The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts.

— Bertrand Russell

occupyallstreets:

In the early 1980s ninety percent of American media was owned by 50 companies. Today, in 2011, that same ninety percent of broadcast influence is owned by just six companies.

In other words, 232 media executives more or less control “the information diet of 277 million Americans,” according to the graphic.

Source: Frugal dad

(via onehundreddollars)

Anonymous: what is La Oubliette

it translates from the french to mean “a small forgettable thing”, a “forgotten place”, but euphemistically refers to a dungeon. So to me, this is a place to lock up all the things i would otherwise forget.  

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