Category: Headlines
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I really wish I was still in New York to give Jimmy McMillan and the Rent is Too Damn High Party my vote. I even considered setting up a temporary residence there just to become eligible, but you know, rent is just too damn high. [via]
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How many people jump the Great Firewall?
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We should revise our abominable tax code in a way that is less destructive to the economy. In particular, taxes should not: discourage hard work and risk taking, impede capital formation, impose high costs for computation and enforcement, favor particular groups or activities, or intrude on individual liberty any more than is absolutely necessary. Given…
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The Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Office Floorplan
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When the Cuban embargo finally ends, do you think we might be able to replace one of the lesser college bowls with a return of the Bacardi Bowl? [via]
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Archive of Writer David Foster Wallace Now Open for Research at UT’s Harry Ransom Center The collection is made up of 34 document boxes and 8 oversize folders and is divided into three main sections: works, personal and career-related materials and copies of works by Don DeLillo. The works section covers the period between 1984…
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Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information The Wall Street Journal does a bit of digging, confirms what most of us already suspected/knew – your personal information and relationships on Facebook are about as private and secure as if you wrote them all on your local coffee shop’s bulletin board: Many of the…
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There is a developing story that former USC linebacker and future NFL Hall of Famer Junior Seau drove his car off a cliff after being arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
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It feels good winning. It feels even better destroying the other team. The defense finally played to their potential. The offense is clicking on all cylinders. Critics can say what they want about Lane Kiffin, but the numbers don’t lie. The guy knows how to call plays on offense. The Trojans have a bye this…
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The Piano Man [via]
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Kanye’s latest album cover gets banned in the U.S.
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David Foster Wallace on humor and Infinite Jest [via] (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)