Archives for October 2011

October 2, 2011 By Fausta

“How do you give directions if your language has no “left” or “right”?”

In the mail,

A book about translation, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything

With a nifty video promo,

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October 1, 2011 By Fausta

Found in the Fast and Furious documents today…

CBS News:

Among the documents produced: an email in which ATF’s Newell sent the White House’s O’Reilly an “arrow chart reflecting the ultimate destination of firearms we intercepted and/or where the guns ended up.” The chart shows arrows leading from Arizona to destinations all over Mexico.

Newell email (09.03.10) (pdf)
Arizona Gunrunner Impact Team chart (pdf)

In response, O’Reilly wrote on Sept. 3, 2010 “The arrow chart is really interesting – and – no surprise – implies at least that different (Drug Trafficking Organizations) in Mexico have very different and geographically distinct networks in the US for acquiring guns. Did last year’s TX effort develop a similar graphic?”

The O’Reilly mentioned is White House National Security Staffer Kevin O’Reilly.

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