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POPSVan Gogh's Letters This website is a treasure! One of the great Masters of Art is revealed in his letters. A couple excerpts below: "Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Wilhelmina van Gogh (19 September 1889) ... together with that copy after Delacroix. It is splendid weather outside - but for a long time - two months to be exact - I have not left my room; I don't know why. What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since... Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 10 December 1889) ... - and be sure that I think of you often, here where I spend my days more withdrawn into myself than now and then seems to me desirable. Yet I have decidedly no reason at all to complain, feeling stronger and healthier...
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POPSAmericans Testimonials Backing Canada's Health Care System Nationalized health care system of Canada is not even being considered here in the U.S. Why? Because congress and insurance companies are too deeply embedded in each others pockets. Listen to the arguments from doctors, big Pharma and private insurance. They care more about their financial interests than getting people to participate in the health care system, many for the first times in their lives. What we need is a hybrid system. Every American should at least have access to annual check ups (this can be subsidized by government based on your ability to pay). After that, we should be able to participate in which ever plan is available whether it is government run or private. This would create competition and hopefully help keep cost of private insurance down. I may be naïve in thinking this could work but we should not be forced to participate if we don’t want to.
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POPSOp art Bridget Riley early work from Op art movement. Shape, colour, relate science to art, how our brain 'sees' colour' and makes shapes and directions that are not there.
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POPSTradecraft Of Socialist Realism So the media know exactly how to use that kind of image on behalf of the Left. On the other hand, John McCain is already being depicted as a crippled dwarf by nice people like these. http://www.desertratdemocrat.com/archives/1-mccain_bush_hug.jpg Oregon was a Phony-Op, a staged photo-op. The Clintons were masters of the phony-op, in the close coordination with their Hollywood friends. That's how Bill kept his numbers up. So keep a sharp eye out for Phony-Ops. They will be coming at us as regular “news” features until Senator O wins. Then there'll be a lot more over the next four or eight years. But if John McCain wins you won’t see them, just as you haven't seen them with President Bush --- the most media-abused President since Ronald Reagan. Just watch out for that little lump in your throat, the one that tells you, "Haven't I seen this before in Lord of the Rings?" And whatever you do, don't swallow. "Marketing Of A President"
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POPSOptical illusion resource: Planet Perplex If this has been clipped before, please forgive me. (Wish we had a way to tell beforehand if an URL was already clipped... hmmm feature suggestion!) This is a tidy and very fun gallery of optical illusions, ambigious images, hidden images, and more. Lots of exercise for your eyes. I know this type of thing is rather popular on Clipmarks, so all the better to share it with whoever's interested!
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