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- What I would Change About the World: Remove ignorance.
- Influences/Heroes: Christopher Nolan, Dave Chappelle, Samuel L. Jackson , Gregg Gillis, Christian Bale, Hugh Laurie
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- Favorite Bands: The Avalanches, DJ Shadow, Wolf Parade, Madvillain, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Gorillaz, Nas, The Jam, Pavement, At the Drive-In, The Go! Team, Beck, Wu-Tang Clan, Ambulance Ltd., Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arctic Monkeys, Battles, The Beatles, Benoît Pioulard, Blur, Glenn Branca, Brand New, Daft Punk, Death from Above 1979, Edan, Eric B. & Rakim, Feist, Foals, The Futureheads, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Harvey Danger, The Hives, Interpol, Jens Lekman, Liars, mc DJ, Modest Mouse, The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, The Notorious B.I.G., Panda Bear, Pinback, Phantom Planet, Port O'Brien, Port-Royal, Queens of the Stone Age, Refused, The Replacements, Sigur Rós, Sleater-Kinney, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Talk Talk, Tiger Bear Wolf, A Tribe Called Quest, Vampire Weekend, Velvet Underground, Kanye West, The White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Favorite Directors: Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright, Park Chan-Wook, Wong Kar-Wai, Rian Johnson, Martin Scorcese, Steven Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, Gore Verbinski,
- Favorite Movies: Memento, Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Good Will Hunting, The Prestige, The Fountain, Hot Fuzz, Children of Men, Royal Tennebaums, There Will Be Blood
- Favorite TV Shows: Lost, House, It's Always Sunny in Philadelhpia
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up Economics and Annoying Smart Guys 4 years ago
or "How America Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Nerds"
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up Guess which country supplies the US with the most oil? 4 years ago
The obvious answer is Saudi Arabia, but that would be incorrect. According to this chart put together by the Washington Post, Canada supplies the US with more oil than Saudi Arabia. Mexico is... more
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up Bush presidency turns $128b surplus into $490b deficit 4 years ago
Using slight of hand that would be sure to make Houdini green with envy, the Bush Administration has managed to turn a $128 billion surplus into a $490 billion deficit. That's right, In just... more
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up The Dark Knight? 4 years ago
It's been three years, and the sequal to Batman Begins is finally here, and it's breaking box office records. Is it worth all the hype? How is Heath Ledger's performance? Current... more
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up Euro at record high against US dollar 4 years ago
LONDON (AFP) - The European single currency leapt to a record high above 1.60 dollars here on Tuesday as investor fears grew over the state of the US economy and its financial services sector,... more
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- SpeedingUptoStop voted up President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter' 4 years ago
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest... more
