What do four European politicians, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, and a police informant all have in common? Pierre Bérégovoy – French Socialist politician. He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1992 to 1993, two bullets to the head (5/1/1993) François de Grossouvre – French politician in charge of overseeing national security and other [...]
That is not dead which can eternal lie / And with strange aeons even death may die – The Call of CthulhuHP Lovecraft For in that sleep of death / what dreams may come – Hamlet (III, i, 65-68) Shakespeare [via Steve Dekorte] [Click to reveal NSFW content] What qualifies as the “fantasy” content is [...]
Unfortunately, as often happens with bad ideas that make some people a lot of money, the idea caught on and has even become the conventional wisdom. . . . “Maximizing shareholder value” turned out to be the disease of which it purported to be the cure. Between 1960 and 1980, CEO compensation per dollar of [...]
des·ti·tute /ˈdestiˌt(y)o͞ot/ – Without the basic necessities of life. Answers Terminal celebration. Only a few months. In the desert. Sunburn. Only myself. Questions What if you had to? How long have you ever been? Where did you end up? Why didn’t you stay? Who is to blame?
[Santa Died For Your Mastercard] $52,000,000,000 spent on Black Friday $31,522,551,938 cost to solve world hunger (inflation-adjusted) $548,900,000,000 was spent “defending” ‘merikuh $2,706,797,566~ paid to top 100 CEO’s 13,000,000 ‘merikuhns with no paying work 75,000,000~ born-again-type ‘merikuhns who reckoned Matthew 19:21 shouldn’t apply to them Get drunk. ‘Tis the season.
If you have a dispute with the Bank, and you are not able to resolve the dispute informally, you and the Bank agree that upon demand by either you or the Bank, the dispute will be resolved through the arbitration process as set forth in this part. A “dispute” is any unresolved disagreement between you [...]
It matters not how far you strayso long as you can lead others there
“All it takes is one slip up. It may be years, but I WILL kill you.” I hear a voice in my head telling me the above quote every day. I always hear, “You deserve to die, to suffer, to burn. Kill yourself.” I can’t shake the emotions or thoughts that come with them. No [...]
If you pay people to complete puzzles instead of paying them for being smart, they lose interest in the game. If you pay children to draw, fun becomes work. Payment on top of compliments and other praise and feeling good about personal achievement are powerful motivators, but only if they are unexpected. Only then can [...]
[via BOOOOOOOM!] There is something particularly artful about the way time is proposed as continuously-even necessarily-cyclical (with a nod to the illusory transience of any thing which exists in the cyclical construct). …and apparently David Wilson has made other offbeat (amazing?) things.
