Today, Bosnia marks the twenty year anniversary of the outbreak of war. Honoring the memory of those killed in the siege of Sarajevo, 11,541 red chairs have been lined up in 825 rows down the capital’s streets like a river of blood: one for each of the victims from April 6, 1992 until 1995.
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The goal is not to be a gigantic movie star. That’s never been my goal. That’s never been my endgame. My endgame is happiness.
So would like to think he’s being sincere and not spewing a line….
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TidBITS Opinion: Incremental Change Wins Apple Big Gains
Fascinating. Amazing how people don’t learn or just don’t want to.
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.James Thurber (via claytoncubitt)
I QUIT
If no one else cares, if everyone’s happy with state of America and the capitalist world, I’m not going to argue.
You all are already reaping what you sowed.
Enjoy.
It’s just going to get worse.
So this is it.
For good, I think.
AARP Back in Bed With Effort to Cut Social Security and Medicare « naked capitalism
At the end of the day, AARP is a sales force for private insurance so if destroying Social Security and Medicare are good for business but bad for their members, business wins.
Scott, a West Point grad and Duke graduate student, was shot and killed outside of a Las Vegas Costco after he got into an argument with a Costco employee. The employee apparently saw that Scott was (legally) carrying a weapon, panicked, and called the police. In their testimony at the coroner’s inquest, police said that as Scott was leaving the Costco, they simultaneously told him to drop his weapon and put his hands in the air. When he didn’t comply with both, which of course was impossible, they killed him.Erik Scott’s Family Drops Lawsuit | The Agitator
Charting The Legacy Of The Baby Boomers | ZeroHedge
What the Greatest Generation raised.