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» FORTUNE: Not exactly counterfeit

Foreign contractors make more products than they’re supposed to then sell the excess out the back door. New Balance found out just how hard it can be to shut down the “third shift.”

This article is 5 years old and still very relevant.

» Hark! A Vagrant (on Tumblr)

Kate Beaton has a Tumblr blog! It’s not the one that syndicates her comic Hark! A Vagant. It’s stuff she finds interesting and uses as sources. A nice supplement to the sketches she posts on Twitter.

Honey blend flavor syrup. Yum?

I can’t wait for the Republican nomination to be secured so Ron Paul supporters can go back to not voting.

The Cheesy Gordita Crunch is back!

jordanmorris:

from Indoor Kids Live!

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Lordy me, oh my.

I hereby challenge PutThisOn to reblog this photo.

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Bought some of these today. I’m looking forward to seeing if I can destroy them this winter.

» But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them | The Onion

I really like you. I do. You’re so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don’t really see a relationship in our future. It would be terrible if we let sex destroy this great friendship we have where I get everything I want and you get nothing you want. Don’t you think?

Today I found out this was written by the lovely Megan Ganz, writer on Community.

jessethorn:

Upcoming Bullseye guest Chris Gethard calls out best-selling writer/dickwad Tim Ferriss, then tries to “toast” Ferriss by putting Ferriss’ book in a toaster oven.

A++

Of note: Gethard’s new book is called “A Bad Idea I’m About To Do.”

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