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comment posted at 11:53 AM on Oct-23-09
comment posted at 11:54 AM on Oct-23-09

Each person has one mind, right? Wrong, according to the Concept of Internal Cohabitation - we are all born with two autonomous, sentient minds. One of them can think rationally and relate to other people, and one of them is fundamentally negative in outlook, and opposed to relating. Both minds watch the world through our senses, but compete for control of the body. But if this is indeed the case, why is it not common knowledge? How could such a fundamental aspect of human nature go unnoticed for so long?
comment posted at 8:55 AM on Sep-21-09
comment posted at 9:16 AM on Sep-21-09

28 years ago they came to Earth. Explore the world of District 9. Consider a career with Multi-National United. Find out about enhancing your math skills with DNA from outer space. Play the game. And learn the truth behind the lies.
comment posted at 6:42 AM on Jul-13-09

Osama bin Ladin and David Bowie
comment posted at 7:43 AM on Mar-25-09
comment posted at 7:44 AM on Mar-25-09

Commercial artists have always had it tough, and photographers are no exception. Magazines are folding. Advertising is down. And to make things worse, this week large companies like Omnicom and GM shifted the financial burden to the artist. Some say production insurance, commonly used in film, is the answer. Others recommend fighting the already bad contracts by demanding payment before usage rights are released. Of course, if things go wrong you can always file for bankruptcy.
comment posted at 1:35 PM on Mar-19-09

The Mark Cuban's Stimulus plan.
comment posted at 11:58 AM on Mar-4-09

Today was Day 1 of The Pirate Bay trial.
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comment posted at 3:17 PM on Feb-16-09

Dear Allen, I really enjoyed your story on trying to live on 500k in New York City. I lived on 32k in New York City, and boy was it possible! Granted, that was in 2000, and I lived in Brooklyn, and I had yet to develop my habit for cab rides or the blood of Peruvian children (so expensive!). I want to do my part, so I've gone through your article and noted some areas where maybe bankers can save some money just like we're all trying to save money right now.
comment posted at 11:46 AM on Feb-11-09

Steve Brill has a crazy idea that just might work. Would you pay a modest annual fee (about the cost of a magazine subscription) to read the New York Times online, if it means the survival of the world's greatest newspaper, er, news-gathering organization? It's an interesting idea.
comment posted at 9:01 AM on Feb-9-09
comment posted at 9:05 AM on Feb-9-09

Forgiving student loan debt to stimulate the economy is an idea that seems to be gaining some ground recently. There's a petition, at least two facebook groups, and call to contact your senators and representatives.
comment posted at 4:33 AM on Feb-9-09

Found this on youtube, a cool video from Jeremy Camp's video contest Very cool video. I think it was well done.
comment posted at 1:42 PM on Feb-4-09

The Bad Bank Assets Proposal: Even Worse Than You Imagined -- the administration appears intent on building another black swan. This is political capitalism. [via]
comment posted at 5:21 AM on Feb-4-09

The perfect grooming tool. SLYT.
comment posted at 2:42 AM on Jan-27-09

"It is against the fiber of God's Law and against all of Christianity, that a company who makes religious worship cards, religious holiday cards and Christian greeting cards, would stoop to the lowly depths and ok the Homo Sexual wedding cards. WILL NOT STAND IT!"
comment posted at 3:02 PM on Jan-15-09

Alone among major Western nations, the United States refused to sign a United Nations declaration calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. The U.S. was joined by China, Russia, the Roman Catholic Church, and members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in rejecting the declaration. In 2004, the Vatican and Islamic Conference had lobbied vehemently and successfully to prevent the U.N. Human Rights Commission from outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation.
comment posted at 12:31 PM on Jan-15-09
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comment posted at 2:26 PM on Jan-15-09

Congress must back sex! According to Larry, "Americans can do without cars and such", but it can't do without sex...and for an extra $5 billion US, he will help Americans do who ever, I mean what ever it takes to get people using porn. However, maybe, just maybe that the decline in sales is due to the free porn access on the net. Another article about it here
comment posted at 6:34 AM on Jan-8-09

Roger Ebert gives Ben Stein a spanking.
comment posted at 5:10 PM on Dec-6-08

Cynthia Dixon, at the time employed by the University of Toledo, read this Toledo Free Press opinion piece, and wrote this response, which got her fired. Back in May the UT President responded to the growing controversy on local TV. Now Dixon is suing. (text of the suit)
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comment posted at 10:06 AM on Dec-5-08

Is it Art? The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama
comment posted at 7:03 AM on Jun-5-08
comment posted at 9:00 AM on Jun-5-08

Independent Filmaking: Kafkaesque Nightmare? Tom DiCillo's new film Delirious stars Steve Buscemi, is currently rated at 85% at Rotten Tomatoes, and yet, it only made $200,000. DiCillo asks Roger Ebert why.
comment posted at 12:37 PM on Dec-3-07

We're drowning in quirk. It is the ruling sensibility of today’s Gen-X indie culture, defined territorially by the gentle ministrations of public radio’s This American Life; the strenuously odd (and now canceled) TV sitcom Arrested Development; the movies of Wes Anderson; Dave Eggers’s McSweeney’s Web site; the performance art, music, and writing of Miranda July; and the just-too-wacky-to-be-fully-believable memoirs of Augusten Burroughs. It’s been 20 years of beneficent, wide-eyed gazing upon the oddities of our fellow man. David Byrne probably birthed contemporary quirk around 1985— halfway between his “Psycho Killer” beginnings with the Talking Heads and his move to global pop—when he sang the song “Stay Up Late”: “Cute, cute, little baby / Little pee-pee, little toes.” (As it happens, Byrne appeared on July’s recent book tour.) Jon Cryer’s “Duckie” Dale in Pretty in Pink came a year later, and quirk was on its way.
comment posted at 1:22 PM on Sep-5-07

Coudal Partners is a Web / Media / Design studio in Chicago on which the following popped up: Steve Delahoyde's Regrets. Clicking through there were five others which are equally as funny as they are depressing: Boxes, Hobbies (regrets), Racism, Spoons, Kids.
comment posted at 2:13 PM on Sep-5-07

Brent Kovar got investors and employees to believe his invention was the next big thing, but nobody's ever seen it. Mister Kovar had also been appointed in 2003 to the Business Advisory Council of the National Republican Congressional Committee by then-Congressional Majority Leader Tom Delay. Apparently, a DC-9 they co-owned (painted to resemble aircraft from the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security) was busted in Mexico with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. First link via fark
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comment posted at 6:44 AM on Jul-2-07

Tammy Faye Messner Bids Her Fans Goodbye. Down to 65 pounds and unable to continue treatment for cancer, Tammy Faye Messner, one of the most colorful figures in religious broadcasting, has posted a goodbye letter to fans on her Web site.
comment posted at 6:11 AM on May-11-07

"Three years of legal education has been wasted because of an unmoderated message board." 3rd-year law student Anthony Ciolli has lost a job offer due to his association with law school message board AutoAdmit.
comment posted at 4:03 AM on May-9-07

Bye, Ze. Zefrank, the very fine video blogger, who in a single year created a massive and devoted web community by asking his audience to dress their vacuums, whip ass with Ray, and make an Earth sandwich, has decided to call it quits and head off to Hollywood. Perhaps the resources will bring him a bigger audience. But I'll miss the hearts and flowers, even the occasional lecture. To think it all started with dancing lessons. [Previously]
comment posted at 7:03 AM on Mar-19-07

At last, the Receda Cube is found. Perplex City season one is at an end. The winner explains how he found the cube.
comment posted at 4:00 AM on Feb-16-07

It's official. Lonelygirl15 of YouTube fame is fake - an elaborate narrative created via a Hollywood talent agency. More details of how the plot came apart here. Previously discussed here.
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