September 2011
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aatombomb asked: Do you really like Ally? Are you sure they won't start charging this kind of debit card fee? Do they handle direct deposits well? Free checking, etc? I'm at Chase, but would love to give them a middle finger as I withdraw my $37 and switch. I am lazy, but I'm also broke, so I would do this if it's the right thing to do.
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Banks now charging per-month fees on your debit... →
spytap:
“You kinda fucked us over,” said the people.
“Buddy, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,” replied the banks.
Not all banks will do it. But most people are lazier than they are angry, so nobody will switch. My bank refunds ATM fees from any and all banks I withdraw cash through. I’ll explain that to someone immediately after they rant at me about high ATM fees, but they won’t...
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“Flexibility is a hallmark of the iPad, and it counts in architecture, too, but...”
– Paul Goldberger, dissing Apple’s new building in the New Yorker.
Goldberger’s criticisms make sense, but betting against Apple on design and functionality is seldom a good idea.
Koch Endorses Obama in 2012 →
(via askjerves)
…because he supports Israel’s interests over America’s.
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“That may be what they think in that Harvard faculty lounge, but it’s not what...”
– Mitt Romney, essentially calling Obama weak. Of course, Romney has never been on a battlefield and has two degrees from Harvard. Romney’s foreign policy and economics advisors are Harvard graduates, too, as are three of his children.
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“People were actually complaining about giving Tim Cook $384 million over ten...”
– The Macalope
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WatchNostalgia Chick asks some tough questions about the 1998 film, City of Angels:
It it a thought provoking drama? Contrived and cheap Hollywood schlock? Or simply a venue to show us Nicolas Cage’s sex face?
NC’s really upping her game lately.
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good:
Troy Davis’ Final Words.
“I did not personally kill your son, father, brother…All I can ask is that you look deeper into this case so you really can finally see the truth.” To those that performed the execution: “May God have mercy on your souls; may God bless your souls.”
via the New York Times
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Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (1.19)
Chairman Fitzwallace: We’re discussing gays in the military, huh?
Major Thompson: Yes sir.
Fitzwallace: What do you think? I said, what do you think?
Thompson: Sir, we’re here to help the White House form a possible -
Fitzwallace: I know. I’m asking you what you think.
Major Tate: Sir, we’re not prejudiced toward homosexuals.
Fitzwallace: You just don’t want to see them serving in the Armed Forces?
Tate: No, sir, I don’t.
Fitzwallace: Cause they pose a threat to unit discipline and cohesion.
Tate: Yes sir.
Fitzwallace: That’s what I think too. I also think the military wasn’t designed to be an instrument of social change.
Tate: Yes sir.
Fitzwallace: The problem with that is that what they were saying to me fifty years ago. Blacks shouldn’t serve with whites, it would disrupt the unit. You know what? It did disrupt the unit.
The unit got over it. The unit changed. I’m an admiral in the U.S. Navy and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Beat that with a stick.
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Site2Pic →
onethingwell:
Enter a URL, get a hosted screenshot of the page in question.
Nifty.
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“Disruption (low-end or otherwise) happens when a product over-shoots the market....”
– Horace Dediu
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Anime Eyes & Girl Parts...
914music:
Tune in today and check out Blip Blip Bleep’s Anime Eyes in the newest episode of Girl Parts on Blip.TV.
The music is one of the (many) things that makes Girl Parts really stand out.
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Season 3 of Parenthood
themattsmith:
NBC is still using my song (licensed through Extreme Music) in the cutscene right before ”scenes from next week”, after using it in the same way in the first 2 seasons, and using it all over the place in the promos before the premiere
still have yet to see a dime on my royalty statement
Such is life. Sometimes it takes (seemingly) forever, but I think I may be placing a call to...
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“What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this,...”
– Paul Krugman
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“…we are attempting to use the logic of a scarce marketplace to negotiate things...”
– Douglas Rushkoff (via azspot)
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“But at this point, it seems clear to me that however superior Apple’s design is,...”
– John Gruber
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A Message From Josh Marshall
tpmmedia:
A Message to TPM Readers,
This morning TPM published an article on the ‘hacktivist’ group ‘Anonymous’ which included mugshots of 14 accused members of the group which TPM obtained through a federal FOIA request. For six years the TPMMuckraker section of our site has chronicled public corruption, public wrongdoing and various sorts of criminal investigations. As part of that...
“They enthusiastically applaud government executions. And they’re certain...”
– The Limited Government, Pro-Life Party (via azspot)
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WatchPresident Obama: The American Jobs Act
You really should watch this. It’s sensible and realistic. It is tuned in, not to the polls and the press, but to citizens and to the moment. It’s not perfect and it’s not what idealists on either side would want, but it’s a real solution to a real problem.