January 2010
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10 Ways to Stop the Corporate Dominance of... →
shorterexcerpts:azspot: Amend the U.S. Constitution to declare that corporations are not persons and do not have the rights of human beings. Since the First Amendment case for corporate spending as a free speech right rests on corporations being considered “persons,” the proposed amendment would strike at the core of the ruling’s justification. The push for the 28th Amendment is coming from the...
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“And finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of...”
– Conan O’Brien’s Final Words as Host of the Tonight Show. *Sniffle*
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“Luckily for corporations, the activist justices appointed by an earlier version...”
– Douglas Rushkoff (via azspot) (via shorterexcerpts)
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a dream
squirrelwhirl: I had a dream where I was attending a school for witchcraft and wizardry and comedy, sort of like Hogwarts but it was in an arcade and it was a one-year post-secondary program in Los Angeles. The houses were divided the same way… slytherine and ravenclaw etc. And almost every comedian I know in Los Angeles was there. Holy shit.  I think you need to start this place and be its...
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Listen“Man, It’s So Loud in Here” by...
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“In a modern context that devalues dissent and rubber-stamps it as unpatriotic...”
– Simon Balto (via azspot) (via shorterexcerpts)
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“I am disappointed,” Mr. Leno said. “I feel like a guy who has bought a car from...”
– Jay Leno in 1992. Hypocrisy, thy name is Überchin. (via seriouslythough) (via shorterexcerpts)
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The people's interest — A new battle against usury →
shorterexcerpts:azspot: Medieval church councils opposed lending at interest and called for excommunicating interest-charging clergy and unrepentant lay moneylenders. In the ninth century, the Holy Roman Empire outlawed usury, “where more is asked than is given.” Anselm, leaning on Augustine, labeled usury “theft”—a sin against justice, regardless of the borrower’s own financial status or the...
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Power Rangers' Ever Morphin' Moniker
Season 1: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 4: Power Rangers Zeo Season 5: Power Rangers Turbo Season 6: Power Rangers In Space Season 7: Power Rangers Lost Galaxy Season 8: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Season 9: Power Rangers Time Force Season 10: Power Rangers Wild Force Season 11: Power Rangers Ninja Storm Season...
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia (via giantrobotlasers) (via disguisedasasmile) (via stopnicole) (via siddman)
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Jan 12th
“You are my son and you came from my balls and you should have known better.”
– From a letter mobster Frank “Frankie Camp” Campione wrote to his son Michael for ratting him out to the FBI. (pg 13 of the New York Magazine, January 18-25, 2010 edition) (via adeandabet) (via siddman)
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