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It is time for you to step down from your role as C.E.O. and director so that you can do what you do best: retreat to your waterfront mansion in the Hamptons where you can play tennis and hobnob with your fellow socialites.”
—Hedge fund manager/activist investor Daniel Loeb’s 2005 letter to the CEO of Star Gas a heating oil distributor -
It never gets better and may in fact be getting worse: the translation of all of the news and of all of Washington’s responses into a ledger of electoral pluses and minuses, a graph of rising and falling political fortunes, a narrative of competition between not just the parties but the would-be potentates within a party.
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The reign of The Gay Man as Magical Elf, who whenever he comes out appears before us as some kind of saintly E.T. whose sole purpose is to be put in the position of reminding us only about Tolerance and Our Own Prejudices and To Feel Good About Ourselves and to be a symbol instead of just being a gay dude, is—lamentably—still in media play.Bret Easton Ellis
In the Reign of the Gay Magical Elves | Out Magazine -
Rendering of the bleacher seating in the 53rd Street branch of the New York Public Library.
(via Design for New Donnell Library by Enrique Norten - NYTimes.com)
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What about the morals and the God of people whose religions exhort them to be inclusive and to treat gays and lesbians with the same dignity as anyone else? There are many Americans in this camp, and their opposition to the Scouts’ ban is as faith-based as the stance of those who want it maintained.
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Must be nice.
(via For Media Moguls, Paydays That Outstrip Other Fields - NYTimes.com)
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Glitter tattoos for dogs. This is a thing that the world has come up with.
(via Upper East Siders Now Paying $100 to Tramp Stamp Their Dogs | Observer)
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Photoset reblogged from Reuters Pictures
Gallery: Boston Marathon bombing
A woman is comforted by a man near a triage tent set up for the Boston Marathon after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (first)
A child is comforted after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (second)
A runner is escorted from the scene after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (third)
A woman walks past an ambulance at the scene after explosions reportedly interrupted the running of the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (fourth)
Pedestrians walk away from the scene of an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Justin McCallum/Tufts University/Handout (fifth)
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Photoset reblogged from Matt Griffo
