February 2012
Zuckerberg’s Big Tax Bill May Benefit Facebook -... →
When company options are exercised, they are generally treated as ordinary compensation, and the federal tax rate on such income tops out at 35 percent. The exercise of Mr. Zuckerberg’s options would therefore mean more than $1.5 billion in estimated federal income taxes and $500 million more in California income taxes.
The taxes Mr. Zuckerberg and other Facebook shareholders pay on exercised...
Waiting in the Wings, a Survivor of Three Decades... →
McSweeney’s Lists: NFL Players Whose Names Sound... →
Via @omniverse.
david-noel:
fiN | Once In a Lifetime (Orig. by...
“The next CEO is a big roll of the dice, as the gaming table shrinks. There’s...”
– The newsonomics of the next New York Times CEO » Nieman Journalism Lab
This is now less of a spectator sport for me.
“Many people are just waiting to be told they can fight back”
– A young professional from Homs sums up the mood on Syria’s streets. As the country’s civil unrest looks ever more like civil war, imams preaching non-violence may be the last barrier holding back a surge to arms. (via theeconomist)
The Onion Was First | Crossing Wall Street →
That’s not a particularly risky call on behalf of the Onion, really. But it’s still fun to see contrasted.
January 2012
Jaime Danehey › School of Femininity →
Awesome.
Syrian Troops Try to Retake Damascus Suburbs -... →
The assault on the suburbs seemed to be a sign of the growing presence of dissident soldiers closer to Damascus, and of the government’s rising concern about the situation. Although the tightly controlled capital has been relatively quiet since the uprising began, its outskirts have been the scenes of intense protests, and army defectors have become more visible and active in the past few...
Arab League Suspends Its Monitoring in Syria -... →
Sad. Also, nice slideshow feature at the top of the story.
CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
arewepayingattention:
Somehow “judicial activism” is associated with liberal judges, but conservatives were the ones who created ex nihilo a whole new life form, the corporate “fictional person” — and then gave these “persons” the freedom to impose their interests on real people like you and me. Pay attention to where the threats to democracy really come from.
Archivist challenges Kremlin in Wallenberg saga →
infoneer-pulse:
A former senior Russian archive official says he saw a file that could shed light on Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg’s fate — challenging the insistence of Russia’s KGB successor agency that it has no documents regarding the man who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Hungary before disappearing into the hands of Soviet secret police.
Anatoly Prokopenko, 78, told The Associated...
A Nation No Longer On The Move (Part II) : Planet... →
“Teachers in black state schools work an average of 3.5 hours a day, compared...”
– Officially, 25% of South Africans are unemployed; the real figure is probably nearer 40%. Some accuse the country’s education system of churning out candidates that are largely unemployable. (via theeconomist)
“Just as having a lot of pens doesn’t make you a great writer, having a lot of...”
– Ezra Klein challenges Newt Gingrich’s identity of an idea man. (via washingtonpoststyle)
“Bed-bugs can drink seven times their own weight in blood in a night, leaving...”
– Neither five-star hotels nor top-notch apartments have been spared bed-bug infestation in New York, and hoteliers from London to Los Angeles are getting nervous. Now two researchers have come up with a bed-bug trap baited with something the bugs find irresistible—the smell of their own droppings....
Watchchumblespuzz:
I’m the “this guy” in the yellow jacket who provides “some order” by means of “voluntary traffic control duty” in the video. The KING5 reporters were nice and wanted to do an interview with me, but I said no to them because no one ever looks good on the local news even if they’re just trying to keep sledders from getting hit by cars. Anyway, they just got nat sound and some sweet...
Paying Attention: THE GREATEST →
arewepayingattention:
Picture 1 shows Cassius Marcellus Clay, a Louisville, KY abolitionist. When his slave-holding neighbors assembled at his home to burn down his printing press, they found Mr. Clay had put a cannon on his front porch.
Generations later, a black woman in Louisville named her son after…
S02 was short but fun
Sherlock Holmes: This is a 6. There's no point in leaving the flat for anything less than a 7, we agreed.
Dr. John Watson: When did we agree that?
Sherlock Holmes: We agreed it yesterday
Dr. John Watson: I wasn't even at home yesterday, I was in Dublin.
Sherlock Holmes: It's hardly my fault you weren't listening.
Dr. John Watson: You just carry on talking when I'm away?
Sherlock Holmes: I don't know. How often are you away?
Laundry shaped like a dog
With my impending move to New York City I’m down to final packing and preparations in Seattle. Part of the greater process (spreadsheet- and custom-calendar-documented, of course) included my last Seattle-to-Utah road trip to deliver my car, some stuff and my dog to my parents’ home. My Dad kindly volunteered to buy my beloved car for safe-keeping as well as drive some stuff—and my...
