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Indie Retailers, Jewelry »

[25 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Indie Retailer of the Day: Bombalurina

Bombalurina has jewelry that combines Victorian posh, 70s kitsch and the occasional touch of rockabilly. The lockets are especially beautiful- running the gamut from dainty to punk- and their rings are some of the most inventive I’ve seen in quite a long time. Best of all, the pricey looking products are actually very affordable.

Society, Society & World »

[25 Mar 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

Last weekend, Jesse Waters- producer for Bill O’Reilly’s show- and a camera man staked out the apartment of Think Progress’ Amanda Terkel. They proceeded to follow her vehicle for two hours to her vacation destination then ambushed her after she and her friend had checked into their lodgings and exited back into the parking lot. Watters yelled questions at her while the camera man kept rolling right up until she walked away to get away from the duo.

Environment, General Politics, Politics »

[25 Mar 2009 | Comments Off | ]

The EPA issued a press release yesterday that seemed to imply that the agency was prepared to take a more active and responsible role in preventing potentially harmful mining practices from continuing. The Agency sent letters to the Corps of Engineers “expressing serious concerns about the need to reduce the potential harmful impacts on water quality caused by certain types of coal mining practices, such as mountaintop mining” especially in relation to specific new mining projects in Kentucky and West Virginia.