Adam Crowe

Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert -- [1078] The Truth About Markets – London

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:52:33 PST

Max: "The folks who are getting abused and victimised by the system think that the problem is an unbalanced morality quotient in society; that the bad guys need to learn the moral equivalent of the social contract and that by educating them about this, balance will be restored. They think they have moral superiority and that moral superiority is eventually going to win. The problem is that liberals are egomaniacs. They believe that they are hearing words directly from God and that their actions are the actions of God — and they're getting mowed down in the millions right now because they consider themselves too high and mighty to debase themselves by getting into the trenches and fighting this economic guerrilla warfare by trying to decapitalise their enemy. The only way to get rid of the bad guys is to take away their money." -- Buy gold you libtard moralfags!

Schneier on Security -- Beyond Security Theater

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:31:11 PST

'Security is both a feeling and a reality. The propensity for security theater comes from the interplay between the public and its leaders. When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. Our penchant for movie plots blinds us to the broader threats. And security theater consumes resources that could better be spent elsewhere. The best way to help people feel secure is by acting secure around them. Instead of reacting to terrorism with fear, we—and our leaders—need to react with indomitability. #Refuse to Be Terrorized.' -- Applies to any other 'movie-plot' hype @AlGore

Seeing Good -- 10 Reasons It’s Awesome People Don’t Like You

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:16:40 PST

'#4. It teaches you to offer kindness and compassion without expectations. It’s not too difficult to offer someone compassion when they’ve treated you with respect and kindness. What’s more valuable for your development as a person, and to mankind as whole, is the ability to do what’s right because it’s right—not because you’ll get something in return.'

Wired -- The Secret Cause of Flame Wars

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:09:59 PST

'According to recent research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, I've only a 50-50 chance of ascertaining the tone of any e-mail message. The study also shows that people think they've correctly interpreted the tone of e-mails they receive 90 percent of the time. ...those reading messages unconsciously interpret them based on their current mood, stereotypes and expectations. ...people aren't that good at imagining how a message might be understood from another person's perspective.'

Times Online -- The driving force behind Grand Theft Auto

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:50:16 PST

Houser: “The game is set in a world that is like the world would be if it were the way the media says it is.”

YouTube -- TED: Unveiling game-changing wearable tech

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:00:21 PST

SHOP MAOR.

YouTube -- Pruane: Father John's New Look

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:46:36 PST

"How ya doin' gheys!"

Ryeberg Curated Video -- Me, The Vlogger, and I

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:27:12 PST

“I’m searching for who the fuck I am.” -- I. Know. You're. From The Twat Farm.

Ryeberg Curated Video -- “I’m Unique! Woooooooo!”

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:20:31 PST

"You wanna know why?" -- Unwarranted self-importance, perhaps?

Gamers Film

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:02:15 PST

'Filmmaker Ben Gonyo has been hard at work for the last year and a half crafting a show all about gamers. Finally a show focused on players. Sign our petitions as we gear up to pitch G4, MTV, Spike, HBO, Hulu and a slew of others' -- BUMP

Vimeo -- Know Your Meme: Auto Tune (featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic)

adamcrowe — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:18:25 PST

Forward march into Idiocracy.

Boing Boing -- NASA: Water on the moon!

adamcrowe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:02:46 PST

Pack your shit; we're leaving.

Adam Curtis Blog -- KABUL: CITY NUMBER ONE: PART FIVE

adamcrowe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:03:43 PST

'And the Afghan hound had by now become the most popular dog in Britain. ...the hounds had a terrible tendency not to do what they were told and instead started attacking each other.' -- !!!

Wikipedia -- Lemon socialism

adamcrowe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:20:13 PST

'"Lemon socialism" is a pejorative term for government support of private-sector companies whose imminent collapse is perceived to threaten broader economic stability. It is not a current within socialism per se; rather, it points to a corruption of free-market capitalist systems, which would normally allow defective companies ("lemons") to fail. The most common government interventions that earn the term involve infusions of government capital, as in bailouts, and may include some government control over company decision-making, as in nationalization.' -- Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor

The Archdruid Report -- A Gesture from the Invisible Hand

adamcrowe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:15:27 PST

'Producing energy takes energy. The process by which money produces more money consumes next to no energy, by contrast, and so financial investments don't lose ground due to rising energy costs. ...a perpetually expanding money supply driven by mass borrowing at interest has become an anachronism unsuited to the new economic reality of energy contraction. It also guarantees that any attempt to limit the financial sphere of the economy will face mass opposition, not only from financiers, but from millions of ordinary citizens whose dream of a comfortable retirement depends on the hope that financial investments will outperform the faltering economy of goods and services. Meanwhile, just as the economy most needs massive reinvestment in productive capacity to retool itself for the very different world defined by contracting energy supplies, investment money seeking higher returns flees the productive economy for the realm of abstract paper wealth.'