Work In Progress

“It is not an economic decision. The lens in which we are making that decision is through the lens of our people. We employ over 200,000 people in this company, and we want to embrace diversity.”

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Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, in support of same-sex marriage in Washington state.

“When everyone else
Is more comfortable
Remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans
That have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same
But that’s not important
No freedom til we’re equal
Damn right I support it”

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Same Love — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

“Like I never rode in a limo
Like I just dropped flows to a demo
Like it’s ninety-two again and
And I got O’s in the rental
Back in the Stu’ again
No prob’ living was a whole lot simpler
When you think back, you thought that
You would never make it this far, then you
Take advantage of the luck you handed
Or the talent, you been given
Ain’t no, half stepping, ain’t no, no slipping”

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Jay-Z — My 1st Song

“Sarah Palin’s Wikipedia page was updated at least 68 times the day before John McCain announced her selection, with another 54 changes made in the five previous days previous. Tim Pawlenty, another leading contender for McCain’s favor, had 54 edits on August 28th, with just 12 in the five previous days. By contrast, the other likely picks — Romney, Kay Bailey Hutchison — saw far fewer changes. The same burst of last-minute editing appeared on Joe Biden’s Wikipedia page, Terry Gudaitis of Cyveillance, told the Washington Post.”

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On Veep selection, look to Wikipedia - POLITICO.com (via fred-wilson)

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“Binge viewing is transforming the way people watch television and changing the economics of the industry. The passive couch potato of the broadcast era turned into the channel surfer, flipping through hundreds of cable channels. Now, technologies such as on-demand video and digital video recorders are giving rise to the binge viewer, who devours shows in quick succession—episode after episode, season after season, perhaps for $7.99 a month, the cost of a basic Netflix membership. In the past, such sessions required buying stacks of costly DVDs ($66.99 for seasons one through four of “Mad Men”) or special broadcast marathons.”

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Binge Viewing: TV’s Lost Weekends by (via Findings.com)

“Walmart says the majority of in-store purchases are made with cash or debit cards, and that about 15 percent are made with credit cards.”

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Retailers Encourage Shoppers to Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store by Stephanie Clifford (via Findings.com)