Governor Walker and the GOP trying their best to undermine labor rights in the legislative chamber and also remove citizen-protesters from inside the Capitol building, this NYT story and photo gallery is ultra-negating
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Dress for Success? Or Best Oscar Put Down?
This Oscar shot just seemed like a great FU to the industry from Helen Bonham Carter. Her clothes are not by a fashion designer but a costume designer. That is Oscar women's wear as costume rather anything worth anyone's notice.
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The Arab Lens: Friendly/Good vs. Scary/Bad
To the extent the democracy-seeking Arabs tend to look like us, and do their revolution-making in peaceable and prettified ways, we love them and love to look at them. On the other hand, though, to the extent "they" start to look more angry, more violent, and either more...
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Negotiate, Don’t Dictate
Following up on yesterday's Wisconsin "capture the flag" post, this protest against Gov. Christie's proposed cuts in NJ shows a new dynamic on the street.
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Tweaking the Bag
ince our makeover last April, we have been aware -- in a few cases, wincingly -- that the site was missing a few bells or needed some different whistles. Having saved up a few dollars from your contributions, we are ready to tackle some modifications to boost our...
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Nicole Tung in Benghazi: This Is What The Revolution Looks Like
Nicole Tung explores how Libyans present themselves in this first moment of liberation.
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