Slapdash

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Every political question is a battle between winners and losers, every last one. And in this battle, you want me to rush to the aid of someone like Kim Dotcom? No thanks. The information is never free. Somebody gets paid. The question is, which soulless millionaires and corporations do you want to pay?
Freddie deBoer has another take on SOPA.
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The world’s biggest employers, 2010 (via Ezra Klein)

The world’s biggest employers, 2010

(via Ezra Klein)

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There’s no indication that Apple was in a bidding war over Tim Cook’s talents. Nor is there much indication that Apple set a price it was willing to pay for a CEO and then actively sought out the strongest candidate willing to take the position for the money on offer. Rather, it was decided (seemingly some time ago during one of Steve Jobs’ medical leaves) that Cook was the annointed successor and then a basically unrelated process determined that this should be his compensation package. And the thinking behind it largely seems to be that a great big rich company deserves to have a great big rich CEO, so here’s a generous offer.

Matthew Yglesias, “Tim Cook’s Payday”
(via Ezra Klein)

Related: “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”, from This American Life.

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Supreme Court Gives the Go Ahead for Re-Copyrighting Public Domain Works
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Select your transaction. (via Social Design Notes)

Select your transaction.

(via Social Design Notes)

(Source: bankruptingamerica)

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The Rick Santorum that America doesn't know

Will Bunch argues that Santorum’s “Google problem” is a diversion from real problems with his political career and personal ethics, of which he provides a guided tour. Among the least of his offenses: “a so-called ‘leadership PAC’ created by Santorum that was supposed to fund other Republicans instead seemed to mostly pay for the lifestyle of Santorum and those around him… including 66 trips to the Starbucks in Santorum’s then hometown of Leesburg, Va., multiple fast-food outings and expenditures at Wal-Mart, Target and Giant supermarkets.”

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(via Political Graffiti — Social Design Notes)

(via Political Graffiti — Social Design Notes)

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Why Drupal Jobs sponsored TheUpTake.org's coverage of Occupy Wall Street

“This week, we made the decision to sponsor The UpTake’s coverage of Occupy Wall Street. In doing so, these capitalist entrepreneurs decided to use marketing dollars to help facilitate a better dialog about the role of capitalism in our country AND to attempt to sell more product (affordable, on-demand Drupal engineering, in our case). This week, The UpTake’s live coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests is brought to you, at least in part, by Drupal Jobs.”

“With our sponsorship, the question arises: ‘Why would a small business sponsor coverage of an ostensibly anti-business narrative?’”

Good answer.

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bigboxcar: This can’t be right. Right? 475:1 in the USA????!!! Seriously? Is it? Probably not! It looks like that number might be from 1999 (although the other numbers don’t match exactly). The Institute for Policy Studies found that in 2010 the ratio was only 325:1. FYI, this number is based on average CEO compensation (“salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest on deferred compensation and the value of stock and option awards”) for 332 members of the S&P 500, and Department of Labor statistics on “production workers,” which I’m not going to look up the definition of. Anyway, so 325:1! Things aren’t so bad! And the weather outside is lovely - feels like a great night to hang out with Occupy MN.

bigboxcar:

This can’t be right. Right? 475:1 in the USA????!!! Seriously? Is it?

Probably not! It looks like that number might be from 1999 (although the other numbers don’t match exactly). The Institute for Policy Studies found that in 2010 the ratio was only 325:1.

FYI, this number is based on average CEO compensation (“salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest on deferred compensation and the value of stock and option awards”) for 332 members of the S&P 500, and Department of Labor statistics on “production workers,” which I’m not going to look up the definition of. Anyway, so 325:1! Things aren’t so bad!

And the weather outside is lovely - feels like a great night to hang out with Occupy MN.

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What Occupy MN thinks it needs, as of 12:15 a.m., Day 2. I’m pretty sure they’ll also need more food. Unreliable source tells me 160-some people are still there, possibly for the night.

What Occupy MN thinks it needs, as of 12:15 a.m., Day 2. I’m pretty sure they’ll also need more food. Unreliable source tells me 160-some people are still there, possibly for the night.

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