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(Part 1 of 2): RE: Excellent "real life" article touching on many economic topics

Posted 02-13-2016 at 03:57 PM by Blondebaerde

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Originally Posted by Jukesgrrl

I read the linked article on Slate magazine today.

The article is called I Was a Super Bowl Concession Worker and the subtitle is "What it's like making less than $13 an hour to serve $13 beers at one of the biggest games on earth." The author is Gabriel Thompson, a freelance writer who takes part-time jobs to supplement an income not adequate to comfortable living in the very expensive Bay Area.

The article also discusses the larger issues of people who,

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Jay Z Laughs Off News Reporter's "14-Year Drug Dealer" Jab With Taxstone

Posted 02-13-2016 at 01:43 AM by AveryJarhman

http://www.vladtv.com/article/216473...-with-taxstone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLmOHoXhS0

During the 80s-90s I was one of hundreds of Brooklyn cops and investigators who loved/hated young *Shawn 'Jay Z' Carter's* 24/7 drug operation, manned mostly by other depressed angry, frustrated, emotionally disturbed teens and young adults who were emotionally abandon,...

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Stumble

Posted 02-12-2016 at 09:46 PM by Stymie13
Updated 02-14-2016 at 02:37 PM by Stymie13

Sometimes we stumble
Sometimes we lose our way.
Everyone needs help now and then.
It is those moments,
Taking others pain
Their fear
Which makes us stronger than we can imagine.
It comes from that uniquely human characteristic.

Hope

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The elements

Posted 02-12-2016 at 08:21 PM by Stymie13

Corporeal in nature
Carbon, humanity exist.
Particles, atomic and sub
Too many to list
Are we just, impulse?
Electricity and light
Cross the synapse
The neuron to dendrite?
The mass in the brain
The matter, the gray
Consciousness, nothing?
When life fades away.
Many believe this
Maybe they're right.
Philosophy and science
Show them the light.
Others do know
They've found the truth....

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