Daily Archives: October 2, 2007

Escalade Escapade

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 2, 2007

Check out Ariel Waldman’s concise precise advice to not-so-nice General Motors.  Get a clue, ya big corporate schmuck…

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the foul rag and bone shop

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 2, 2007

Open for business… I love what she’s selling.  I wonder if she is as tired of the word entrepreneur as I am?  I was holding a check, held it for more than a week and finally decided to deposit.  I think my  reluctance to part with the promissory was based on the cruel fact that [...]

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Moronity Play

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 2, 2007

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.” – Richard P. Feynman Starring Steve Gillmor as “Reality,” and Andrew Keen as “Public Relations.”

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Weird Science

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 2, 2007

Well, duh… While men, in either condition, showed no significant difference in physiological arousal, cognitive vigilance, or sense of belonging, both men and women expressed more desire to attend the conference when the ratio of men to women was balanced. Murphy says that while it’s interesting that both men and women want to be where [...]

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Harvard and the New York Times

By Frank Paynter | Published: October 2, 2007

Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and other leaders of the Jena demonstration who view events there, and the racial horror of our prisons, as solely the result of white racism are living not just in the past but in a state of denial. Even after removing racial bias in our judicial and prison system — as [...]

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