6 February 2010

Taylor why you gotta hoard every big popcorn franchise?

Max Steel

Stretch Armstrong

Twilight

Don’t be so greedy.

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Millionaire fights to keep his $380-a-month NYC Park Avenue apartment

Apartment owners want to increase his rent by as much as 30 times to $11,400 per month. Poor guy.

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5 February 2010

Dude from London proclaimed the messiah by New Age religious sect

Raj Patel

The guy didn’t know the group but lucky for him he recently published a new book.

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4 February 2010

Corporation running for Congress as publicity stunt

PR firm Murray Hill Incorporated

They are using a recent Supreme Court decision as legal grounds.

via @briankaatz

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Anonymous bidder pays $104.3mil for six-foot-tall sculpture

Alberto Giacometti's Walking Man I

The art market is an odd bird.

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3 February 2010

Google collaborating with NSA

NSA

When China messes with Google they call their friends at Puzzle Palace.

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2 February 2010

Researchers close to engineering drug-free cannabis plant

University of Minnesota mascot

Researchers hope THC-free cannabis will lead to major crop production throughout the US.

via Global Guerillas

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Hedge funds hiring active CIA operatives for "deception detection"

CIA

via GG

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1 February 2010

Garry Kasparov on humans partnering up with weak machines to slay supercomputers

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30 January 2010

Amazon pulls every single book from one of the largest publishers in the US because they are in an e-book price war with them

War

That is gangster.

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