May 2011
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Goldman Sachs of Shit →
When the US economy collapsed a couple of years ago, large swaths of the media landscape dealt with the financial institutions at the root of the debacle with something like equanimity. One of the harsher critics of the crisis’ major players was Rolling Stone’s contributing editor, Matt Taibbi, who developed a sort of loose cannon appeal to the disgruntled, downtrodden, and degraded.
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Göbekli Tepe →
World’s oldest monument has scientists debating whether religion created civilization, and not vice versa.
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Life in the kingdom changed after the 1979 attack on the Grand Mosque. Wahhabi...
– The Kingdom of Silence (The New Yorker - 01.05.04)
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Deadly Games →
In Rio, where the next Summer Olympics and World Cup will be held, nearby neighborhoods have become war zones.