February 2013
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles,...
– Margaret Thatcher
January 2013
Now this is must see TV: Frontline’s “The Untouchables”
Powder Magazine’s The Best Powder for 2012 Award was filmed at Jay Peak, VT. 1st time ever an East Coast Mountain. Congrats to Meathead Productions.
Pessimism Porn...Has the ideas machine broken... →
Did the FBI coordinate the crackdown on Occupy... →
The Shocking and Perverse Economics of the... →
Idiocracy at work...Why a Train Carrying Biofuel... →
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Wise words for 2013
“The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, ‘Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies...
December 2012
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
– Oscar Wilde
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a...
– John Maynard Keynes
So what do the geniuses at the Fed do? They debauch the Dollar.
And the geniuses at the ECB? They debauch the Euro.
And the geniuses at the JCB? They debauch the Yen.
And so it goes…
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Instagram or Instaspam?
Facebook will be adding advertisements into Instagram’s application. From the NYT Bits blog, here are the changes in Instagram’s privacy policy that you should be aware of:
1. Instagram can share information about its users with Facebook, its parent company, as well as outside affiliates and advertisers.
2. You could star in an advertisement — without your knowledge.
3. Underage users are...
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Things that make you go hmmm...IPhone Speaker... →
If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent...
– Matt Taibb - Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
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Apple: We Have A Passbook Problem →
The fascinating story of the Nicholas Deak...James... →
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The Onion’s Plan For Solving The Fiscal Cliff... →
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President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned the...
The Mistress-Industrial Complex
A vital element in keeping the peace is our mistress establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential suitor may be tempted to risk his own destruction…
This conjunction of an immense mistress establishment and a large sex toy industry is new in the Chinese experience. The total influence — economic, political, even...
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Not exactly the Da Vinci Code but the Code used by... →
Is there some secret iMac assembly plant in the... →