May 2013
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“Nixon was a conservative who’s way more liberal than his party can admit, and...”
– John Fugelsang: The subtle differences between Barack Obama and Richard Nixon (via current)
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Global Capital and the Nation State
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As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation’s “competitiveness” — while sheltering their profits in the lowest-tax jurisdictions they can find. Major advanced countries — and their citizens — need a comprehensive tax agreement that...
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dollah-dollah-bills-yall replied to your quote: You will do well to expand your business
Maybe it’s telling you to finish another novel?
Yes, and I have to finish the last rewrites I went back and did on the first one too. I probably should be doing that fortune cookie or not haha
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“You will do well to expand your business.”
– Chinese food leftovers fortune cookie.
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“You are talented in many ways.”
– Fortune cookie.
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above-the-notches replied to your video: Cinderella, “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s…
Yes, this was definitely cool at one time. All that hair! “Nobody’s Fool” was just on the radio today… such memories, although I was a bit older, and I admit, they were horrible in concert! It was still worth it!
Oh my God, “Nobody’s Fool”? I loved that one, and “Gypsy...
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Would You Want to Be Friends With Humbert...
newyorker:
Our Page-Turner blog asked a group of novelists how often the question of likeability has been posed about their characters: http://nyr.kr/16CpZCS
Illustration by Roman Muradov
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Pyromaniacs on the Potomac: The Problem With...
robertreich:
Six months into a second term and the Obama White House is on the defensive and floundering: Benghazi, the IRS’s investigations of right-wing groups, the Justice Department’s snooping into journalists’ phone records, Obamacare behind schedule, the Administration’s push for gun control ending in failure.
Should the blame fall mainly on congressional Republicans and their allies in...
“I’ve grown up in the Himalayas — there’s no cash economy there. People are...”
– Vandana Shiva (via la-hija-del-quinto-sol)
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DiCaprio on Board for Gatsby II
As The Great Gatsby tears up the box office, work has already begun on the sequel, and word on the street is Leonardo DiCaprio will be back, this time playing John Gatsby, Jay’s twin brother, who comes to New York after Jay’s death, looking not only to take over the estate as Jay’s lone heir, but also looking to exact revenge on those he thinks killed his brother— and have...
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goldfishbaby:
winter is pretty cool because it kills all the bugs
winter kills PEOPLE!!!!! i’m from Canada bitch
I was going to say “there’s nothing cool about 7 degree weather”, but 7 is like 45 degrees in Canada, which isn’t a bad day in the winter. Anyway, the winter sucks in New England too!
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The Triumph of Progressivism: Graduation 2013 and...
robertreich:
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities.
But many of you are cynical about politics. You see the system as inherently corrupt. You doubt real progress is possible.
“What chance do we have against the Koch brothers and the...
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The Sinister Tim Hortons Face
My Bruins are losing to the Maple Leafs in game 7 of their playoff series, this after the Bruins were up 3-1, and after I told my friend that Ottawa was the last Canadian team in the playoffs, and he corrected me, saying Toronto wasn’t officially done yet, and I told him that maybe I was counting my chickens before they hatch.
While New England is Dunkin’ Donuts country, we have...
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NH Man Loses Life Savings On Carnival Game - CBS... →
Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings, $2,600, on a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
I actually first heard this story on a national podcast, and was like “good ol’ New Hampshire gettin’ some shine!” If you read the article, the guy uses a lot of the Royal You, you know “you just get caught up in things and...
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“I don’t care what he did in the past. Everyone’s had a little trouble in the...”
– Ana Kasparian on reports of Charles Ramsay’s past: “Let him go, bro!”
Cenk and Ana discuss the evolution of Charles Ramsay’s hero status over the past week. Are his actions of saving three people’s lives being overshadowed by reports of his criminal past?
(via theyoungturks) 