April 2009
63 posts
The Elie Wiesel Foundation
soupsoup:
charitini:
From the Elie Wiesel Foundation site:
To Our Friends:
We are deeply saddened and distressed that we, along with many others, have been the victims of what may be one of the largest investment frauds in history. We are writing to inform you that the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity had $15.2 million under management with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities. This...
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Waiting For Autumn - “The Wait”
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Acoustic recording of Your Love by The...
dear readers,
yurztruly:
someone upload a good counting crows song. preferably from one of their first three albums, or a live/rare/unreleased track.
i’m in the mood for musical nostalgia, and don’t have access to my collection right now.
p.s. did anyone catch them on good morning america the other day? i did by chance, and it triggered memories of the times i used to actually mark their appearances on my...
MLB is about to make a million dollars off an... →
The mini-economy created by the iPhone astounds me. Apple was right - it did change the face of mobile computing. Just wait until everyone else catches up - then we’ll see some pretty radical paradigm shifts.
The iPhone is just the swell before the tsunami.
GM's New Escape Route: Partial Nationalization →
notthatkindagay:
Under the proposed offering, investors holding $27.2 billion of GM bonds would swap those bonds for 10 percent of the equity shares of the restructured company. The UAW would get up to 39 percent of the company in return for half of the $20 billion GM owes to a health fund for retired workers. Current shareholders would get 1 percent of the new shares.
Proposal Recap:
50%...
Fox says, 'No we can't' to Obama →
notthatkindagay:
Fox Broadcasting is taking a pass on President Obama’s Wednesday news conference, opting instead to run a new episode of its crime drama “Lie to Me,” starring Tim Roth.
Who cares. Why does Obama’s speech need to be on every single network? Just make CNN or MSNBC the official “ObamaTV” and stop bumping my shows on every other channel. The man is brutal on my DVR....
“Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. confirmed Thursday it will buy GeoCities, a...”
– CNNfn, January 1999, about Yahoo’s acquisition of Geocities for $3.6 billion. (via soupsoup)
This is absolutely stunning to me. How heady the dotcom bubble was. As a reference point: at the time the Yahoo! acquisition was announced, Geocities had ~$30mm of revenue and a yearly net loss of $19.8mm....
The current shitstorm debate over the ethics of...
complicatedshoes:
scttkrkwd:
complicatedshoes:
squashed:
I don’t feel like diving into this debate, but I will say this:
Only on Tumblr do debaters argue their points via complex and involved Star Wars analogies :)
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The Loan Mod Scam and the Range-Trade for... →
I expect the financials to range-trade. If bank stocks collapse the administration will immediately make soothing noises, as Geithner did earlier this week when the market feared that the “asinine” (the term used by the president of Wells Fargo) stress tests would force a new round of shareholder dilution and stocks went into free fall. A collapse of bank equity could take down the insurers, and...
Watch Out For Contango: Looking For The Best Long... →
I’ve been looking for a good way to play oil long term for a while. This article breaks down the strategies of the 4 major oil ETFs (USO, OIL, USL, DBO) and decribes why two are value-destroyers for buy-and-hold investors, while two offer a decent way to play oil over the longer term.
Executive Pay For Performance Can Be A Terrible... →
John Carney makes the case that tying pay to performance can create misaligned incentives and is actually unhealthy for companies.
If you’ve been at outspoken critic of executive pay (I’m speaking to 95% of Tumblr here) - give this a read. It’s quick, not preachy, and will educate you about both sides of the argument.
“Why do so many refuse to acknowledge the legitimate objections some people have...”
– Name-calling: the supposedly smart set’s preferred means to respond to gay marriage opponents and others offering a politically incorrect point of view
Listen, I purposely rarely ever talk about gay marriage on this blog as I have very mixed feelings about it. I tend to be more sympathetic towards...
“Well, I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly...”
– Rob Gordon, High Fidelity (via zoee)
“Our circadian rhythm is synchronized with the 24-hour solar cycle by light...”
– Larks, Owls and Hummingbirds - Olivia Judson Blog (via thisisareallybadidea)
I am clearly an owl. I find it nearly impossible to get to sleep before midnight, and pretty brutal to be up before 8am.
Journey - Stone in Love
What an awesome...
bowlingalleylawyer:
billda:
Devils at Hurricanes, Game 3. So excited to be here. Go Devils!
you blasphemer!!!!!!! you are rooting for the Devils AT our Carolina Hurricanes?!
BOOOO!
I’m sorry but I’m not sorry :)
I’ve been a Devils fan literally since the day I was born - my great uncle used to own the team. One of the first things I ever memorized when I was little was...
Hanging Tough →
“In the late nineteen-twenties, two companies—Kellogg and Post—dominated the market for packaged cereal. It was still a relatively new market: ready-to-eat cereal had been around for decades, but Americans didn’t see it as a real alternative to oatmeal or cream of wheat until the twenties. So, when the Depression hit, no one knew what would happen to consumer demand. Post did the predictable...
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
ellebina:
billda:
Anyone read it? Any good?
I read [and got a ton of my friends to read] TPBW sometime during my late high school years. It’s ridden with teenage angst concerning love, being lost, acceptance, growing up, blah blah blah. It’s quite refreshing and thought provoking. I haven’t read it in a while, so I’m not sure how I would feel about it as a 23 year old, but I remember loving it...
Watchmichaelikesit:shutupinternet:
My roommate showed me this video of people around the world singing Stand By Me. You really owe it to yourself to watch it. It has to be one of the best things on Vimeo.
This deserves far more than a like. Incredible skill both from the performers and the DJ that mixed this.
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Anyone read it? Any good?
“All male friendships are essentially quixotic: they last only so long as each...”
– Michael Chabon, Wonderboys
Watchcharlottetown:
CLTBlog covers the Charlotte Tea Party yesterday. Click here for a Flickr slideshow with more pictures.
Also, props to CLTBlog in general for doing an awesome job covering Charlotte, especially for being such a young news organization. You’re putting some of our established local news outlets to shame.
The News Channels are Biased. We Get It. Stop...
I have seen so many posts on Tumblr from people whipped up in righteous anger because they perceive that one news network or another is giving unfair positive or negative converage to their particular political party or pet cause. The most recent example being the “over coverage” of the Tea Party protests by Fox News yesterday.
News flash everyone:
Fox News is a conservative news...
Fact of the Day
Total U.S. Internet Traffic (2000): 25,000 terabytes/month
YouTube USA Traffic (2008): 30,800 terabytes/month
YouTube Global Traffic (2008): 100,000 terabytes/month
Source: Morgan Stanley
Wow.
“Here’s the difference, to me, between boys and girls: Boys fuck things up; Girls...”
– Louis C.K.
(via captaincook) (via hannahisdead) (via hautelikecouture) (via bowlingalleylawyer)
Bwhahaha. I love Louis CK.
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Ferriss Method Fitness Experiment Update 3
Had a brutal week at work, which made it difficult to cook healthy dinners, but luckily Carraba’s will deliver their chicken marsala (sans chesse) with green beans to my desk, which serves as a passable option, at least for fast food.
I’ve been quite good about making it to the gym almost every day since I started this experiement. Some numbers so far:
Days since start of fitness...
Have always loved Counting Crows, but after...
Deleting my Tumblr.
joeypants:
Sort of. I’m deleting it then coming back with a fresh slate. I’ll add you on my new name if you’re in my life; you should re-follow me. May our paths cross again.
And yet - how would we find you again? What prompted the decision?
Watchsoupsoup:
Tim Ferriss, author of “The Four Hour Work Week” and Kevin Rose discuss naming companies and angel investing.
“From a libertarian perspective, your generosity is reflected in what you do with...”
– Some Libertarian Basics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty (via jeffmiller)
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am so tired of hearing Dems talk about being “willing” to pay higher taxes out of so-called generosity. (via sds)
The Dark Side of Dubai →
It looks like the city is built of steel, glass and pure opulence, but there is a far less glamorous underbelly. Fascinating artlce about cultural differences, and what Dubai is really like.
As soon as he arrived at Dubai airport, his passport was taken from him by his construction company. He has not seen it since. He was told brusquely that from now on he would be working 14-hour days in the...