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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Should Disney buy 21st Century Fox?

Fox’s assets include the movie and TV rights to Marvel Comics’ most successful superhero team the X-men,[i] another a-list Marvel Superhero; The Wolverine, The Simpsons, Deadpool, The X-Files, Kung Fu Panda, Independence Day, Alien, Assassin’s Creed, The Kingsman, Planet of the Apes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and a variety of other franchises. There’s also a library of classic movies and TV shows including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 24, Archer, The Shield, and MASH.

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Twitter was too Sleazy for Disney

Executives at the Magic Kingdom want nothing to do with Twitter even though it has 313 million users; and generated $2.476 billion in revenue during second quarter 2016. Bloomberg reported that Disney CEO Bob Iger was worried that Twitter’s reputation as a venue for bullying, racism, bigotry, sexual misconduct and other bad behavior would tarnish the Disney brand.

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