Comments for Penultimate Post http://www.penultimatepost.com Where you will never have the final word. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:36:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on What the eff, Slate? by SparkleCowboy http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=934#comment-208 SparkleCowboy Mon, 14 May 2012 14:36:41 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=934#comment-208 That's more a HuffPo move ... That’s more a HuffPo move …

]]> Comment on What the eff, Slate? by Ninjadevotchka http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=934#comment-207 Ninjadevotchka Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:12 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=934#comment-207 Maybe this is all in an effort to provoke similar incidents and create more news for Slate! Maybe this is all in an effort to provoke similar incidents and create more news for Slate!

]]> Comment on Models don’t cause crises. People cause crises. by qjwadmin http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=908#comment-206 qjwadmin Wed, 09 May 2012 21:46:10 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=908#comment-206 Poor Merton; he got screwed. Poor Merton; he got screwed.

]]> Comment on California’s Illegal Immigrant Shortage by qjwadmin http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=910#comment-205 qjwadmin Wed, 09 May 2012 21:44:21 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=910#comment-205 Is Arizona doing something special at the State Fair in celebration of the this news? Is Arizona doing something special at the State Fair in celebration of the this news?

]]> Comment on Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace by qjwadmin http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=912#comment-204 qjwadmin Wed, 09 May 2012 21:42:42 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=912#comment-204 Former airline executives are clearly in charge of these decisions. Former airline executives are clearly in charge of these decisions.

]]> Comment on The frequent fliers who flew too much by qjwadmin http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=914#comment-203 qjwadmin Wed, 09 May 2012 21:41:47 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=914#comment-203 I feel like I fly all fairly often and my airline miles never get me anything. This is awesome for the people who bought in and sucks for the rest of us who get zilch for our miles - not that the airlines have wised-up. I feel like I fly all fairly often and my airline miles never get me anything. This is awesome for the people who bought in and sucks for the rest of us who get zilch for our miles – not that the airlines have wised-up.

]]> Comment on The woman who lives in a shed: how London landlords are cashing in by qjwadmin http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=916#comment-202 qjwadmin Wed, 09 May 2012 21:38:44 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=916#comment-202 I wanted more pictures. Words got boring after awhile. I wanted more pictures. Words got boring after awhile.

]]> Comment on How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes by SparkleCowboy http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=893#comment-201 SparkleCowboy Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:58:03 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=893#comment-201 That point also relates to recent work that demonstrated that Apple, were they to produce in the US instead, would still be profitable (handsomely, if memory serves) and generate a tonne of wealth domestically. That point also relates to recent work that demonstrated that Apple, were they to produce in the US instead, would still be profitable (handsomely, if memory serves) and generate a tonne of wealth domestically.

]]> Comment on How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes by Ninjadevotchka http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=893#comment-200 Ninjadevotchka Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:35:51 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=893#comment-200 The comparison to Wal-Mart was interesting to me because it hints at the class dimension of anti-corporate protest. Wal-Mart contributes more in taxes, both absolutely and relatively, yet if they try to move into Brooklyn: protests. An Apple store in the same area? Probably greeted by a block party. The comparison to Wal-Mart was interesting to me because it hints at the class dimension of anti-corporate protest. Wal-Mart contributes more in taxes, both absolutely and relatively, yet if they try to move into Brooklyn: protests. An Apple store in the same area? Probably greeted by a block party.

]]> Comment on Stability is Not an Option by SparkleCowboy http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=883#comment-199 SparkleCowboy Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:56:32 +0000 http://www.penultimatepost.com/?p=883#comment-199 Germany appear to be on it (imagine: Germany taking advantage of Europe as a whole to prosper). http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/world/europe/germany-looks-to-southern-europe-to-fill-jobs.html?hp Germany appear to be on it (imagine: Germany taking advantage of Europe as a whole to prosper).

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/world/europe/germany-looks-to-southern-europe-to-fill-jobs.html?hp

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