Mens Guide To Entertainment, Fitness, Fine Living, and Becoming A Finished Man
Everyone likes money, and if you’re wealthy enough, there’s a pretty good chance you’re quite powerful as well. We cover everything from politics to the latest scandals involving celebrities with too much money, and far too much time on their hands. If you’re interested in reading about the worlds leaders, or the latest Coup d’état, this is the place for you.
I’ve always been interested in secret societies, clubs, and just about any organization that’s obfuscated or well hidden; they have a certain allure and mystery about them that I find simply irresistible. Recently, I was contacted by a fellow suggesting I write about a membership club called FoundersCard. If you haven’t heard about it, don’t feel too bad. It’s invite only, and while it’s not exactly a secret society, it’s continue reading →
In 1940, the infamous Charlie Chaplin starred in a film called The Great Dictator. The movie took place in Nazi Germany, with Charlie playing Hynkel, a fictitious dictator. At the end of the movie, Charlie’s character Hynkel recited a speech that is every bit as relevant and powerful today, as it was during the time of the second World War. Charlie talks about corruption, barbaric leaders, and the enduring nature of the human spirit.
This video is a mashup of Charlie’s famous speech, mixed with a slew of video clips matching the dialogue. I don’t know why, but I find these types of videos extremely moving. Anything that shows a snapshot of continue reading →
Jordan Harbinger is a Wall Street lawyer turned Social Dynamics expert. He is the co-founder of The Art of Charm, a dating and relationships coaching company based in Los Angeles and New York City.
Today fellas, I’m going to teach you a skill that’s gotten me out of more sh!t than a chain-gang could shovel in a week.
That’s right. I’m going to teach you how to bribe the police, border patrol, customs & immigration or anyone else who just doesn’t seem to understand how important you are or how desperately you need to get the heck out of Asscrackistan in time for Thanksgiving. continue reading →
A riot broke out during last weeks Independence Day marches in Poland, and one clever person took a technology that’s quickly becoming mainstream and used it to record a few minutes of footage from the air as the riot unfolded. I’m talking about aerial drones. Used by military organizes for years, these relatively inexpensive store bought civilian models are quickly gaining prominence among continue reading →
I always love watching new TED talks. If you haven’t heard of TED before, it’s basically a yearly meeting where the brightest minds in the world are given a stage, an audience, and the time they need to express their ideas. The talks are available for everyone to see on the TED website, and this talk by Paul Romer on his ideas for what he calls “charter cities” is one of my favorites.
In this talk, Paul outlines his ideas for a new type of “charter city” – a city with its own laws, rules, and regulations. Paul explains that cities themselves are far more valuable than the amount of money it costs to build them, and that because of this, the people governing these cities would work hard to attract new residents – residents who would bring value in the form of labor. There’s something about this idea that really resonates with me. I really like the thought of dozens or even hundreds of new, state of the art cities springing up around the world. I also like the idea that the people governing these cities would be continually making improvements to them for the sake of attracting new residents. I happen to live in a city that’s rather progressive in its development, but I’ve been to many places where that’s simply not the case. There’s just no incentive for the people writing the cheques. In a chartered city, the incentive would be recruiting more residents to live in said city and pay taxes.
Most of Paul’s ideas sound time-consuming and politically in-viable, but the fact is that the Honduran government is already in the process of creating one such city, with plans for a second. If they’re successful, perhaps other nations will follow suit.
There’s a school of thought which suggests that any publicity is good publicity. I don’t know how true this is of the offline world, but on the internet, the sites which generate the most buzz reign supreme. There’s a good reason for this too, and it all lays within the rules that search engines (such as Google) use to determine which websites should rank at the top of the search results.
Mr. Borker is the owner of a discount sunglasses website decormyeyes.com. He’s been getting a lot of attention from the media lately because of the unique way in which he promotes his site. Instead of satisfying his customers with good service so that they leave positive comments and tell their friends, he does everything he can to make their shopping experience a poor one. From threatening customers over the phone, to sending his detractors photographs of their own home, he’s tried it all. The result? He’s managed to gain prominence in the search engines by generating negative buzz. The more angry comments and legal threats he receives, the continue reading →
It’s said that when Richard Dawkins talks, he’s not only heard, but felt. He’s one of the most militant atheists I’ve seen, and most of his talks are of a rather serious nature. That’s why I find it so interesting (and funny) to see a lighter side to Dawkins. From what I’ve read, the amount of hate mail that he receives each month is astronomical; being able to poke fun at his detractors while hanging out with his friends is fairly impressive, especially given that many of the emails and letters he receives come packed with threats upon his life. Seeing the letters that he receives really helps me appreciate how tolerant and open-minded religious fundamentalists people really are.
I’ve read that the written word spreads faster than any other medium on the internet, and the fact that you’re reading this is testament to that. However, sometimes text just doesn’t cut it, and when that happens, gangsta’ rap is the only way to go.
Dan Bull’s Death of Acta is – what he calls – a “non-commercial” slamming the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). I’ll let those far more knowledgeable than myself explain the intricacies of the proposed agreement, but in short, ACTA would act as a new means to enforce copyright, and would function as a governing body outside of existing international organizations, such as the WTO (World Trade Organization), WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and the UN (United Nations).
So why should you care? Well, for starters, the negotiations and resulting documentation have been largely kept secret, with almost no level of transparency with the public. I’ll be the first to admit that I hadn’t even heard of this possible agreement, and given the level of power this organization could be given, I find that worrisome. I have a feeling I’m not the only one who hadn’t heard of it, and that’s why it’s worth writing about.
(Photo: Andres Rueda)
Over the past few years I’ve come to realize something that – for most of us – should be common sense, but often isn’t. What I’ve realized is that, for the most part, people have very poor self-discipline. There are certain realities that people either choose to ignore, or simply don’t realize; such as the fact that spending more than one earns will always result in debt. You need look no deeper than the state of the real estate markets in the United States, or the ever-increasing levels of credit card debt from the average consumer.
So what’s the solution to our lack of financial self-discipline? I think it has something to do with removing credit cards from day to day purchases. For thousands of years people have traded various forms of physical currency (such as gold and jewels) for labor or intellect, and it’s only recently that we’ve allowed ourselves to spend money that we don’t have through the financial abstraction known as credit cards. continue reading →
Sweet Ass Birthday Gift
It seems that I have to deal with a birthday party on a monthly basis and I’m not really a fan of trying to figure out what would be a nice gift. My first thought is, “you’re an effin adult now, do you really need a gift?”. But I’m pretty bloody sure that wouldn’t go over too well. So below is my list of affordable gifts to get for your friends that are 20 years of age or older. This list can apply to your girlfriends, boyfriends, co-workers, family members, etc.
Cold hard Cash
For you lazy bastards, this is the probably the best and easiest choice for a birthday gift. This also happens to be my favorite choice. Many people will say that there was no thought put into it. I say, who gives a crap!! It’s better than giving a friend something they probably won’t end up liking. The way I see it, they can buy whatever they wish with that money. The hard part is figuring out how much to give as a birthday gift.
If it was up to me, that would be it as far as the list goes. But it’s not so let’s continue with some other birthday gift ideas for grown ups. continue reading →
