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Michael Shaw (The BAG)

L.A.

Interests: Visual politics.

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Old BAG --> New BAG

A note to our readers and commenters: Our friends at Weightshift have asked that you hold all comments on Sunday as they'll be in the processes of turning this space into our new site. (You might see the new site up for most or part of the day, but it will still be in test mode, so not "good to go" yet.) Because of how highly we value your comments, we wouldn't want to lose even one. On Monday, although I'm sure we'll be pulling all kinds of levers just behind the curtain, it should be safe to explore, poke around, and yes, get the discussion rolling again. Thanks so much! Michael Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Tea Sequiturs #2

I was tempted to call this "the green back." Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Tea Sequiturs #1

I'm really trying to understand Tea Party symbolism. ...And it's not easy. Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Ha!

Commented Apr 16, 2010 on Come Monday (Cosmic Forces Permitting), Be Prepared for the Relaunch of BagNewsNotes! at BAGnewsNotes

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The Children's Crusade

A poignant reminder that those who carry the weight of our military efforts too often go off to war as naïve and wide-eyed children. Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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bystander: there is a lot going on right now behind the scenes, but I wanted to just take a second to thank you and let you know how much we appreciate the BNN readership back.

Commented Apr 15, 2010 on EnGendering The New BAG at BAGnewsNotes

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EnGendering The New BAG

Yes Virginia, the new BagNewsNotes is actually not a testosterone-intensive operation. Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Tea Party Demographics

New polling data on The Tea Party suggests its followers might be a little less whacked than progressives tend to believe. Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Obama is really about the kumbaya. Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Come Monday (Cosmic Forces Permitting), Be Prepared for the Relaunch of BagNewsNotes!

Get ready for the relaunch of BagNewsNotes, coming Monday if we've got our days right. Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Michelle Powers into Haiti

(Besides the first photo I've seen of Preval in months (of the very few that have appeared in U.S. media, at all), it's the first one I've ever seen of Preval smiling.) ... ( Updated : 9:45 pm PST) linked photo: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters. caption: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (R) speaks with Haiti's President Rene Preval during her visit to the destroyed national palace in Port-au-Prince April 13, 2010. Continue reading

Posted Apr 13, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Arms (Legs and Plain Whole Body) Reduction

Why do the photos from the Anti-Nuke Summit make Obama look so small? Continue reading

Posted Apr 13, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Afghanistan: Finished Before We've Re-Started?

Is the US attack on a bus in Kandahar a tipping point for the US intervention? Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Locking Down the Capitol

Not exactly fear in D.C.'s streets, but a whole lot of military buzz over a summit. Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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GOP Update, such as it is.

BNN's RNC conference update, to the extent there was anything interesting to look at. Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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That Feudal Feeling

This photo of Kyrgyz street clash feels like something new and something very, very old. Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Stupidité d’état at Guantanamo Bay

The national interest of a democratic people may be served well by reason, but the modern state, to the extent that it is a regime of coercive control, will rely on another mentality: stupidité d’état. Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Your Turn: The Stevens Era

Obviously, the Supreme Court looks a lot different in Justice Stevens's last year than it did up front. Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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The New BagNewsNotes is Coming (#2)

The New BagNewsNotes is coming. Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Namir Noor-Eldeen

It's both troubling and compelling to consider Noor-Eideen taking this photo of medics lifting a body after a rocket attack when the photographer was killed in much the same circumstances. Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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This discussion thread has gotten miles away from the photo and has hit a reason vs. "mean" ratio that isn't respectful of this site. Also, the use of the thread to promote your name and site in each comment when you're already identified by name with a link to your site is a breach of netiquette in my book.

Commented Apr 9, 2010 on Not Just For Liberals Anymore at BAGnewsNotes

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Greenspan's Vision

The visual media pegs it straight away: Greenspan had his eyes closed. Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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The Tiger Morality Play (Cha-Ching)

Have you seen the new Masters commercial? Nike assumes the fallen Tiger has undergone a moral re-education ... for more woooshing profits. Have you seen the new Masters commercial? Nike assumes the fallen Tiger has undergone a moral re-education ... for more woooshing profits. Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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Kit, I copied the paragraph below from "The Publisher" link in the sidebar. You might get a kick out of the BAGnews link to see what the original site actually looked like. The BAGnewsNotes blog began in June 2003. If you're interested in where the name came from, the current site grew out of a civics tool/visual experiment/political cartoon called BAGnews. Beginning in mid-2004, however, spurred by perceived peculiarities in the photo coverage of the Bush-Kerry presidential campaign, I turned my attention to this new "discipline" -- the visual analysis of political images.

Commented Apr 8, 2010 on The New BagNewsNotes is on the way! (#1) at BAGnewsNotes

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Not Just For Liberals Anymore

So, I'm having trouble understanding this sign. Without laying down a lot of snark, though, I'm appreciating more and more how the Tea Party is mostly an umbrella for the angry, the confused, the frustrated. (What emphasizes that even more is how this woman in red is centered between someone who apparently thinks the health care legislation might possibly be repealed and one more guy sensing revolution by putting on a powdered wig.) (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images. caption: Tea Party supporters listen to speaker at a rally for the Tea Party Express national tour during a stop at Davis Park on April 6, 2010 in Rockford, Illinois. The Tea Party Express members are on a cross-country tour to rally support for the Tea Party agenda including their conservative causes and candidates.) Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2010 at BAGnewsNotes

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