January 2011
29 posts
“Maybe Mr. Obama, in the budget he proposes next month, will grapple more...”
– A disappointing State of the Union address
“President Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission’s...”
– Nation & World | Obama draws line in sand on Social Security | Seattle Times Newspaper
ARRRGGGHHHHH. To think people actually thought Obama was finally going to be the first adult elected as POTUS in generations and tell folks the truth.
God damn it Obama - will you be the intelligent, adult...
“The documents illustrate just how much wealth the partnership owns and has...”
– Study Points to Windfall for Goldman Partners - NYTimes.com
Apparently it pays to be evil.
I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For... →
caterpillarcowboy:
lololololololol
Congrats Ben, Todd, Scott, and the rest of the team. Wow.
Thanks Dave - a world run by LOLz is coming! ;)
“If you cut military by 1/3, restructure social security, eliminate the Bush tax...”
– Fred Wilson (via vruz)
I’d vote for this.
“Four Stickney teenagers gang-raped a 14-year-old girl and recorded the attacks...”
– Cops: Gang rape of girl, 14, recorded on cell phone - Chicago Breaking News
Fine call me a right wing nut job, but IMO gang raping a 14 yr old girl should be grounds for castration. Awful.
“TMQ is a regular listener and occasional donor to National Public Radio. Despite...”
– Stanford and TCU prove that academics and athletics can coexist, so why aren’t more schools held to that standard? - ESPN
“Apparently, there is no shortage of 22-year-olds who think that law school is...”
– For Law School Graduates, Debts if Not Job Offers - NYTimes.com
“Kara: You like to sell companies, though.
Dick: Yes, I had two companies that I...”
– humor is so important when you get asked a stupid question
Interview With Twitter CEO Dick Costolo | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
(via fred-wilson)
To @Rafer in every VC meeting we did @Lookery: “So when are you going to flip Lookery - you’re such a quick flip artist”...
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
You’re smoking crack if you think you can have freedom of expression and banned speech. Is paying for a blog on wordpress.com and writing about a candidate paid spending? You mean I can’t buy an ad on Adsense saying I’m voting for...
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
This is a fucking travesty. If you’re so thin-skinned, so immature, that you can’t be reminded of American history and how much progress has been made then don’t read the fucking book. This censorship is so typical of fauxgressives, who...
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
This is a fucking travesty. If you’re so thin-skinned, so immature, that you can’t be reminded of American history and how much progress has been made then don’t read the fucking book. This censorship is so typical of fauxgressives, who...
Goldman Bid to Polish Image May Be Undermined by... →
vruz:
by Christine Harper, Bloomberg News
Just as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. prepares to unveil business standards aimed at improving its reputation after settling fraud charges last year, the Facebook Inc. stock sale to clients shines new light on the firm’s potential conflicts of interest.
In pitching as much as $1.5 billion in stock in the closely held social-networking company to wealthy...
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
This is a fucking travesty. If you’re so thin-skinned, so immature, that you can’t be reminded of American history and how much progress has been made then don’t read the fucking book. This censorship is so typical of fauxgressives, who...
“I think it means the mobile is slowly but surely moving to a web model. And as...”
– A VC: Mobile Economics Will Trend Toward Web Economics
“A central issue with the Internet, no matter what device and presentation layer...”
– A VC: Mobile Economics Will Trend Toward Web Economics
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
This is a fucking travesty. If you’re so thin-skinned, so immature, that you can’t be reminded of American history and how much progress has been made then don’t read the fucking book. This censorship is so typical of fauxgressives, who...
“The question of whether Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn should be censored...”
– New edition of Huckleberry Finn replaces n-word with ‘slave’
This is a fucking travesty. If you’re so thin-skinned, so immature, that you can’t be reminded of American history and how much progress has been made then don’t read the fucking book. This censorship is so typical of fauxgressives, who...
“Such anomalies demonstrate the slipperiness of empiricism. Although many...”
– The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker
“The premise of this test of replicability, of course, is that each of the labs...”
– The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker
“The scientists are so eager to pass this magical test that they start playing...”
– The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker
“The funnel graph visually captures the distortions of selective reporting. For...”
– The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker
Sawickipedia: Awesome - scientists are charlatans and frauds. This is not helping the cause of those who like to live by reason and truths.
“In an accompanying editorial, BMJ editor Fiona Godlee and colleagues called...”
– Vaccine-Autism Study Was Fraud - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: This Doctor should be sent to jail considering the number of sick and likely dead children as a result of this fraud. As a parent I am sickened at how fraudulent research led thousands of parents astray.
Vaccine-Autism Study Was Fraud - NYTimes.com →
Can all parents get over themselves and vaccinate their children immediately?
“Given the time needed to create a new product, these changes will take at least...”
– Mobile Opportunity: What’s really wrong with BlackBerry (and what to do about it)
Sawickipedia: Classic example of innovator’s dilemma striking again. RIM is so screwed.