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  • Post-it Note Wars Break Out In Paris

    09/05/2011 2:47:19 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 28 replies
    (NewsCore) - As far as management problems go it's become the stickiest labour issue of the French summer. Executives who would normally be delighted to learn that their employees have foregone lunch breaks or stayed late to work on a project have been dismayed to find their motivations have nothing to do with profit or company advancement. The problem is that office staff have spent hours producing extravagant designs by sticking vast quantities of Post-It notes to their office windows over the past couple of months in a craze that is sweeping the nation. The latest creation, a huge six...
  • (Vanity) In Praise of A Simpler Time, or, Dude, Where's My Childhood?

    05/31/2009 4:33:07 AM PDT · by grey_whiskers · 5 replies · 840+ views
    grey_whiskers ^ | 05-31-2009 | grey_whiskers
    This screed is going to be a little different from some that I have posted recently. Instead of worrying about dire threats to our nation's sovereignty, we are going to take a trip down memory lane, with the aid of a remarkable couple of children's books. While we are doing this, there will be a couple of wistful reminisces and (of course) a passing reference to the title of the piece. As C.S. Lewis wrote in a dedication of one of his Narnia series, the person to whom he dedicated the book was too old for fairy-tales; but the time...
  • Not worth even 3/5 of a vote! (Vanity)

    05/31/2008 4:32:20 PM PDT · by sauropod · 45 replies · 89+ views
    Self | 5/31/08 | Self
    I've been watching with great amusement the rules committee today on CNN. Their vote awarding 1/2 a vote to the Michigan and Florida delegates is remarkable and unbelievable. Think about it. The Democrats have said that their delegates (and hence, their voters) are not even worth the 3/5 vote the Constitution originally gave blacks!
  • LIVE THREAD: Rumsfeld Testifies Regarding Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners

    05/07/2004 7:52:34 AM PDT · by Howlin · 3,810 replies · 4,934+ views
    Link to C-SPAN http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp I'm sure all the networks will be showing this.