Author: Sahar


Posted on: December 15th, 2008

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Category: Sahar

So this video is making the rounds. It’s a very simple story: Bush gets attacked by shoe-wielding journalist, Bush has unexpected ninja-like skills, liberals get cheap bipartisan cred for praising Bush on said skills. It seems to me that we’re forgetting something – the nefarious shoe-wielding assailant is screaming by the end of the video. [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: December 15th, 2008

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Category: Protect the Powerless, Sahar

They allow workers to stand up for their rights. Unions don’t take no shit from no one. In this situation, a company tried to file for bankruptcy, and not pay their workers their pensions, healthcare, back pay, etc. That’s illegal. They would have gotten away with it, too, except the workers occupied the factory and [...]

Author: Loki


Posted on: December 15th, 2008

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Category: Brandeis Values, Honesty, Loki, News

Eminent billionaire and philantropist Bernard L. Madoff was arrested two days ago by federal agents for perpetrating the largest fraud scheme in Wall Street history, with losses estimated at $50 billion. Madoff was an extremely influential securities trader. According to charges against Mr. Madoff, his firm paid off earlier investors with money from new investors, [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: December 14th, 2008

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Category: Context and Connections, Sahar

So, due to the efforts of Brandeis students who came before, a fraction of the University Endowment is mandated to be set aside for investing in Socially Responsible Investment. I think there’s a Union Committee or something kicking around that gets to take a look at it. Why do we care? What is the utility [...]

Author: Sahar


Posted on: December 14th, 2008

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Category: Sahar

So I’m trying to set up my xbox as an ftp server, but it turns out that I have the wrong kind (too new). If anyone has an (original) xbox that they want to trade with me, I’d be very grateful. There’s nothing wrong with mine, (it’s probably newer and better than yours!) just that [...]

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