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Month: October 2011

  • Strength in Numbers

    “The goal (or one of the main ones, I think) of [Occupy Wall Street] is to reestablish citizens as the directors of their social contract by showing their strength in numbers. Bloomberg, and all of his cronies, want very much to stay in control of our government because they like making piles of cash by […]

  • Money and Worry

    “I remember catching Born Rich back when it aired on HBO. …. But what really haunted me about the film and the people it depicted, what frankly still haunts me, is that while every character in that film seemed to be basically a human being with all the good and bad that implies, they were […]

  • Call Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on His Cell Phone and Cheer Him Up

    "I know you just lost half a billion dollars- but look on the bright side–you've set aside $10 billion in bonuses to pay out to your 34-200 employees." Call Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein on His Cell Phone and Cheer Him Up It's been a rough day for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. His company […]

  • F*ck You- Pay Me

    Evil supergenius Mike Monteiro walks through what designers need to know about contracts. http://vimeo.com/22053820 F*ck You- Pay Me Our speaker at the March 2011 San Francisco- CreativeMornings (www.creativemornings.com) was Mike Monteiro- Design Director- and co-founder of Mule Design Studio (www.muledesign.com). This event took place on March 25- 2011 and was sponsored by Happy…

  • Want to Talk to the CEO of Citigroup? Here's His Cell Phone Number

    'Things you might want to ask Pandit: Can I borrow $3.4 billion at no interest if I put up a bunch of my worthless shit as collateral? I promise to pay it back- because I'm just going to lend it out to a bunch of idiots at like 9% interest and book profits. Or how […]

  • Iran's plot — and a U.S. double-standard?

    'But wait a minute. Two weeks ago- the United States assassinated one of its enemies in Yemen- on Yemeni soil. If the U.S. believes it has the right to assassinate enemies like Anwar Awlaki anywhere in the world in the name of a "war on terror" that has no geographical limitation- how can it then […]

  • Ramzi Amri's answer to Steve Jobs: Why did Steve Jobs choose not to effectively treat his cancer?

    A surgical oncologist considers the case: 'Jobs was an acid-tripping hippie back in the day- and a conventional medicine skeptic now. His reaction to the disease gave the disease time to spread… It's always an ethical puzzle if a patient choses alternative treatment that we know from fact will not work.' http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs/Why-did-Steve-Jobs-choose-not-to-effectively-treat-his-cancer/answer/Ramzi-Amri Ramzi Amri's answer […]

  • Obituaries – Harold Wibbels 1920 – 2011

    Harold Wibbels RIP Obituaries – Harold Wibbels 1920 – 2011 Obituary for Harold Wibbels- 1920 – 2011- Louisville- IN. View ceremony time and location and leave condolences here.

  • The Anthrax Files

    Completely captivating episode about the Anthrax investigations. The Anthrax Files FRONTLINE- ProPublica and McClatchy investigate the country's most notorious act of bioterrorism