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  • 5 Corporations that Own Almost Everything

      Share Even among those pro-business, most acknowledge that corporations rule just about everything around us. Big companies supply our cars, gas, food and even our politicians. We’re not talking about hundreds of thousands of mom and pop shops. We’re not even talking about thousands of medium sized business or even hundreds of large business. […]

  • 5 of the Biggest Lottery Scandals

      Share Playing the lottery is a bleak and hopeless abyss of wasted money and discarded scratch offs. Regardless, people can’t seem to stay away from it. There are two types of lottery players: the addicted and the entrepreneurs. While some richer folk prefer to purchase lottery tickets in bulk (thus beating the odds out […]

  • 5 Giant Companies Who Use Slave Labor

    Most of us support unethical practices with our purchases. Most of the time we probably don’t realize our purchases are being supported by unethical decisions, other times we have an idea that sweatshops and other forms of slavery are being used, but we ignore it. Many large corporations utilize slave labor, and, even worse, child […]

  • 5 Ways to Make Gun Control Safer in America

      Share For decades, America has been locked in a heated debate with itself over gun control laws and safety. Every year, people are murdered with (legal and illegal) firearms, kids accidentally shoot one another and themselves, and the illegal firearm trade grows larger. Here are some ways that we might make gun control safer […]

  • The 5 Most Important Parts of the Facebook TOS (That You Didn’t Read)

      Share Facebook is our new God. It’s omnipresent (except when you don’t have service) and controls our lives, albeit somewhat silently. We fear it and for our reputations, lest some embarrassing pictures get tagged or dirty laundry aired out on Facebook’s very public walls. More than that, it’s super mysterious and works in mystical, […]

  • 6 Gourmet Meals For Under $10 (with Recipes)

      Share   We’re all broke these days, and many people have turned frugality into some sort of maniacal game where we try to spend the absolute least amount of money on everything possible — including food. This often means sacrificing quality in the name of dollar-and-diming it, which can be both tasteless and detrimental […]

  • 10 Famous White Collar Criminals

    White collar crime is the sweetest gig on earth. You can strip the earth bare or rob your shareholders blind, and most likely you’ll just have to pay some money, or a small amount of time in a minimum security prison. Worst case scenario you get locked up for decades and your son kills himself. […]

  • 10 Geeks Who Profited From Their Geekdom

      Share It’s a tired story by now that you should be nice to the nerds, so when they grow up and found a billion dollar software company, they won’t be inclined to crush your dreams with their vast wealth and power. At least that’s the gist of The Social Network. Turns out a natural […]

  • 10 Things They Won’t Tell You About Your First Job in Business

      Share Congratulations!  You’ve successfully completed college/high school/associate’s degree/technical school/doggy day care/a day without curling into a useless ball of tears and self pity!  You are finally ready to go out there and get one of them full-time professional jobs with benefits and everything.  You’ve studied hard in school, and have even spoken with professionals […]

  • 10 Products that Take the Fun Out of Everyday Life

      Share Technology tends to make our lives easier and better.  What would life be like if we had to wash our own dishes and clothes by hand like damn savages?  Are we going to give up the Internet and go back to Victoria’s Secret catalogs and lingerie ads?  What would we do without the […]

  • 10 Reasons Working in an Office is Awful(ly Awesome)

    Share There are fewer symbols of crushing defeat more overwhelming than a dimly-lit office with uncomfortable chairs, buzzing neon lights, and lifeless drones of workers staring at you with their dead little eyes.  Offices are where dreams go to die and your ambitions of becoming a tortured writer or international starship captain wither and fade […]