Paging Valleywag
Oh what's that? You say you're the experts in local advertising for my market?
Random thought: could the millions of dollars in missiles which are near-inevitably going to be launched on Syria be better spent on broadcast airtime to show (in detail) what's happening on the ground there, in an effort to shame Russia and China (and the rest of the world) into more serious UN action?
If this is already on Groupthink, does it really need to be clogging up Crosstalk?
Really?
I knew it was Rich without even checking the byline:
The Math of Capitalism
“That cost is going to be borne by us at the end of the day,” said Scott Deardorff, a partner at Oxnard-based Deardorff Family Farms, which grows strawberries, cauliflower and chard, among other salad bar staples, all of which are likely to be more expensive for consumers down the line.
Why Korean Made is better than (North) American Made
Korean cars are built better than those built here in America, or in Mexico, or Canada. People usually have their certain tastes in cars, and mine lead towards Korean cars, and nothing else, but I’ll only buy cars built in Korea, and there’s a very good reason for that. Read on to see why.
Somewhat related to this conversation from yesterday, I'm reading a book called JFK and the Unspeakable: Why he died and Why it matters and in it, the author quotes a paragraph from Thomas Merton.
And I'm still blocked
Note: this is was not a gray comment.
And so it continues to go
Seriously, fuck you Gawker. Fuck you Nick Denton. Fuck you John Cook. Fuck you Tom Scocca. Fuck all of you assholes in the Gawker Media empire who are supporting this absolute perversion of Gawker's comments.
Denton should really be proud of the crowdsourced bullshit community moderation around here. Writers can't be bothered to remove obvious racism. Other writers take their personal vendettas to the commenters by blocking so many of us from the front pages.
American companies could learn a few things about responsibility
“We, Russells Solicitors, apologise unreservedly for the disclosure caused by one of our partners, Chris Gossage, in revealing to his wife’s best friend, Judith Callegari, during a private conversation that the true identity of Robert Galbraith was in fact JK Rowling,” the firm said in a statement this week.
Putin warns Snowden not to hurt US-Russian relations
Say what you will about the actual leak, and the NSA's activities.
Oh great.
Suspect was wearing green scrubs. For fuck's sake. Think about that next time your in a hospital!
Would someone be so kind as to share my post to Oppo? Thanks in advance.
Sighted: Volkswagen Crafter
I was driving yesterday afternoon and saw a funky looking "work" van that looked sort of like a Sprinter, but carried a VW logo on its hood.