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msknope: huffposttv: We love all 100,000+ of you! Free...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:02:44 -0500

huffposttv:

We love all 100,000+ of you! Free stuff!

The giveaway is ON.

This Tumblr surpassed 100,000 followers over the weekend. I love each of you.

THE DETAILS

I’m not going to list what I have here for your taking because surprises are fun.

I’ll be sending out TWO different prize packs of various DVDs and some assorted swag. The nice folks at BBC America sent me A LOT of cool stuff to include (you should follow them). Whovians take note.

Just know it’s TV stuff. So if you love TV, you should enter.

WHO WINS?

I’ll pick two random Tumblr users. You have to be following HuffPost TV on Tumblr and reblog the post. Please have your ASKS turned on.

EDIT: Unfortunately this contest is only open to the United States.

HOW TO ENTER

Reblog this post by 12 p.m. EST on TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 and fill in the blank below. Be sure to keep the full statement in the post.:

“I love TV more than ___________. Be sure to visit HuffPost TV for the latest and greatest in TV news, features, recaps and more.”

Thanks for following and good luck!

“I love TV more than beer and buffaloed foodstuffs. Be sure to visit HuffPost TV for the latest and greatest in TV news, features, recaps and more.”

Disco pumpkin!

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:21:01 -0400

Disco pumpkin!

Check out my topical pumpkin! Nothing was more feared in...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:18:13 -0400

Check out my topical pumpkin! Nothing was more feared in NYC…

inothernews: abaldwin360: Union-buster Gov. Scott Walker calls...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:43:13 -0400

inothernews:

abaldwin360:

Union-buster Gov. Scott Walker calls for return of union refs

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It makes you cry ‘cause it’s true.

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Mon, 07 May 2012 10:57:42 -0400

areasofmyexpertise: “Leon Cooperman the Omega Advisors Inc....

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:02:11 -0500

areasofmyexpertise:

“Leon Cooperman the Omega Advisors Inc. chairman and former CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s money-management unit…. [wrote that] Capitalists “are not the scourge that they are too often made out to be….’

“[Now] Cooperman, 68, said in an interview that he can’t walk through the dining room of St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida, without being thanked for speaking up. At least four people expressed their gratitude on Dec. 5 while he was eating an egg-white omelet, he said.”

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Max Abelson wrote a story today for Bloomberg about the hurt feelings of many bankers and CEOs who feel they are for some weird reason being cast as the villains in ~~“A Christmas Carol”~~ the bleak economy.

Allow me to tell you a story.

At one point on my book tour, I was approached in the airport by a former banker.

He told me he was a life long Democrat and a huge fan of The Daily Show, but he also felt that Jon and the show had it all wrong.

(Because he was a multi millionaire, he has the right to just start critizing anyone in the airport he wants.)

He said that the bankers were not the bad guys in the subprime mortgage scandal and near financial collapse that they had everything to do with. They were just doing what the government allowed them to do.*

And so: he felt it was unfair and hurtful to make the bankers out to be the bad guys.

I was very happy to finally have the chance to say this to someone’s face:

I told him that as a freelance person, I had no idea how much money I would make this year. I never do.

But during the previous few years, due to hard work and exceedingly strange circumstance, I had made more money than I had ever conceived of making in my life. I had also paid a huge bucket of local, state, and city taxes, and that was JUST FINE WITH ME.

Because I knew that I had very little to worry about when it came to providing for my family and me this holiday season. And I suspected he didn’t as well.

But there are many, many people who are VERY worried about this. And out of consideration to them, it seemed to me a little unseemly for wealthy to care so much about the names they might be called.

“From my point of view,” I said, “I think you and me and other wealthy people should just suck it in and take it.”

I have never said anything like this out loud to a stranger before in my life, never mind a stranger who has money; but as I am now a Deranged Millionaire, I now have that right to speak my mind.

Naturally, he just ignored what I said and offered to consult on the Daily Show if we wanted.

***

LOOK: I do not mean to suggest that anyone in this piece is a monster. I am sure they are smart, innovative, and good to their families and employees. I respect success IMMENSELY and I am a capitalist.

However, I know better now than ever that wealth deranges.

It disconnects you from the world. It inflates your self-regard. It allows you to believe that four people congratulating you at your country club makes you a GODDAMN HERO OF AMERICA.

And it leads you to say things like former banker John A. Allison said in the article linked:

“Instead of an attack on the 1 percent, let’s call it an attack on the very productive.”

Because of course, you non-millionaires are not productive, and not worthy.

I know this from experience: when wealth takes hold, the brain creates a new reality in order to explain your new fortune over the poor fortunes of others.

It is not enough to say, as some of these men do, “I am wealthy, and I got some lucky advantages, but I also worked really hard and found some opportunities, and I am proud of it.”

You must instead say: “my extreme wealth proves that I DESERVE to be wealthy, because I am better.”

This logical fallacy is the core of Social Darwinism, but you’d think after a while that Homo Robber Baronensis would have bred some thicker skin.

But it’s like no one around these rich and powerful men have ever called them a name or even disagreed with them!

Oh! That’s right: no one has. At least, not for a long time.

Well, some of these guys are childish, and some of them are creeps.

That is all.

AMAZING IMAGE OF ME AS A POOR DERANGED MILLIONAIRE COURTESY: THE AMAZING APE-LAD.

*This was his actual argument. It is not an argument an adult makes. It’s the actual argument that TEENAGERS make at prestigious high schools where cheating is rampant: everyone was doing it, and no teacher was stopping them. So they WERE FORCED to cheat in order to be competitive. TEENAGERS ARE NOT JOB CREATORS.

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Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:38:26 -0500

justinalcon: We have all of the parts that we need for our mash...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:37:16 -0500

justinalcon:

We have all of the parts that we need for our mash tun!

No more partial-mash kits for me…I’ve graduated! :D

My dog is so silly.

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:31:34 -0400

My dog is so silly.

Yeah, I pretty much had to buy this. I love the recipe I heard...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:41:26 -0400

Yeah, I pretty much had to buy this. I love the recipe I heard on NPR, but I find it hard to get Schweddy Balls at
home unless I buy them.

stuffaboutminneapolis: Sherman Just Wants A Home Sherman is an...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:43:26 -0400

stuffaboutminneapolis:

Sherman Just Wants A Home

Sherman is an eight-year-old tuxedo cat who has been at the Humane Society in Golden Valley longer than any other cat (two months!). He just wants a home people. And maybe a FYEAH SHERMAN tumblr just to knock that snotty Maru down a notch or two. Here is his info from the Humane Society website…

Hi, I’m Sherman! If you’ve ever experienced being picked last at a team draft or a dance, you know how I feel. For some reason, prospective adopters have passed me by without getting to know me and what a great pet I could be if given a chance. The staff and volunteers know how special I am and hope that you consider me when you’re looking for a new pet. I’m a dignified, intelligent gentleman, but underneath that cultured and sophistocated exterior is a silly side too! I love to lounge and be the house lion - I would love the opportunity to help you locate the most cozy, comfortable lounging spots in your living room! I’d prefer to be the only cat in your household, as I have so much love to give, but prefer to direct that love to my people-friends. Please, come visit me!

Here is what his volunteer card had written on it…

Hello People, my name is Sherman and I am a cool, calm quiet fellow. I enjoy being petted and listening to the sound of your voice. I will keep all of your secrets. I also like sitting beside you to keep you company. I will be your new best friend in my forever home.

Someone adopt this guy please…
http://www.animalhumanesociety.org/adoption/detail?id=13953389

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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:47:13 -0400

animalstalkinginallcaps: LET’S SEE THOSE RACISTS’ FACES WHEN...

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:06:02 -0400

animalstalkinginallcaps:

LET’S SEE THOSE RACISTS’ FACES WHEN THEY GET A LOAD OF MY CAPRIOLE.

THEY THINK ONLY ANDALUSIANS AND LIPIZZANS CAN NAIL THE AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND, HUH? WELL I AM GOING TO SHATTER THEIR MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BOVINE DRESSAGE.

THIS IS FOR MY PEOPLE.

globochem: in b4 ‘Hipster Headcrusher was occupying Wall Street...

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:23:39 -0400

globochem:

in b4 ‘Hipster Headcrusher was occupying Wall Street before you were even born’

Take that, flatheads!

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Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:12:32 -0400

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Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:04:56 -0400

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Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:51:43 -0400

tastefullyoffensive: via My dog tries to drag me into the...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:50:41 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

via

My dog tries to drag me into the pet store or the booze shop (they keep pet treats behind the counter) every time we walk past. It’s cute that he thinks his vote counts.

incurable: The Occupation Party I think I’m going to go...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:34:42 -0400

incurable:

The Occupation Party

I think I’m going to go this…come out if you’re in NYC!

politicalprof: It all makes sense! Bless you, Calvin and...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:18:28 -0400

politicalprof:

It all makes sense! Bless you, Calvin and Hobbes. I miss you.