•September 24, 2011 •
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The same as any good pyramid scheme, you always have to be enrolling people at the bottom. The same as Social Security, it’s a mass of good people all paying for somebody else. Nickel-and-diming these Good Samaritans is just my own personal social safety net.
‘Ponzi Scheme’ isn’t the right phrase, but it’s the first that comes to mind.
-Choke, pg. 79
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Tags: presidential election, republican, rick perry
•September 24, 2011 •
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The short answer – back. Back to the UK. Like “Back in the USSR,” but not.
Continue reading ‘Where do you go from here?’
Posted in England, Life, Oxford, Study Abroad, Travel, Uncategorized
•September 14, 2011 •
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Heading to a job I loathe – more to follow…
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•May 18, 2011 •
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Not only is this a great feat of LEGO engineering, but displays a remarkable technical prowess in general.
Lego Technic Super-8 Movie Projector from Friedemann Wachsmuth on Vimeo.
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•May 18, 2011 •
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•May 15, 2011 •
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Blackwater has apparently sprung up in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates, building an 800-strong, multi-national, $530 million private battalion for the U.A.E. to do basically whatever they want.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/world/middleeast/15prince.html
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•May 14, 2011 •
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