January 2011
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Travelling in Egypt: Foreigners in Egypt: watch or... →
The Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg: It is understandable that Americans, and others, might want to listen to the State Department and leave Cairo in a hurry, but there is an alternative, which is to stay in Cairo and watch history unfold. These demonstrations are directed against one person; they are not directed against Americans, or any other national group. Here’s proof, from Israeli...
Jan 30th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Dear Tumblr
oatmeal: If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you: Please use it.  Please oh please.  -The Oatmeal
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“Workers at first did not believe the woman’s complaints that her phone had...”
– Ukraine crocodile sick after eating mobile phone Also check out the great last line.
Jan 22nd
“This is priceless. Diamond wants the “issue”, meaning the controversy, over...”
– Yves Smith in Barclays’ Bob Diamond to Non-Bankers: Drop Dead « naked capitalism (via quotingthecrisis)
Jan 22nd
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“This paper develops an economic analysis of the toilet seat etiquette. I...”
– Jay P. Choi’s abstract for his paper, UP OR DOWN? A MALE ECONOMIST’S MANIFESTO ON THE TOILET SEAT ETIQUETTE published in Economic Inquiry, via @pkedrosky
Jan 21st
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“I’m going to get 10 burgers [after Monday’s game]. I love In-N-Out. It’s...”
– Ron Artest loves In-N-Out burgers. (via cajunboy)
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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“The Bears and Packers have met 181 times, more than any two teams in N.F.L....”
– Bears Beat Seahawks to Advance to N.F.C. Championship - NYTimes.com (via tedroden)
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 14th
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Sales of Glocks up across the country after... →
All handguns are selling more (+60% in Arizona), but especially the Glock. More evidence that the only bad PR is getting caught with a dead hooker or a live boy.
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 4th
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“Where Google’s services represented things I care about — discovery,...”
– Paul Kedrosky: This Isn’t a Post About Facebook
Jan 4th
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Kyle Bragger: From concept to launch in 24 hours... →
kylewritescode: I launched Facto yesterday. It’s a project I’ve been wanting to build for a while, and I finally got around to making it a reality over the past 24 hours or so. While building, I had a bit of a “whoa” moment thinking about what it really takes to launch a project these days, and why there’s no better time to build something of your own…
Jan 2nd
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