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(via Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic: ‘The Fall of Arthur’ - The Daily...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:47:41 -0400

(via Tolkien’s Unfinished Epic: ‘The Fall of Arthur’ - The Daily Beast)

"Loyau-Kennett turned her attention to the second alleged killer, who wore a light brown coat. He..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:22 -0400

“Loyau-Kennett turned her attention to the second alleged killer, who wore a light brown coat. He appeared to be “much shier,” she said. “I went to him and I said, ‘Well, what about you? Would you like to give me what you have in your hands?’ I did not want to say ‘weapons,’ but I thought it was better having them aimed on one person like me rather than everybody there, children were starting to leave school as well.””

- The Woman Who Stood Up to the Woolwich Butchers - The Daily Beast

(via iBreakfast: Visual Daily: The One Graphic that Explains why...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:16:32 -0400

(via iBreakfast: Visual Daily: The One Graphic that Explains why Yahoo Wanted Tumblr)

"Because what we do is we share stories. That’s our craft. That’s our livelihood. It’s our passion...."

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:40 -0400

“Because what we do is we share stories. That’s our craft. That’s our livelihood. It’s our passion. So in that sense it hurts, because you’re like, ‘I want to go play, too! I just don’t want to play that way.’”

- Robin Wright: ‘Craziest Movie at Cannes’ Honors — Vulture

Our views on college at The Atlantic are pretty simple. We want...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:50 -0400

Our views on college at The Atlantic are pretty simple. We want more college graduates to leverage an affordable education to get a great job. Falling enrollment sounds like an enemy of that goal … but not when enrollment is falling the fastest at schools with the worst debt and drop-out rates. (via College Enrollment Is Falling Faster Than We Thought (Good News!) - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic)

"Marriage rates dropped more than 20 percent for the bottom half of female earners since 1970. They..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:35 -0400

“Marriage rates dropped more than 20 percent for the bottom half of female earners since 1970. They have only increased among the richest five percent. High earning women are much more likely to be married than they were 40 years ago.”

- 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. Each additional child..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:26:57 -0400

“The more kids you have, the less likely you are to work. Think of it this way. Each additional child reduces a typical mom’s likelihood to be in the workforce by about 5 percentage points, according to 2005 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”

- How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—in 11 Graphs - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic

No Southern Hospitality for Tesla?

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:20:16 -0400

stevebanfield:

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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As I Lay Dying Our most academia-obsessed movie star, James...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:23:01 -0400

As I Lay Dying Our most academia-obsessed movie star, James Franco, has picked a whopper of a novel to adapt for the screen: William Faulkner’s 1930 classic As I Lay Dying, about a Southern family trying to honor their dying mother with a proper burial. Franco directs and stars alongside Danny McBride, True Blood’s Jim Parrack, and Ahna O’Reilly. (via Vulture’s 10 Most Anticipated Films at Cannes — Vulture)

David Foster Wallace on Ambition | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:13:03 -0400

David Foster Wallace on Ambition | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios (by blankonblank)

Beastie Boys on Being Stupid | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:04:29 -0400

Beastie Boys on Being Stupid | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios (by blankonblank)

The accusation against Mrs. Clinton drew a strong response from...

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:26:09 -0400

The accusation against Mrs. Clinton drew a strong response from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.—S. Carolina): “There’s been a concerted effort by Hillary Clinton to cover up her role in President Lincoln’s murder. She has said nothing about it. This is bigger than Watergate, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Second World War put together.” (via Fox: New Evidence Hillary Killed Lincoln : The New Yorker)

"Buffett is still bullish on America. “I believe a baby born in America today will have better..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:43:18 -0400

“Buffett is still bullish on America. “I believe a baby born in America today will have better opportunities in life than ever before,” says Buffett.”

- 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 Taiwan does not exist..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:36:30 -0400

““What do you call a hundred Taiwanese citizens in a bathtub? Chinese! Because Taiwan does not exist independently.””

- 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 Clinton has sent..."

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:31:37 -0400

“News that Karl Rove’s PAC, American Crossroads, has bought ads attacking Hillary Clinton has sent the Democrat’s stock soaring in Las Vegas, where oddsmakers now say she is virtually guaranteed to be the next President of the United States. “People were bullish on Hillary before this,” said Tracy Klugian, a leading Las Vegas oddsmaker for over forty years. “But the Rove thing makes it a lock.””

- Vegas: Rove Attack Ads Seal Victory for Hillary : The New Yorker

"SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC—Hours after former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won back his old..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:39:01 -0400

“SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC—Hours after former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford won back his old congressional seat Tuesday, the philandering politician’s ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, told reporters that she couldn’t express enough support for the state’s lenient gun purchasing laws. “It’s just really great to know that in South Carolina, as long as you have a state ID and as little as $50, you can have a loaded, lethal weapon in your hand, cocked and ready to go in minutes,” said the state’s former first lady, whose highly publicized divorce from her husband—who is now engaged to the mistress he secretly visited in 2009 with the use of misappropriated state funds—was finalized in March 2010. “There are no concealment laws, and I don’t even have to worry about getting the gun registered. Perfect.” Reporters say Sanford abruptly concluded the interview, saying, “Well, I have to go now.””

- 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 understand why everyone..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:26:29 -0400

““I think I see the problem here,” Stewart said. “You can’t understand why everyone else isn’t as outraged as you, when it’s because the rest of us aren’t sure if what your saying is true. And to be quite frank, you do have somewhat of a history of hysteria.””

- 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 donors, FundAnything..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:26:41 -0400

“Though Mr. Trump’s celebrity could help the site compete for users and donors, FundAnything does not appear to offer a different model from crowdfunding sites out there already, just one that was more expensive.”

- Donald Trump to launch crowdfunding site FundAnything | Crain’s New York Business

(via Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:56:59 -0400

(via Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen Interview in Same Parking Lot - Dashiell Bennett and Philip Bump - The Atlantic Wire)

"I worry our industry will become the Republican party — with middle-age white guys talking to..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:20:41 -0400

““I worry our industry will become the Republican party — with middle-age white guys talking to middle-age white guys, saying that we need to change, but when push comes to shove deciding that things are probably OK as they are. That’s what I worry about for our industry, and particularly the big [firms].””

- At Envestnet event, Sallie Krawcheck alludes to Crager alliance, blasts women-as-niche marketers and edges perhaps closer to endorsing the RIA model | RIABiz