October 2011
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USA Today:
Herman Cain is now saying he does recall some details of a financial settlement with one of his female co-workers who accused him of sexual harassment during his tenure at the National Restaurant Association.
Cain’s quotes are being reported by Byron York of The Washington Examiner, based on the GOP presidential candidate’s interview with Fox News to be broadcast at 10...
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Dear Tumblr,
It’s really cool that you try to personalize news and aggregation by having a featured tags section whereby small groups of users promote posts they think are worth reading for one reason or another. I agree that proper aggregation cannot be done without the oversight of human editors who understand news values and aggregate accordingly.
But because the #Politics tag,...
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I’m dressing up as an anarchist so I have a reason to talk about politics tonight.
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A thing I wrote because there was no internet
Every time some Libertarian observes government waste and claims it proves the government can’t do things well, I bring up failings in the private sector.
This morning, I woke up and the internet wouldn’t work. I’m told there was some sort of technical issue in my neighborhood. Hooray for capitalism! Thanks to the steady hand of the free market, I wasn’t able to use...
Wells Fargo cancels test of $3 debit-card fee →
jakke:
One of the most pervasive arguments against banking regulation is that the banks will pass all regulatory costs on to consumers, thereby making bank accounts hugely expensive. This line of reasoning effectively asserts that regulators are trapped by the banks, and that any effort to limit any profitable activity in the banking sector will mean huge pain to consumers.
As this...
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Does anyone anywhere actually use QR codes?
joetheblogger:
Those things. I don’t know anyone who has ever even used them. I mean they’re just URLs encoded into an image. These things bug me more than “connect with us on facebook!”
They’re not just URLs. For instance, I use a QR code on my biz card that puts all my contact info into the phone’s address book so people I meet don’t have to do it...
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Wall Street Journal lies about #Occupy Wall Street
politicalprof:
Andrew Gelman at the Monkey Cage has a nice piece up about a poll taken by Doug Schoen and discussed in the Wall Street Journal that purports to show the #Occupy movement is filled with radicals. Except, as Gelman points out, Schoen flatly misrepresented the findings of the poll. He didn’t misinterpret them. He lied. To wit:
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Everybody knows how you can lie with...
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“When I came to Wall Street in 1954, investment banking was a profession, one...”
– Nicholas Brady: What, if anything, to do about Wall Street’s wealth
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Chelsea Clinton Being Wooed To Run In NY-18th... →
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Slate.com:
As the Washington Post notes, Perry’s brief foray into Birther country likely will have mixed results for the GOP hopeful. On the one hand it sends a signal to the conservative base that he’s not afraid to stand up to the president, but on the other it will only exacerbate the GOP establishment’s concerns about him and further muddle his effort to refocus his...
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mohandasgandhi replied to your quote: The economic and financial crisis which the world… What’s that saying about throwing stones if you live in a glass house again?
“The economic and financial crisis which the world is going through calls...”
– The Vatican has some thoughts on the financial crisis.
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Jon Bon Jovi’s charity restaurant opens in NJ →
peopledontalwayssuck:
RED BANK, N.J. — Jon Bon Jovi “pay-what-you-can” charity restaurant in New Jersey is open for business.
The rocker says Soul Kitchen is designed to help the hungry without the stigma of a soup kitchen.
There are no prices on the menu. Diners pay whatever they’re able to. Those without money can still eat provided they’re willing to work in the restaurant or perform...
Why the CIA is spying on a changing climate →
climateadaptation:
“Last summer, as torrential rains flooded Pakistan, a veteran intelligence analyst watched closely from his desk at CIA headquarters just outside the capital.
For the analyst, who heads the CIA’s year-old Center on Climate Change and National Security, the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history was a warning.
“It has the exact same symptoms you would see for...
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justinalcon answered your question: At this risk of fueling the wind machine that lets… Never, we are all just waiting for Romney to win so Obama can destroy him.
Fair ‘nuff.
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“It’s not something I should advertise, but it has happened.”
– President Obama, commenting on the personal checks he’s written to struggling Americans.
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At this risk of fueling the wind machine that lets this shit masquerade as news in the first place, Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan is now a 9-0-9 plan, meaning he’s backpedaled away from income tax increases on the poor. Now, when will someone demand this doofus tell us specifically what spending he would eliminate to offset the massive loss of revenue?
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On news orgs running that photo of Gadhaffi shot... →
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wardrox:
How far removed from the real world do you have to be to think publishing, with no warning, a graphic image of a dead or dieing dying person covered in blood is fine? Newsweek’s Tumblr even calls the posting of the grotesque image “a necessity in an age of media-driven rumors”. [more]
A few things: Newsweek and The Atlantic are fighting two different schools of...
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BREAKING VIA USA TODAY: President Obama to... →
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Lupe Fiasco: LightWork. With a shout-out to Occupy...
Gaddhafi Reported Dead
progressivefriends:
This just out: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111020111520869621.html
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Tell Us How You Feel About Stocks →
Trending sentiment definitely has an impact on the market. But don’t confuse cause and effect. Stocial CEO Fahad Kamr guesstimates that about a quarter million Twitter users tweet about the market on a regular basis. That sounds like a lot, but is still only a sliver of the overall number of traders and investors in the market–and that’s not the institutional sliver that controls the...
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drunkengenius:
“The Obamabots are the ragtag digital cavalry riding to the president’s rescue, a cadre of decidedly amateur supporters, people far outside the Beltway and its norms, whose intense loyalty and passion at a moment of wide disaffection can be reminiscent of Sarah Palin’s core of backers.”
— Ben Smith explains the people that yell at you on Twitter...
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New thing lets you program computer trading... →
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Points for creativity: Public-relations firms Burson-Marsteller and Porter Novelli have partnered with AIG subsidiary Chartis on a new insurance product that, in covering “costs associated with avoiding or minimizing the potential impact of negative publicity,” essentially pays out when a company does something wrong. Sadly, it isn’t the first such product on the market.
thepoliticalnotebook asked: Men can absolutely be feminists! It's an inclusive concept, and if you believe in equality of the sexes and genders and you actively identify as someone who rejects patriarchy, you can totally call yourself a feminist. Calling yourself an ally is okay, but in my opinion (which others are free to disagree with) I'd *much* rather have guys call themselves feminists and be willing to openly...
nesbittslimesoda-deactivated201 asked: RE: The question of self-identifying as a male feminist, via my feminist friend. The preferred term is ally, as it implies that feminism, first and foremost, stays a woman's issue. I.E. even when we stand in support of all of the tenets of it, it is not necessarily "our" issue as we aren't in the direct path of the negative cultural factors.
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On Being a Feminist in Election Season
thepoliticalnotebook:
There are many reasons to be all sorts of disheartened and frustrated during election season. Being a voting, civic-minded feminist trying to stick to principles without having your brain explode can be one of them.
First, you’re usually left picking from among a pool of predominantly white, rich men. This, of course, is shifting and more women and minorities and openly...
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A question for the next GOP debate or for anyone who feels like answering: Why do you think banks are fearful of being regulated?
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“On Saturday The Times reported what people in the financial industry are saying...”
– Paul Krugman
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“The best way to have your issues talked about in the issue debate is to have a...”
– Scot Ross, a liberal activist who leads One Wisconsin Now, on Herman Cain’s “long ties” to Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity.
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Times are tough: Lindsay Lohan shilling for... →
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This is a personal post
I haven’t felt that good on a basketball court in a really long time. And nothing hurts yet. True story.
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14kgoldnyc:
“Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack. And a white man get paid off of all of that.”
— Kanye knows how money works. (via mattgorman)
Marijuana will be legalized soon after enough big companies realize, “wait, we can make money off this shit!”
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