Absurd Contracts Inside our Cities

“His whole depiction of [ Sydney ], the city—you can practically smell the dry rot and hear the termites gnawing away at the timbers, and the bums on skid row putting down their muscatel bottles, and the whole thing. 

~ Hugo Friedhofer (quoted in Linda Danly, Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life)

Five-year-old who pretended crayon was gun forced to sign contract by kindergarten Daily Mail 

I’m Sorry, But You’re Just Not The Man I Hoped You Would Become When We Got Married Onion

Class Warfare where rich win many battles, but this ruthless war is shaping up as to be the longest in history of mankind ...

War-talk in the 21st century Financial Times 

BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer Slashdot 

(What’s Left of) Our Economy: No Country is an Island – Or is It? Alan Tonelson

How 14 People Made More Money Than the Entire Food Stamp Budget for 50 Million People Alternet 

Invisible Hands: The Businessmen’s Campaign to Dismantle the Post Office

Slumming It Baffler