Heres something for your “can this possibly be for real” file this morning. Over at the Buffalo Beast — the former print alt-weekly turned online newspaper founded by onetime editor Matt Taibbi, typically best known for its annual list of “The 50 Most Loathsome Americans” — there appear to be recordings of a phone callContinue reading “New Versus Classic Koch”
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Guess What? We Can See the Future
This is an experiment that tests for ESP. It takes about 20 minutes and is run completely by computer. First you will answer a couple of brief questions. Then, on each trial of the experiment, pictures of two curtains will appear on the screen side by side. One of them has a picture behind it;Continue reading “Guess What? We Can See the Future”
WARNING: Dating This Guy Can Be Bad for Your Health
Whoah, boy, is your face gonna be red at the next board meeting! Good thing he’s no longer playing CEO with grampa’s brewery. Furthermore, you really have to hand it to guys like this. They’re out there, day after day, taking one for the team. It’s gotta be rough rounding up all those hot, young,Continue reading “WARNING: Dating This Guy Can Be Bad for Your Health”
Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public
Demand Media, an internet how-to and general information provider with headquarters in Santa Monica, went public Wednesday to the tune of some $1.5 billion. The more time goes by, the more companies I was salivating over working at last year turn out to look pretty crummy. In 2010 they invited me to interview for theContinue reading “Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public”
China State TV News Uses Top Gun Footage to Fake Fighter Jet Story
This is the best story I’ve heard all year. A net user who went by the name Liu Yi pointed out that the jet that the J-10 “hit” is an F-5, a US fighter jet. In Top Gun, what the leading actor Tom Cruise pilots an F-14 to bring down is exactly an F-5. LookingContinue reading “China State TV News Uses Top Gun Footage to Fake Fighter Jet Story”
