December 2010
18 posts
whiteysplace asked: AHA!!! Happy and Profitable New Year to you, Sir!! It's nice you're the first person I see when get online, today!! How goes it?
Dec 31st
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thelyingdays asked: Thanks so much for the follow. I so admire your writing, and I really hope that one day I can write a book that I'm proud of. You're a huge inspiration and I'm touched to know that you'll be reading my writing. So, thank you. : ]
Dec 31st
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Dec 27th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 20th
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“…What will these new jobs be? What occupations can the American unemployed look...”
– Henry Rollins, at Vanity Fair (via thesmithian) I think about this everyday.  We create stimulus packages, bailout corporations, extend tax-cuts and unemployment benefits, and for what?  How would things get better?  How can you fix an economy that was never economically feasible?  It comforts me...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 8th
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Dear Coke Talk: On wikileaks. →
“They said the revolution wouldn’t be televised, and they were right. That shit’s gonna be downloaded.” There’s been a lot of debate about Wikileaks and the threats on Julian Assange’s life.  Dear Coke Talk has one of the clearest, most accurate, responses to the social discourse that I have come across.  I can’t agree enough with this answer.
Dec 8th
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I don't want to abandon Capitalism, I just want to...
Because if the economy has taught us anything it’s that we need to keep trying the things that didn’t work—History does not smile favorably on quitters.  “The only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale — individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000,” the very same people this deal aims to...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Currently Reading...
What Matters by David Elliot Cohen The World’s Preeminent photojournalists and thinkers depict essential issues of our time. Cohen, creator of the photojournalism book America 24/7, edits this socially conscious collection of haunting photographs and disappointing essays that focus on the unchecked ravages of genocide, global warming, AIDS, child labor, extreme poverty and...
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
sophomaniac asked: Hey Quist,

From where did the portrait come? And many other questions. Going to be in Xi'An looking at terra cotta this weekend (I hope it is cool), so maybe Skype Monday Beijing time and Sunday night EST?
Dec 1st