Jordan Weissmann
Business Blogger, The Atlantic
- Business and Finance, Opinion and Editorial
- Washington, D.C.
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Business writer for The Atlantic. New Yorker in exile. Makes a pretty good risotto.
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Buzzfeed Business gets off to a perfect start. buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener…
14 CEOs And Their Animal Doppelgängers
buzzfeed.com — Always be closing... in on your prey. What, you were expecting cats?
Anybody know where or if I can find long-term unemployment rates by race?
RT @AshleyFetters: Important (cc @JHWeissmann) RT @Esquiremag: The Failures of "Natural"-Style Peanut Butter esqm.ag/6019kHQl
Josh Ozersky: The Hater
esquire.com — In The Hater, James Beard Award-winning food writer Josh Ozersky will heap abuse on various objects of his scorn, deserved or otherwise. This will be an occasional feature on Eat Like a Man, until such time as everyone gets sick of it, which, as Josh says, they are bound to eventually.
Alex Jones appears to have mistaken Michelle Obama for Storm from X-Men. mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/2…
Yes, please do start your econ argument by going on about how they don't make pop stars like they used to marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
Why is there no Milton Friedman today?
marginalrevolution.com — You will find this question discussed in a symposium at Econ Journal Watch, co-sponsored by the Mercatus Center. Contributors include Richard Epstein, David R. Henderson, Richard Posner, Daniel Houser, James K. Galbraith, Sam Peltzman, and Robert Solow, among other notables.
When on earth did this video of a dude blowing up bananas on his face go around the Internet? youtube.com/watch?feature=…!
Bananas Exploding on Face
youtube.com — Bananas blow up on guy's face! This is a major turn on for my friend 13uller over at BFC OT! This is for you sweetie pie! Next time you're over, bring blkspphrE90, he has some experience!
This is unfortunate but was bound to happen thehill.com/homenews/senat…
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thehill.com — Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) struck a deal Tuesday on visas for high-skilled workers, a major breakthrough for the Senate immigration reform bill. The deal paves the way for Hatch, the most senior member of the Senate Republican Conference, to support the immigration legislation pending in the Judiciary Committee.
If all crime were actually legal for a night, wouldn't looting be a much bigger problem than random ritual murders? youtube.com/watch?v=Lekx_Z…
The Purge - Official Trailer (2013) [HD] Ethan Hawke
youtube.com — Subscribe to FilmTrailerZone: http://ow.ly/adpvg Like us on Facebook: http://ow.ly/ay0ve Follow us on Twitter: http://ow.ly/ay0gU The Purge - Official Trailer (2013) [HD] Release Date: May 31, 2013 Genre: Horror, Thriller Director: James DeMonaco Screenwriter: James DeMonaco Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane Studio: Universal Pictures Plot: If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do?
@katienotopoulos It's like Rex Ryan curated this.
Would've expected higher RT @pewresearch 69% of Republicans say Obama admin involved in IRS targeting decision... pewrsr.ch/10QO2Xu
Partisan Interest, Reactions to IRS and AP Controversies
people-press.org — Released: May 20, 2013 Attentive Public Critical of DOJ Use of AP Records Overview So far, public interest in a trio of controversies connected to the Obama administration has been limited. Roughly a quarter (26%) of Americans say they are closely following reports that the IRS targeted conservative groups.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Business and Finance, Opinion and Editorial and more.
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