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Actually, religious brainwashing isn’t new at all. Hey, religion, leave our kids alone!

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I’d give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I’d drink it" A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace [...]

http://www.sprword.com/all.html “The documentaries below epitomize the importance of free flowing information and the lack of it in mainstream media. Although the documentaries have been categorized for easier selection, please keep in mind that this was quite a difficult task; not because of the sheer number, but because of the overlapping ideas and themes each documentary [...]

Could this be the beginning of the end? Hope so. “A record drop in foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury bills in December sent a reminder that the government might have to pay higher interest rates on its debt to continue to attract investors. China reduced its stake and lost the position it’s held for more [...]

How awesome is this?! The guys that do the Sigur Ros concerts in Iceland built a bunch of audio stuff including a 20 foot speaker tower in the middle of Seydisfjordur in Iceland. Each morning the director (Juan Cabral – yeah that guy what made the Cadbury Gorilla thang) would choose tracks to wake people [...]

Here’s a little spreadsheet I made to explore the match-ups for next year’s World Cup. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlIPOY40CH-ddEtjNnVNWDNRVG1fRUtMWnJVQ2RZd2c&hl=en I reckon Spain can do it through their strength up front, but their defense is pretty shoddy. Be surprised if one of them doesn’t at least win the Golden Boot. England has a fair shot too, if they  can [...]

He’s got big ol’ brains. Like a dinosaur. And he’s good at sex. What a catch. The craziest thing this guy ever did was to run across the road without looking. Might be tough to keep up with this wildcat. Steven is looking for a trendy girl with a simple smile. Um. WTF?!

http://cardoncopy.com/ Cardon copy, takes the vernacular of self-distributed fliers and tear-offs we have all seen in our neighbourhoods. It involves hijacking these unconsidered fliers and redesigning them, over powering their message with a new visual language. I then replace the original with the redesign in its authentic environment.

Background I went to NZ. I wanted to use data on my iPhone (Virgin $70 cap incl 1GB data). They turned on “Globetrotting” (aka international data roaming).  A coupla months later I got a $420 bill. I wondered how much data I’d actually used. I found out it was only 20MB. I got a little [...]

China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy Far from taking over as the engine of growth from an exhausted West, China is making matters worse. Its “beggar-thy-neighbour” policies continue to play havoc with global trade and risk tipping the world into a second leg of the Great Recession. “The inherent problems [...]