Society of the Spectacle

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On May 15, 2007
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E.B. White Travis Bickle James Lileks on Disneyland:It’s clean. It’s so clean and perfect you wonder why everything doesn’t look like this. But why is it clean? You see no one picking things up. Maybe the very fact that it’s spotless and pristine makes people hesitate...
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14 May 1932

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On May 14, 2007
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Good times:In New York City, Mayor Jimmy Walker demonstrated his support for the cause by organizing a day-long Beer Parade on May 14, 1932. An estimated 100,000 people turned out to cheer for the legalization of beer. One New Yorker in attendance, a toddler, held a...
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