October 2011
40 posts
“Oh, by the way – Freese also tied the game in the bottom of the ninth. Oh, also...”
– David Freese’s Game 6 Walkoff Home Run (Video) | SportsGrid
“One of the rants I’ve heard repeatedly on talk radio is how OWS protesters...”
– Bob Cesca: Occupy Wall Street Isn’t Anti-Corporation, It’s Anti-Corporate Crime
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“These efforts to domesticate and contain the protests are unlikely to succeed....”
– Frank Rich on Occupy Wall Street and Class Warfare — New York Magazine
“Wallace asks, “Why is Obama pulling all of our troops out of Iraq?”...”
– TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
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“We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below...”
– Who You Are - NYTimes.com
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“We are dual process thinkers. We have two interrelated systems running in our...”
– Who You Are - NYTimes.com
“However, the major weakness of the study is that it counted cellphone...”
– No Cellphone-Cancer Link in Large Study - NYTimes.com
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“The Danish study is important because it matches data from a national cancer...”
– No Cellphone-Cancer Link in Large Study - NYTimes.com
“Extra space is scarce and alternatives that a few mentioned, like recycling, are...”
– Bill O’Reilly Book Burned By Soldiers In Afghanistan (PHOTOS)
Wow...forget about 15%
Among its ideas to spur start-up activity, the council recommends Congress eliminate taxes on income from investments of $25 million or less in a privately held firm as long as the investment is held for at least five years.
“Recent discoveries in brain science and child development, however, are forcing...”
– Jeremy Rifkin: ‘The Empathic Civilization’: Rethinking Human Nature in the Biosphere Era
“The real crisis lies in the set of assumptions about human nature that governs...”
– Jeremy Rifkin: ‘The Empathic Civilization’: Rethinking Human Nature in the Biosphere Era
“The Republican Party has been taken over by an antitax cult, and Obama just...”
– Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? - NYTimes.com
“And there’s this: parents who, particularly in this country, are expected to be...”
– Notes From a Dragon Mom - NYTimes.com
“when I arrived at Brown in the mid-80s, there were dozens of splinter groups...”
– I Was an Under-Age Semiotician - NYTimes.com
The Life and Times of Steve Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC] →
Steve Jobs packed a lot of living into his 56 years. If his career had ended 30 years ago, he still would have made history for helping popularize the personal computer. But he did so much more than that. As we all know, Jobs defied F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous quote, “There are no second acts…
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“To quote the immortal political philosopher Matt Damon from Rounders, “The...”
– My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters | Politics News | Rolling Stone
How Sarah Palin Diehards Are Taking Her Decision... →
But for those like commenter wft2969, the cold reality is sinking in:
“Fire In the belly” “Fight like a girl” “Game on” Undefeated movie released Sarah Palin’s Alaska Three separate Iowa trips A New Hampshire trip encouraging O4P on September 3 “keep powder dry”- just a couple weeks ago We were sold a bunch of nonsense becuase we believed in...
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“When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a...”
– (24) What are some profound Steve Jobs quotations? - Quora
“Colleges are casting their own vote and increasingly it’s thumbs down. The...”
– The College SAT: Higher Costs, Lower Relevance - Bloomberg
“This points out one of the key differences between left and right. Not only...”
– Lawrence O’Donnell Defends Herman Cain Interview (VIDEO)
“If we view him unsparingly, without nostalgia, we would see a great man whose...”
– Steve Jobs, Enemy of Nostalgia - NYTimes.com
“I have traveled to southern China and interviewed workers employed in the...”
– Steve Jobs, Enemy of Nostalgia - NYTimes.com
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“The Steve Jobs who founded Apple as an anarchic company promoting the message of...”
– Steve Jobs, Enemy of Nostalgia - NYTimes.com
“One of the keys to Apple’s success under his leadership was his ability to see...”
– Steve Jobs, Enemy of Nostalgia - NYTimes.com
“The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste,” Mr. Jobs said in a...”
– Steve Jobs Defended His Work With a Barbed Tongue - NYTimes.com
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“For almost a century the universe has been known to be expanding as a...”
– Not a bang, nor a whimper…but ice…
Studies of Universe’s Expansion Win Physics Nobel - NYTimes.com
“For his part, Putin mocked the billionaires’ brawl, quipping,...”
– Alexander Lebedev Charged With Hooliganism For Punching Fellow Panelist On Talk Show
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“Broadcast TV wasn’t far behind, with 14.0% growth driven by a revival of...”
– 100 Leading Media Companies | MediaWorks - Advertising Age
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“The U.S. media industry has added 3,900 jobs so far this year — but only...”
– 100 Leading Media Companies | MediaWorks - Advertising Age
“But then, I’m not a commenter on the redstate.com blog. If you go read what they...”
– Michael Tomasky: Perry Racism Flap’s Real Loser Is Herman Cain - The Daily Beast
“Bill Koch brought a lawsuit on behalf of U.S. taxpayers, claiming that Koch...”
– Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg
“The Koch case was a classic case of environmental crime, significant violations...”
– Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg
“A Bloomberg Markets investigation has found that Koch Industries — in...”
– Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales - Bloomberg 