February 2012
11 posts
Mardi Gras 2012, By Paul Andrews →
WHISKEY LEAKS: Borders dissolve all over the... →
A group of German delegates attending a multinational conference on immigration in San Diego was taken to the new stretch of fence along the border. They peered through the fence at the Mexicans peering back at them. The hosts, various well meaning Saviors of the American Way, thought the…
NULLTHING →
Mardi Gras 2012, I Love You! →
The Way It Was →
Did you know that personal care products are not... →
Pallet shelves! Thanks to Lauren Krum →
January 2012
2 posts
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so...”
– Bertrand Russell
90% of American Media Is Owned by 6 Companies.
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
December 2011
20 posts
Anonymous asked: what is La Oubliette
Final Cut: Words to Strike from Your Resume →
“The average resume is chock-full of sorely outdated, essentially meaningless phrases that take up valuable space on the page. Eliminate them, and you’ll come off as a better, more substantial candidate—and your resume won’t smack of that same generic, mind-numbing quality found on everyone else’s.”
W H A T E V E R ZINE →
i can’t decide if this is brilliant or crap.
“Congress is poised to affirm that President Obama and his successors can...”
– Conor Friedersdorf (via azspot)
Why You're Not Married →
“In the years leading up to the Great Crash, most employers forgot Henry Ford’s...”
– Robert Reich (via azspot)
November 2011
17 posts
“A remark intended to shut you down like, “Calm down, you’re...”
– A Message to Women from a Man: You Are Not “Crazy” by Yashar Ali
Is a Historian Worth $1.6 Million? →
Thanks to Newt Gingrich, people are talking about how much a historian is worth.
In a recent GOP presidential debate in which Gingrich was asked to explain why he earned $300,000 from Freddie Mac, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives claimed that he had given the mortgage company advice in his capacity as a historian. Later it was revealed that Gingrich had actually received...
Police Chief Who Oversaw 1999 WTO Crackdown Says... →
The paramilitary bureaucracy and the culture it engenders—a black-and-white world in which police unions serve above all to protect the brotherhood—is worse today than it was in the 1990s. Such agencies inevitably view protesters as the enemy. And young people, poor people and people of color will forever experience the institution as an abusive, militaristic force—not just during demonstrations...
