February 2012
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January 2012
2 posts
“Big was the first person I ever saw just go in there with no pen, no paper. I...”
– From Phillip Mlynar’s Q&A with Too $hort (via villagevoice)
December 2011
5 posts
“The “Santa industry” is a particularly good one to be in if...”
– The Business of Being Santa
nationaljournal:
PHOTO OF THE DAY: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum luncheon honoring Amb. Sam Fox, hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, on Wednesday in Washington. (PHOTO: Cliff Owen/AP)
Fixed that for you.
Seriously though, can we talk about how fat that guy is?
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“It turns out there are a lot of similarities between the way spammers evolve...”
– Microsoft Research: Spammers Act Just Like HIV Virus In Avoiding Filters | threatpost
“So there was a MASSIVE police presence for what was supposed to be another...”
– A friend’s description of Occupy Newark
November 2011
11 posts
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
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Rick Blaine says gently to Ilsa Lund at the end of Casablanca. It’s one of the most tender, heartbreaking, and quoted lines from the classic film—and according to Den of Geek, “legend has it that this is something Bogart used to say to Bergman as he taught her to play poker in between takes on...
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
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“Because it’s so easy to measure things like impressions and click-through rates,...”
– The future of online advertising | Felix Salmon
Must read post from Felix Salmon. So much great stuff in here.
Bubbled up by Percolate
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“David Temkin, the head of mobile for AOL, told paidContent that mobile ads...”
– I’d be curious to see exactly what percentage of AOL’s revenue is legacy based - SMS contracts, dial-up subscribers, etc…
AOL Has A Profitable Mobile Business, But It’s Not Because Of Apps Or Ads | paidContent
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1936 NY Times Letter to the Editor from "Old...
October 2011
7 posts
“There’s a great joke, made duly famous by David Foster Wallace’s...”
– The Atlantic - Advertising is Water
Forbes Endorses Perry for President, Misses the... →
“People love the idea of radical simplicity of this horrific tax code,” Forbes said, [completely obvious to what that actually meant].
kateoplis:
Obama Has More Cash From Wall Street Donors Than GOP Field Combined
Obama even out-raised his rivals at Bain Capital, the Boston-based firm founded by Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney. The president raised $76,600 from the firm while Romney managed to extract only $34,000 from his former employees.
Fixed that for you.
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What Does 'Communiting' Mean??? | Guest Columnists... →
Why do people insist on listening to will.i.am’s take on anything other than pop music? And even then? This article is hackneyed trash.
Posted with Percolate
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“The five boroughs of New York City are reckoned to be home to speakers of around...”
– Linguistics: Say what? | The Economist
Posted with Percolate
September 2011
3 posts
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Watchpeterfeld:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the Republican Party in 2011.
I had read about this, but the clip is just astonishing.
For the record, the average cost of putting someone to death is $2.3 million (1992 Dallas Morning News estimate), about 3x the amount of money it takes to keep them imprisoned. That’s 360 million unnecessary dollars over ten years. Applause!
August 2011
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Bearing the Cost of War
foreignaffairsmagazine:
Why the U.S. Should Raise Taxes—Just As it Has in Previous Conflicts
Most Americans have made no sacrifices at all for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The burden should be shared. It’s long past time for Congress to enact a wartime tax, something it’s done in almost every war in the past, says James Wright. Read more here.
After Jonas Salk had created a vaccine for Polio in 1955, he was interviewed by legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow. Murrow asked, “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?”
Dr. Salk replied “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
From here, via Hacker News
July 2011
12 posts
