December 2011
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The 5 Phoniest Entrepreneurs
Share As American children, we are told that people are often wealthy because they are hard workers who built empires on boot straps and elbow grease. As we get older, we realize that there is an even more important component of success in America: connections, and pretending you are successful and lying until enough […]
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10 Millionaires Who Lived on the Streets
There’s nothing quite as inspirational as a great rags-to-riches story. It makes us realize that human ingenuity and hard work can overcome any barrier. Going from a life on the streets to having millions of dollars in the bank is a reversal of fortune that is not often realized. It’s also the American Dream to […]
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10 Businesses with a Stranglehold on Politics
We all know that “one person, one vote” is a fundamental tenet of democracy. Unfortunately, it seems that some companies have yet to get the message and exert untoward influence on the running of governments across the world. While these efforts tend to pay off for the companies, it can often be at the expense […]
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10 Surprising Examples of Product Placement in Classic Cinema
Movie audiences today probably tend to think of product placement as a relatively recent phenomenon — perhaps dating back to the 1980s, at the earliest. This may be when the practice came to the fore in the public consciousness — with the conspicuous, impossible-to-ignore trail of Reese’s Pieces followed home by an alien named E.T. […]
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5 Successful People Who Punched Their Disabilities in the Face
Share We all have things that hold us back in life. These include a terrible upbringing, a poor education, or a crippling inability to get over your last girlfriend that manifests as poetry you instantly regret (Laura why won’t you come back to me/I’ve changed I swear it/Just think how happy we could be/Why […]
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10 Most Notorious Arms Dealers in Modern History
The arms industry is a truly global phenomenon. Guns, ammunition and other larger weaponry mean big business all over the world, and where there’s money to be made there will always be a corrupt or criminal element looking to capitalize on the market. The following men were or are masters at the gun game — […]
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Who Needs Government? 5 Places That Have Little to None
Share While a most of us are relatively unhappy with some of the stuff governments do — charging taxes, banning fun things and messing with our guns — we all kind of agree that it’s a necessary evil for a functioning society. But despite our politicians breathlessly proclaiming that the government needs to take […]
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Top 5 Biggest Holiday Spending Sprees
Share There is nothing more American than spending the money that could support a Congolese family for a year on a bunch of crap that we don’t need. Like those candy hearts for Valentines Day, you know the ones that taste like a mix of bone meal and shattered dreams? Nothing says America like […]
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5 Ways Infomercials Convince you to Buy Useless Crap
Share Infomercials are the bane of every hoarder’s existence, but are dangerous to everyone. They bombard us with images of crap we really don’t need, but somehow seem to convince plenty of us non-hoarders to pay for stuff that immediately goes into storage or out at the garage sale. What sorcery is this? How […]
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5 Most Criminally Shady Credit Cards
Share Credit is the lifeblood of any well-functioning economy. It allows us to buy cars, houses, education and terabytes of filthy, filthy porn (you know, the stuff so filthy you can’t find it for free). For most people, their most accessible line of credit is a credit card — basically an instant ability to […]
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The World’s 5 Youngest CEOs
Share What does it take to be the World’s Youngest CEO? Marbles, apparently. A lot of marbles. At the age of 8, British “Marble King” Harli Jordean has recently been dubbed the World’s Youngest CEO, stripping 14 year-old Indian animation queen Sindhuja Rajaraman of her title. No joke, folks: The two youngest CEOs this […]
