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"I always feel that crime films are about capitalism."

— Andrew Dominik, director of the superb new film, Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt as a mob hitman.

Karl Marx on a credit card? That’s what happens when you give bank customers choices. Take note, Jamie Dimon.

Jeb Bush wrote a WSJ op-ed today extolling the magic of capitalism over the "stagnant" welfare state. What Jeb Bush failed to do, however, was point out how he's a big beneficiary of corporate welfare. →

There. Fixed it.

25 Giant Corporations That Paid Their CEOs More Than They Paid Uncle Sam in Taxes: →

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Hey, look! Congressional staffers turn out to be really good at predicting the behavior of stocks that their bosses legislate. Outside Capitol Hill, we might call that “insider trading.” Except US insider trading laws don’t apply to Congress.

Angry yet?

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“Jesus kicks some Wall Street ass.”

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More #occupywallstreet wisdom. Via Evan O’Brien.

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Sexist Chart of the Day: Demi and Ashton Are Splitsville

Their cougar-cub relationship is doomed, at least according to the world’s douchiest statistical model.

(Source: Mother Jones)

You know what would be awesome?

Is if people got as pissed off about new bank debit-card fees (and overdraft fees, and ATM fees, and transaction fees, and credit card fees) as they did about a Netflix price hike.

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25 Giant Corporations That Paid Their CEOs More Than They Paid Uncle Sam

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Uh, capitalism?

sixbucks:

fleetfootedfox:

thetart:

Christianity and Capitalism

Overall more Americans believe that Christian values are at odds with capitalism and the free market than believe they are compatible. This pattern also holds among Christians. Among Christians in the U.S., only 38% believe capitalism and the free market are consistent with Christian values while 46% believe the two are at odds. There are significant differences by gender, party and income.

As it happens, they are absolutely correct; the Gospels are incredibly short on issues we associate with modern “values voting” — abortion and homosexuality, mostly — and incredibly long on reverence for the poor and disdain for the wealthy. Of course, that hasn’t made much of a difference to the United States, which through its history, has combined religious piety with stunning accumulations of wealth. That said, there is a good explanation for the particular willingness of Republicans/Tea Partiers to see congruence between Christianity and capitalism: in short, they’re conservative evangelicals. At the risk of oversimplification, the politicization of conservative evangelicals has long since become a politicization of evangelical theology. What’s more, this is all related to a broader willingness to accept existing social inequalities as divinely ordained.

god yes.  this.  any christian who pays passing attention to the bible should be horrified at the Salvation Army (trolololool) threatening to leave new york rather than be forced to help teh gheys.  The political representation of christianity is anti-people at best.

I don’t remember much, but I do remember this:

“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 19:23-24

1040 SLEA-ZE: Secrets of the Tax-Prep Business

It’s a new tax season, and that means refund lenders are devising new ways to fleece poor neighborhoods out of their cash.

Tea Partiers Rumble Over Merchandising Potential

[Tea Party Patriots] has sought to wrest domain names away from a radio host in Orlando (teapartypatriots.com) and a motorcycle-riding multimedia producer in Washington state (teaparty-patriots.com). It has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Zazzle, a website whose users can make and sell personalized merchandise, because a Georgia tea party group was selling its gear there. And the organization is embroiled in a thicket of legal actions against former board member Amy Kremer, who now chairs Tea Party Express. In 2009, TPP won a restraining order (PDF) barring Kremer from using the Tea Party Patriots name, trademark, domain name, and especially its most valuable asset—its email list. She has countersued (PDF) for slander and also opposed TPP’s trademark application, on the grounds that she put the term into circulation months before TPP was incorporated.

Who knew grassroots movements could be so money-driven?

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Just do it. Rebel-style.

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