The Raw Data, Bro

A recent Gary Indiana post lamented the days when the NYTimes posted the long interview, the raw conversation where consumers could watch and make their own decisions instead of allowing the interviewer to shape the information. Please link Gary, I've yet to witness any MSM site gift us that way.
When I clicked on this video I was admittedly looking for the lulz but Mark comes across as a very thoughtful, albeit softy intellectual type who is less interested in the huge posterity involved but self discovery.

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At least we aren't here yet... The German Pfandbrief consortium has put out this commercial showing what will happen if you don't buy their covered mortgage bonds. Looks like the art of propaganda is alive and well in the fatherland!

Simply Pfandbrief


Deep Japanese style bow to FT Alphaville

Don't say I never gave you anything

Here it is folks. Now I know what you are thinking, you talked to your uncle Jamie about this and decided that you really didn't need it that in fact you don't want it! Well that is not only foolish but UNPATRIOTIC. Do you want to see this thing absolved in a dunking of dollars or not? Are you a believer or not? If not go ahead and get back to your cave with your goats because that's all you've got.

I agree with The Nation....

The Nation argues in this piece that the bank investment by the Treasury is an attempt to ensure the status quo of American financial power. I could not agree more. Not quite a six sigma event but shocking enough to make public.

Paulson's Bailout Beast

Bye Bye Wai Wai

While you were banalizing the hours reading about lasers emanating from The Superfish's manboy parts, there was something important happening in the land of raw horse ice cream. For as long as I can remember the greatest translator in the world, Australian Ryann Connell has been exposing the world of Japanese tabloids to the English speaking world. There was no better place to find out what pop starlet was dating what upcoming pachinko gangster or at what Love Hotel a cannibal jr. high music teacher had finally been caught. Today I belatedly found out that the unlikely news that Mainichi Daily, the newspaper that featured Connell's Wai Wai section, is claiming they are OUTRAGED that Connell has been depicting the Japoneeeeze as perverted violent psychopaths for the past decade. I want to believe its a joke but it would have to be pretty elaborate. Here is a link to how it all fell down, and for the truly adventurous, some (sadly sooo little) archived Wai Wai. And here.

Russia unleashes avalanche of credibility

In order to bring clarity to the crisis occurring in South Ossetia right now, pro-Kremlin news agency Russia Today has turned to internationally renowned foreign relations expert, former delivery driver and part-time Hemingway impersonator Joe Mestas to reveal the ugly truth behind the violence.

Spotlight On: Global Arrergy Suffering

This is way worse than Pearl Harbor.

In Praise of Love

It's easy to be cynical about love which is why it's so heart warming to come across this story. My vote for the most romantic couple of 2008.

Saatchi Gallery Online

The London based Saatchi Gallery has one of the ugliest user unfriendly websites I've seen in a while but they have some really great stuff lurking under the 1998 html. The Showdown section showcases 10 or so artists and allows you to rate them from 1-10. They pick the winners after a certain time period and the winners go on to compete against each other. The Stuart section allows students to upload their artwork(video, photography, all kinds of visual work) and get exposure and criticism from all over the place. I don't know how many artists have posted there but suffice to say you couldn't review them all in a year and keep a job. These are just two sections of a very extensive web site, enjoy!

Saatchi Gallery

GET ON TARGET AND GO WITH IT!

Next time you are walking your dog late at night, and you need a flashlight... and a defense against a squad of armed guerrillas, this might come in handy.