May 2013
23 posts
“Because what we do is we share stories. That’s our craft. That’s our livelihood....”
– Robin Wright: ‘Craziest Movie at Cannes’ Honors — Vulture
“Marriage rates dropped more than 20 percent for the bottom half of female...”
– How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
“The more kids you have, the less likely you are to work. Think of it this way....”
– How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic
No Southern Hospitality for Tesla?
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North Carolina May Ban Tesla Sales To Prevent “Unfair Competition”
Got to love the South. A car gets 99 out of 100 from Consumer Reports, is winning award after award with glowing customer satisfaction reports and you want to keep it out of your state to…
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“Buffett is still bullish on America. “I believe a baby born in America...”
– 6 things I learned at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting - The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blogTerm Sheet
“What do you call a hundred Taiwanese citizens in a bathtub? Chinese! Because...”
– How ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ Blew Up in China : The New Yorker
“News that Karl Rove’s PAC, American Crossroads, has bought ads attacking Hillary...”
– Vegas: Rove Attack Ads Seal Victory for Hillary : The New Yorker
“SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC—Hours after former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford...”
– Jenny Sanford: ‘I’m Loving These Lax Gun Purchasing Laws’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“I think I see the problem here,” Stewart said. “You can’t...”
– Jon Stewart Rips Apart Fox’s Benghazi Obsession by the Ifs, Ands, and Buts - Esther Zuckerman - The Atlantic Wire
“Though Mr. Trump’s celebrity could help the site compete for users and...”
– Donald Trump to launch crowdfunding site FundAnything | Crain’s New York Business
“I worry our industry will become the Republican party — with middle-age white...”
– At Envestnet event, Sallie Krawcheck alludes to Crager alliance, blasts women-as-niche marketers and edges perhaps closer to endorsing the RIA model | RIABiz
“People who don’t like the taxes in one state will move to another state...”
– Whitney warns about ‘negative feedback loop from hell’ in muni market
“Haveinge fedd upon our horses and other beastes as longe as they Lasted, we...”
– Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Cannibalism | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine
“Time magazine might be gloating, but they really shouldn’t, because Time will...”
– White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Obama Nails It, Again - The Daily Beast
“Did you know that Sheldon Adelson spent $100 million of his own money last year...”
– White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Obama Nails It, Again - The Daily Beast
“Maureen Dowd said I could solve all my problems if I were just more like Michael...”
– White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Obama Nails It, Again - The Daily Beast
April 2013
19 posts
“places like Houston are cheap — and staying cheap, even as they grow — because...”
– Who Says New York Is Not Affordable? - NYTimes.com
“for households earning above $100,000, grocery costs are 20 percent lower in...”
– Who Says New York Is Not Affordable? - NYTimes.com
“the Armstrong defense doesn’t have to prove that the cyclist didn’t...”
– The Government’s Throwing the Book at Lance Armstrong - Adam Clark Estes - The Atlantic Wire
“last week, a startling discovery obliterated one of the key premises upon which...”
– It’s Official: Paul Krugman Is Right - Business Insider
“Over the course of this debate, evidence has gradually piled up that, however...”
– It’s Official: Paul Krugman Is Right - Business Insider
“The incomparable A. J. Liebling wrote once that there are three kinds of...”
– Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Lost and Found : The New Yorker
“Breaking news is hard,” said the newly installed CNN chief, Jeff Zucker. “You...”
– CNN Quits Breaking News, Becomes “CNN Classic” : The New Yorker
“it’s fair to say that a result should not hinge on a single bad year from...”
– Did Reinhart and Rogoff Flub a Major Statistic? - The Daily Beast
“is Stanford now just a tech incubator with a football team?”
– The Trouble With Stanford : The New Yorker
“By turning the State of Florida and its statutes into their enablers, Disney and...”
– How the CIA Helped Disney Conquer Florida - The Daily Beast
“What the gun-control people don’t understand, unless they listen to...”
– Kathleen Parker: Gun Control Is Futile Because I Can’t Control My Guns
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"Museum and IRS Offer to Shield $1B in Capital... →
Leonard A. Lauder, the cosmetics tycoon, will donate his collection of 78 pieces of Cubist art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, filling a glaring gap.
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“The NRA has a schizoid attitude toward government. In fundraising appeals to...”
– Pro-Gun Absolutism: The Gun Lobby’s Push To Privatize Law and Order - The Daily Beast
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WatchDepressing, scary, maddening.
(via The Other Silicon Valley That The Tech Industry Is Leaving Behind [Video] | TechCrunch)
“Like gay marriage, not getting shot is an idea that has taken some getting used...”
– Right Not to Get Shot Faces Uphill Fight in Senate : The New Yorker
“He said, ‘I can’t believe how bad you are at raising money, but...”
– Jody Sherman And Ecomom - Business Insider
“I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time,”...”
– ‘Finding Dory’: Pixar’s ‘Finding Nemo’ Sequel Set for 2015
“Everhart does not note the possibility of marriage fraud among opposite-sex...”
– Sue Everhart, Georgia GOP Chairwoman, Warns Of ‘Free Ride’ Gay Marriage Fraud
March 2013
32 posts
“So the rural gun owner in Wyoming buys the biggest, sexiest assault rifle he can...”
– 5 Mind-Blowing Facts Nobody Told You About Guns | Cracked.com
“There was always the threat of excommunication, lack of approval, castigation”
– Marc Fisher: A Sex-Abuse Scandal at Horace Mann : The New Yorker
“Indeed, this firestorm is a classic example of how the distance between people...”
– A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control | TechCrunch
“SCHULTZ:If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38...”
– Starbucks CEO: If You Don’t Like Marriage Equality, Feel Free To Sell Your Starbucks Stock | ThinkProgress
Uber, Data Darwinism and the future of work — Tech... →
In the industrial era, labor unrest came when the workers felt that the owners were profitting wrongfully from them. I wonder if in the connected age, we are going to see labor unrest when folks are unceremoniously dropped from the on-demand labor pool.
“I would bet a goodly sum of money that if you picked at random ten tenured...”
– Finally, Economists Acknowledge That They’re Biased - Forbes
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Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Shiffrin wins and... →
Kudos to Shiffrin!…
Fantastic 2nd run takes slalom crown away from Tina Maze.
