[via CHS Blog] As long as the muck keeps flowing into the muck pile, the Operator digs it out, lifts it up and deposits it in a waiting truck to be carried away to parts north, south and east. – The Most Zen Job on Capitol Hill Oh, to be so mindfully employed.
Millions of Americans have been told by the corporate media, ever since the 1980s, that nobody but a handful of dirty hippies, and evil Satanic commies, and lazy welfare bums, and illegal immigrants, and of course more recently al Qaeda, but other than those people, nobody else but you has a problem with winner-take-all lasseiz [...]
[via Schneier on Security] Interesting that a corporation’s attempts at avoiding taxes would open it up to liability on this scale – Facebook’s existence more or less hinges upon the sleight of hand which allows its “users” to believe that they are also its “customers”. Pro Tip: If you’re on Facebook, you are a supplier [...]
A hilarious rant – and certainly not far off the mark for anyone who’s proud of “busting ass” to claim a meager stake.
Of course, everyone knows it’s probably trouble – and you can tell from the look on the face of the liquor store clerk – when you’re buying a fifth of rum five minutes after the store opens. You need that rum, though. The day isn’t going to disappear itself. Pay in cash, exit quickly. Epiphany: [...]
The Seattle Police Department recently performed a study that found that 50 people in Belltown were responsible for* over 2700 arrests. We know that we can’t arrest our way out of this problem. If we could, it would have been solved a long time ago. – SPD Blog
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose. . . . By [...]
you were never innovating you were just renting his innovation until it broke and you had to buy a new one … and now you need a new innovator.
We now know that the Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion* in total financial assistance to some of the largest financial institutions and corporations in the United States and throughout the world. This is a clear case of socialism for the rich and rugged “you’re on your own” individualism for everyone else. – Bernie [...]
Me: I don’t know if this is an emergency, but I had to share it with someone. 911: What’s his race? Me: He’s gold. 911: What about clothing? Me: He’s naked. 911: Help is on the way. – Jim Dever You would be agitated too if you could see a future in which your life [...]
