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Richard Metzger

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Richard Metzger is a cofounder of the Disinformation Company Ltd., a multi-media company responsible for publishing books like "You Are Being Lied to," "Everything You Know is Wrong" and "Why do People Hate America? . His long running disinfo.com website is the ...more
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Too Soon: Urban Outfitters Selling Blood Splattered 'Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt'
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 7:19 AM EDT
Companies love to stir up a lil’ controversy. Well Urban Outfitters did just that and is now facing a public backlash after offering for sale a “Vintage Kent State Sweatshirt” with red blotches that could be interpreted as blood stains.
In this article: URBN
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Just Say Bo-No: Mark Hosler Of Negativeland On Apple's 'U2Rusion'
Sunday, September 14, 2014 6:11 PM EDT
A guest editorial from Mark Hosler of Negativland on Apple’s ‘U2rusion’
In this article: AAPL
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Babies Covered With Corporate Logos
Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:43 PM EDT
Artist Dietrich Wegner’s preverbal infants festooned with corporate logos, known collectively as “Cumulous Brand.” It’s estimated that a child sees 40,000 television commercials in a typical year. Corporations have an intense interest in insinuating themselves into a newborn’s lif
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Murder Suspect Asked Siri How To Hide A Body; Siri Gave Him Some Answers!
Thursday, August 14, 2014 4:12 PM EDT
Apple's Siri has been praised for it's intelligence and helpfulness. But could Siri be evil? Seems that Siri may have been an accomplice to a murder!
In this article: AAPL
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Behold Apple's Hilariously Awful Fashion Line Of 1986
Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:17 PM EDT
I watched that whole movie about Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher a few weeks ago, and not once did the movie address Apple’s 1986 attempt to show the fashion world how it’s done.
In this article: AAPL
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The Rapid Deterioration Of Detroit According To Google Street View
Sunday, June 1, 2014 10:00 AM EDT
The following pictorial and video clip show the utterly jaw-dropping deterioration of neighborhoods in Detroit using Google Street View and Bing Street View. What’s shocking is how rapidly the decline happened! A lot of these examples only span five years!
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China's Plan For A Floating City Are Breathtakingly Futuristic, Cool, Possibly Unworkable?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:08 PM EDT
These images of a floating city that may actually happen in the relatively near future, gives me that Jetson-y tingle like few things I’ve seen in a very long time. Whether these plans ever get realized or not, these images are just cool.
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Chaos Theory: What It Might Look Like If 1500 People Walked And Texted At The Same Time
Monday, March 31, 2014 5:07 PM EDT
This Japanese ad, by mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo, purports that one in every five people who walk while using their Smartphone will experience some type of accident or injury.
In this article: DCM
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Bitcoin, The Gateway Drug
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:20 PM EDT
It used to be that you bought drugs on Silk Road using Bitcoins, but now you buy Bitcoin drugs with real currency.
In this article: BITCOMP
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Great Idea: Bill Maher On A ‘Maximum Wage’ For The 1%
Thursday, March 6, 2014 11:52 PM EDT
Bill Maher was on a roll last Friday with a “New Rules” rant about a—ahem—maximum wage. It’s an idea whose time has come.
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City Bike Shares Are Great, Except For Having To Use Your Legs, Says Kickstarter Inventor
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 6:53 PM EDT
The ShareRoller, a Kickstarter project, is a little device invented by Jeff Guida. It attaches to the front of a Citi Bike (or the equivalent bike other cities) that will let you surpass the 20-mph barrier with ease.
In this article: C
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What If We Lived In A Female-Dominated Society Where Women Acted Just Like Men?
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 4:06 PM EDT
A slightly off-topic, slightly disturbing look at what life might be like for a man if he had to live in a female-dominated society.
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Well, When You Put It That Way: Capitalism In A Nutshell!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:20 AM EDT
This sign still gets its point across louder than dozens of articles on the American economy do each week… Plus some related recommended reads.
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Capitalism In An Eggshell: The San Diego Chicken Explains Free Market Economics
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 1:05 PM EDT
Richard Metzger shares a bizarre film which uses the San Diego Chicken to explain the basic concepts of America's capitalist market economy.
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Jobs Are Not The Answer: The Big Idea That Libertarians And Socialists Alike Can Agree On?
Friday, January 17, 2014 1:35 PM EDT
Allan Sheahen’s important essay on the BIG idea of the “Basic Income Guarantee” concept is a common sense solution to poverty.
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The Future Of Life On Earth And Capitalism: Are They Compatible?
Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:07 AM EDT
Scientist and Canadian broadcaster David Suzuki’s environmental non-profit foundation works to “design a vision of Earth in which humans live within the planet’s productive capacity.
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