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Smitros
10/21/09

In reply to Goldman Sachs' Neediest Cases
This brings to mind a Robert Reich commentary on the radio program Marketplace that suggested giving to non-profits mainly for and by the well-to-do should lose its tax-deductible status. #goldmansachs
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BettyCrocker
10/20/09

In reply to Goldman Sachs' Neediest Cases
For the past 20 years, the very best private schools have been busily setting up endowment funds to keep tuition low, with the ultimate goal of making it very cheap or free to attend. The purpose of this is to make them schools for smart kids, as opposed to schools for rich kids.

According to my parents, I am but a halfwit, yet I take comfort from the fact that it costs less to attend my high school now than it did in the early '80s. #goldmansachs
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baconismyaesthetic
10/20/09

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I worked as a personal secretary for a multi-millionaire in Greenwich for a number of years. I worked at the family's mansion. When I applied for the job, I asked the person what the philanthropic duties of the job were. I had been drawn to the ad because it made a big deal about helping the head of the household with their philanthropy, good causes, stuff like that. I was hoping it would be along the lines of helping those most in need. My boss assured me that the work involved making real change in the world. Once I was hired, it turns out all their philanthropic work involved the Greenwich country day school and the Greenwich historical society. Not exactly what I had had in mind.
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raincoaster
10/20/09

@baconismyaesthetic: Changing the beds from gladioli to dahlias, perhaps? #goldmansachs
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son of spam
10/20/09

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I really don't like defending GS, but I guarantee most of the items cited are matching contributions on employee donations. The alternative is to have Blankfein and senior executives direct massive charitable donations to whatever non-profit organizations are their favorites. #goldmansachs
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gladys_kravitz
10/13/09

In reply to David Letterman's Vicinity Now "Harm's Way," Says College
How many interns has Quinnipiac sent to the Ed Sullivan theater over the years that this is actually a serious concern for them?
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BadUncle
10/13/09

@gladys_kravitz: Well, with press releases like this, you can be sure there won't be any more.
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skt.smth
10/13/09

In reply to David Letterman's Vicinity Now "Harm's Way," Says College
Yes, I'm sure Letterman is going to be missing all of those potential interns from Quinnipiac (AKA "Backup of the Backup of the Backup of the Backup" or "Where you go if you somehow manage to get turned down from Clark") University.
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WackoJacko
10/13/09

In reply to David Letterman's Vicinity Now "Harm's Way," Says College
Okay I get it. What Letterman did wasn't as big a deal as if he were a Congressmen or Senator or whatever. I get it. Fucking around in the work place isn't a big deal. Fine. But the continuing laissez faire tone of the discussion here is really pissing me off. It's not like Letterman was completely in the right. If a university's internship coordinator is looking into the environment its interns are going into, I applaud them for doing their job. Not every girl wanting to work in late night television is necessarily going to feel comfortable working in an office where the boss is fucking everyone around her or that the boss wants to fuck her. And I don't say any of that to cast Letterman as the big bad wolf and the women involved as helpless lambs because I'm sure all the relationships were consensual and above board but ultimately, while everyone is totally free to fuck whomever they want at work without fear of puritanical judgment, it's also totally reasonable to feel kind of appalled by that on a professional level.
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WackoJacko
10/13/09

@WackoJacko: Dear commenter whose comment I will not promote, I repeat: while everyone is totally free to fuck whomever they want at work without fear of puritanical judgment, it's also totally reasonable to feel kind of appalled by that on a professional level.
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scroll_lock
10/13/09

@WackoJacko: Spot on, dude.
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bytememehard
10/13/09

@WackoJacko: How do you really feel?
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Pope John Peeps II
10/13/09

In reply to David Letterman's Vicinity Now "Harm's Way," Says College
Haha. Dear parents everywhere, remember:

Your kids will always end up fucking someone!
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britneyspearstears
10/13/09

@Pope John Peeps II: ...and vice-versa.
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Iceland Spar
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
Or, you know, maybe the religious right is out to get him because (according to his quote in the picture) he wants to tell the religious right "F--- em" and "Drop Dead".
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Astroblack
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
Wait, why would Obama appoint this guy? I thought Muslims believed in beheading homosexuals. I'm so confused!
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snachodog
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
Saying that "Republicans" are afraid he'll make it more difficult to bully children for being gay is like saying that "Democrats" (Blue Dogs) won't pass healthcare because it will cost too much money.

Sub groups do not define a party.
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Jim Topoleski
09/24/09

@snachodog: except we now have a chart that showed 70% or more of the party WAS of the "crazy sub group" ceasing to make it a sub group (like the blue dogs, or the loonies who thing 9/11 was a inside job) and actually making the Republican party, in fact the "fringe" these days.
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Z und Vielpunkt's chick
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
Hey, maybe Obama DOES care about gay people. GLSEN is a wonderful organization that I was very grateful to have as a resource when I was a gay teen.
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Lymed
09/24/09

@Z und Vielpunkt's chick: They have probably saved many lives. Jennings does great work.
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nozer
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
Holy crap. This guy sounds so amazing. Would I choose him to guide our children? Hell yes. I want him to be my mentor. Each quotation is more awesome than the last. I want to go to the beach with him and watch the planes.
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RheaPollstry
09/24/09

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That ad just makes me want to get to know him. "Hey Kev, let's go get stoned and watch the planes!"
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ShanghaiLil
09/24/09

@RheaPollstry: Totally. And I'd even go to a bus station and suck his dick afterwards -- he's kinda cute!
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braak
09/24/09

In reply to Meet the Next "Czar" Target
But how do we know he won't be given a land grant by the President?
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