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his stupidity protected him from an awareness of his own stupidity

January 24th, 2012 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Julian Assange: The RS Interview – rollingstone
The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism – harpers
On pirates and piracy: The media industry’s wholesale takeover of creativity is the real piracy. – oreilly
Inside the Savant Mind: Tips for Thinking from an Extraordinary Thinker – scientificamerican
I’m Comic Sans, Asshole – mcsweeneys
 
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Maybe “I downloaded but didn’t share” will be the new “I smoked, but didn’t inhale.”

January 5th, 2012 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 
DrBeeper’s Favorite Music of 2011
 
  New DrBeeper sampler :
    From the Top 2011 (aka ‘19′)   [download]

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2009 : The End of the Financial World as We Know It   Pt.2
2007 : Be It Ever So Homespun, There’s Nothing Like Spin
2006 : The connection between NSA wiretapping and telephone industry concentration
2004 : HiddenSongs.com
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The lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap

December 26th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Transaction Infraction: How Bank Practices Increase Overdraft Fees – pewtrusts
Growth in the Age of Deleveraging – bankofcanada
Obama and the Rule of Law – huffpo
Obama and Geithner: Government, Enron-Style – mtaibbi   rollingstone
50 Economic Numbers From 2011 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe – theeconomiccollapseblog
The Silver Rush at MF [...]

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When kids go to the mall instead of the library, it’s not that the mall won, it’s that the library lost.

October 31st, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Tying It All Together – kdenninger   market-ticker
Rick Perry: The Best Little Whore In Texas – mtaibbi   rollingstone
BofA Derivatives Transfer Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny – bloomberg
Glass-Steagall wiki
Ten Reasons Not To Bank On (Or With) BofA – nprins   truth-out
SLV And Silver Manipulation – bullionbullscanada
Wall Street Isn’t Winning – [...]

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If you can’t fit a story into the culture-war storyline in ten seconds or less, it dies.

October 4th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Massive default is best way to fix the economy – barends   marketwatch
Is The US Monetary System On The Verge Of Collapse? – dgalland   zerohedge
Our Sputtering Economy by the Numbers: Poverty Edition – propublica
E. Warren Tells It Like it Is: “No One in This Country Got Rich on his Own” [...]

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Elective ignorance is a great survival skill

September 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

North Dakota’s Economic “Miracle” – yesmagazine
Obama Goes All Out For Dirty Banker Deal – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult – truth-out
Two Big Reasons Why Goldman Sachs Just Got Sued For Fraud Again – businessinsider
Jobs Will Follow a Strengthening of the [...]

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Love between us, men and women of this world, is what may save us still.

August 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Foodie Motivational Posters – eGullet
Making of a Signature Drink: Beecher’s Grilled Cheese Martini – thedailymeal
Freshly Squeezed: The Truth About Orange Juice in Boxes – civileats
Low Food – nytimes
Mexican street vendors work wonders – sfgate
The Impacts – 2011 Meat Eaters Guide – ewg

 
2006 : There’s no right answer. — I [...]

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we adhere, as though to a raft, to those ideas which represent our understanding.

August 18th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
Don’t look down – economist
The late American empire – jcarroll
Iceland’s loud No – mondediplo
The Black Swan of Cairo – nntaleb   foreignaffairs
It’s the Economy, Dummkopf! – mlewis   vanityfair
Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot – nytimesmag
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Work is essentially just a way to kill time between coffee and beer.

June 28th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

The Growth Ponzi Scheme – strongtowns
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The Truth About the Economy in 2 Minutes and 15 Seconds
[video] – Robert Reich: Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley
The Deficit Is Worse Than We Think [...]

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A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

April 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

 

The Wall Street Leviathan – nybooks
Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis
The Real Housewives of Wall Street – rollingstone   mtaibbi
Michael Lewis: ‘Liar’s Poker was a comedy. The Big Short is a tragedy‘ – guardian
Why is the Fed Bailing Out Qaddafi? – rollingstone   mtaibbi
The Bank [...]

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