If you don’t know who this man is then you must click this link to his very impressive resume and then click the picture for the back story.
Much, much more at IvyGate.
I kind of feel sorry for the guy but being an habitual liar in the digital age is not too smart.
tags: Aleksey Vayner
h/t: Dr. […]
The basic story here is that a guy gets pissed off at his neighbors for various slights and thus puts up this “abstract art” (he calls it a picture of a cactus). He demands an apology from his neighbors, gets it, and thus takes down the “art”.
Brilliant.
Story rec’d from Dr. Hoist and confirmed by Snopes.
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From “Poverty to Paparazzi”
For those of you who don’t know, Madonna and her side-kick husband Guy have just adopted an orphan son (”David Banda”) from Malawi, a land-locked African country where 90% of the population engages in subsistence farming. Instead of being happy for the little lottery winner, aid group Eye of the Child is […]
“… medicine is the largest area of the economy still dominated by artisanal production.”
Marginal Revolution’s Alex Tabarrok, who asks “Why is medicine so primitive?“
Tuesday morning America will hit 300 million people. How do we know this? Well, we have a more or less accurate number from the last census and we then interpolate the current number as follows:
One birth every……………………………. 7 seconds
One death every……………………………. 13 seconds
One international migrant (net) every………… 31 seconds
Net gain of […]
Would you vote for this man? Not many will.
California’s Democratic party has learned once again how not to win a gubernatorial race. It is certain that they will once again lose in a most-decidedly Democratically state. How?
1. Failing to find a candidate worth supporting. Phil Angelides is not only a poor choice for governor, he […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)WSJ reports (may require fee) that politicians such as U.S. Rep Ted Strickland are increasingly creating MySpace profiles to attract young voters. Given the coverage on what other senior politicians have been trolling for on the Internet the whole thing comes off just a little creepy.
Also, if you are expecting any serious political dialog, […]
What do you think a chain of restaurants (pretty good one too) that was purchased in 2002 for $275 million would be worth today?
It turns out if you throw in some mismanagement and a little bad luck the amount is just $31 million.
Yes, Ohio-based Wendy’s International figured out how to return about 10 cents on […]
Students and faculty at Gallaudet University are protesting the appointment of university provost Dr. Jane K. Fernandes. They claim that the hiring of the new president, though considered qualified by the selection committee, is a form of “oppression” and “discrimination” because, while deaf, she is not deaf enough. By most definitions, their stance is the […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The United Teachers Los Angeles is the collective bargaining agent for teachers in the LAUSD. As a bonus, they have a foreign policy.
The LA Daily News reported this week that “On Oct. 14, the L.A. chapter of the Movement for a Democratic Society was to hold a rally and Israeli boycott, divestment and sanctions […]
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post #4 of the series.
tag: women driver
Sign of a Web 2.0 Bubble: Wal-Mart launching a social network
From the Department of WTF! we learn that Wal-Mart attempted to launch a social network. Mercifully, they shut it down after just 3 months.
What could possibly have gone wrong with a Wal-Mart social network aimed at teens? What could possibly have kept legions of teens […]
Sometimes I think the whole “old media vs. new media” is overblown. Then I read things like Al Martinez (LA Times columnist) giving his description of the blogosphere:
Since then I have learned that, with some notable exceptions, blogs are largely the habitat of unemployed writers, enraged misanthropes, retired teachers, aging journalists and people who normally […]
I agree with the Bastardly, whoever Photoshopped this Angelina Jolie photograph is a genius.
Is there room for me?
Click on the above picture to see another version.
tags: angelina jolie
According to Time Magazine, US Intelligence Agencies have completely disregarded my immortal undead brain eating zombie theory, and have diagnosed Fidel Castro with Terminal Cancer.
They have also completely disregarded the healing effects of Hugo Chavez’s sweet sweet lovin‘.
Given the CIA’s recent track record this of course means that Fidel is in […]
