December 2011
282 posts
This is crony capitalism.
hipsterlibertarian:
ldsgeek:
Crony capitalism - a capitalist economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials.
I’d seen the Goldman Sachs diagram but not the rest. This is an excellent visual illustration of the fact that we do not have a free market economy in America.
Some of my raw notes from my BSG writing. (these...
I’ve mentioned that I’m doing some writing about BSG. And I promised I’d share my work with people. Here are a few notes I thought were quite passionate from last night:
Dr. Baltar has made mistakes. He lacks courage and always makes the wrong choices in unsuccessful attempts to save his reputation. However, he is ALWAYS regretful, ALWAYS living with his guilt and ALWAYS...
“No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.”
– Oscar Wilde (via ableparris)
Watchoops i covered that robbie williams song. i’m a terrible, bizarre woman.
the last gingerbread man
we lament this, the death of the last gingerbread man which signals the end of our merry, foodful christmas.
brother, you take his foot, i shall eat the rest of the body and christmas will nourish us in a light sugar high this one last night.
Isomorphismes: the Charles Dickens gift metric →
isomorphismes:
If Charles Dickens were alive today, he would rather receive £20 from a waiter friend than £100 from a banker friend, because it means more coming from the poor man. £20 is a larger fraction of the poor man’s income, so it means more than a paltry £100 to the rich man.
Someone in my Christmas…
DAAAAANNNN!
2 points for DAAAAN VANDERDAN!
Daaaannn Banderslam
SLAAAM BANDERSHAM
BAAAN DANDERGRAM
FAAAAAN DANBASAM
LAAAMB RANDERSHAM
WatchOH BOY, I DANCED.
THINGS I WANT: harmony bobkat →