January 2011
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8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread... →
The corporate media’s tendency to blare misinformation and outright fabrications has been particularly egregious in coverage of WikiLeaks. As Glenn Greenwald has argued, mainstream news outlets are parroting smears and falsehoods about the whistleblower site and its founder Julian Assange, helping to perpetuate a number of “zombie lies” — misconceptions that refuse to die no matter how...
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Helicopter blows stranded calf to safety across icy pond http://huff.to/e07JWv
“She wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from anyone else...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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The wealthiest 20% of Americans own 84% of the nation’s wealth. The poorest? 0.1%.
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According to the United States Department of Treasury, an estimated 70 million counterfeit dollars are believed to be in circulation.
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26 days, 28 movies
My break consisted of a lot of movies, apparently…
1. Die Fälscher / The Counterfeiters
DID YOU KNOW: The largest counterfeiting operation to date is Operation Bernhard, a secret Nazi plan that forged Bank of England notes to destabilize Great Britian.
2. Michael Clayton 3. Inception (Again, goddammit) 4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest (Boring compared to The Girl with the...
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