February 2012
46 posts
Study: Rich more likely to take candy from babies
The “upper class,” as defined by the study, were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to increase their odds of winning a prize and endorse unethical behavior at work, researchers reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“There is no one torturing you except yourself. There is nobody except yourself;...”
– Osho
(via nirvikalpa)
“It’s a sad day when you find out that it’s not accident or time or fortune, but...”
– Lillian Hellman (via funeral)
“…under George W. Bush, the price of gasoline increased from $1.60 per gallon...”
– GOP Deceptions About Gas Prices (via azspot)
The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken –... →
“The whole of life lies in the verb seeing.”
– Teilhard de Chardin (via thislivingthisliving)
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether...”
– — Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Non-Violence in Peace and War, Vol. 1, Ch. 142
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jtotheizzoe:
Today in “Bringing Stuff Back From the Dead” Science News:
Ancient yeast found Incan tomb resurrected, scientists immediately use it to make booze: An Incan tomb was discovered in Quito, Ecuador in the 1980’s that housed more than a dozen well-adorned Incan corpses. They were surrounded by food and drink offerings in large clay urns, similar to more familiar Egyptian customs,...
“Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via metaconscious)
“Americans today probably belong to the first generation on earth that looks at a...”
– Lauren Slater, Welcome to My Country (via psychotherapy)
“If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called...”
– Ymber Delecto (via nirvikalpa, happyfitness) (via laplumeabelle)
