January 2011
129 posts
Concentration of Power
good to know.
dihard:
According to recent financial data from the 3rd quarter of 2010, six banks represent 64% of GDP. These are JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. In 2006, before the financial crisis, that number was 55%. And fifteen years ago, it was 17%.
REAL TALK
tomywife:
Neither of us can be romantic all the time, shit’s not real and wouldn’t last. As long as we remember that we still can be, there will be plenty of romance.
Golden Globes 2011 Wrap Up 17jan11 →
ricky gervais golden globes monologue = so many giggles in 5 min. if you peddle in the gossip, this is worth your time.
“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human...”
– Ursula K. Le Guin (via libraryland)
Agent 3Z: PSA →
lickystickypickyme:
From a 1970s Peace Corps manual (via travel writer Robert Young Pelton), “How to survive an anaconda attack.”
1. Do not run. The snake is faster than you are. 2. Lie flat on the ground, put your arms tight against your sides and your legs tight against each other. 3. Tuck your chin in. …
Watchratsoff:
SNL Digital Short: Andy & Pee-Wee’s Night out
Pee-wee Herman goes on a bender with Andy Samberg in his first appearance on Saturday Night Live in over 25 years.
Special appearances by Anderson Cooper, Chairy, and lots more Playhouse friends!
(thedailywhat.)
“She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with...”
– Roald Dahl, Matilda (via libraryland)
“Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.”
– Jane Wagner, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (performed by, and often attributed to, Lily Tomlin)
“A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see because it means that...”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
“If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave,...”
– Harriet J on Another post about rape (via archenemies)
yes. I reblogged after i read
“Women who are taught that refusing to flirt back results in an immediately hostile environment will continue to unwillingly and unhappily flirt with somebody who is invading their space and giving them creep...
Feeding Two Birds With One Scone.
kevinnuut:
Let’s make this the new phrase, I don’t like violent idioms.
