Random funny comics and quizzes to pass some time doing with absolutely no expectation of gaining an ounce of knowledge or personal betterment, lol, at http://theoatmeal.com/
A dude facing a question I hated answering as a kid. I should have thought of this as an answer. [having embedding issues, will try again later]
Volkwagon tests the "fun theory" to get people to walk stairs more. [embedding issues]
But in the spirit of examining wealth in this country and around the world, I checked out a few docs today and yesterday; both by Jaime Johnson (an heir of the Johnson & Johnson company). What better way to take a look at extreme wealth from the inside?
"The 1 Percent" (link - Part 1 of 8) A doc about the wealthiest 1% from the inside.
"Born Rich" (link - Part 1 of 7) A doc about the children and other heirs of the wealthiest 1% from the inside.
Interesting perspective and I appreciate the intent of Jamie Johnson in putting these docs together. Can't hurt to check it out.
Amid a number of battles the U.S. finds itself in the trenches of (foreign efforts, health care reform, drug law reform, big pharma, etc.), the questions swirling around the country's economic solvency have started to bring focus away from the symptoms and closer to the root. The place of Capitalism within our Democratic fabric is now within the cross-hairs of filmmaker Michael Moore. Closing in on the opening day of his new film "Capitalism: A Love Story", the filmmaker is making his rounds on the television interview circuit (links below).
I'm conflicted! I want to see the film but I don't want to go to a theater to see it. Why? Well, it's an anti-Capitalism movie. Paying to go to a movie is paying into Capitalism, right? Whether I am pro-Capitalism or anti-Capitalism doesn't matter here; I think both pro- and anti- people will still want to see it either to praise it or debunk it. But most people, whether pro- or anti-, will be going to a theater to watch it. So who wins in this scenario? Pro- or Anti- ? The message gets to the masses (1 point Anti-). The masses pay to get the message (1 point Pro-). Hmm...