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News from the U.S. doesn’t reach me easily or often. Yes, I understand there is literally no excuse for that, given things like the “newspapers” and “the Internet,” but still, it’s surprising how easy it is to avoid all that business when you really try.
None the less, I’ve been hearing a lot about this horse called Big Brown, probably because he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes this month and could be first Triple Crown Winner in 30 years. Well, I did about five minutes of research on him; watched replays of the races on ESPN.com.
I was impressed with both races, but there is no way I’m buying into the whole, “This is the One” hype. It’s just a roller-coaster I don’t feel like riding right now. In my recent past as a Triple Crown vulture, I’ve ridden that roller-coaster with War Emblem, Funny Cide, Smarty Jones, even got my heart broken by Barbaro like so many others. Every time there was a Triple Crown at stake, I dutifully went to Belmont Park for the race and cheered my guts out.
So, because of all that, and because I’m out of the country, I’m just going to calmly register my prediction that this horse IS NOT GOING TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN. Not only because it just can’t happen, but because it can’t happen while I’m out of the country. I won’t allow it, by God!!
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Some of you may have heard that Kia released an ad in Europe on the internet a few days ago. The content of the ad came under fire and they decided to pull the ad so they wouldn’t have to deal with too much fallout. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the beast the ad is going around now on YouTube.
After watching I can see what the questionable content is… Though it is pretty tame.
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The New York Times really has some nerve writing such a weepy tome about Wall Street layoffs. The very idea to write Wall Street Exodus: Fear, Panic and Anger is tin-eared, only grasping for some moral relativity late into the piece, where one broker (here called an “advisor”) gets it right:
If you went to school and you studied this industry and you studied economic cycles, why are you now surprised that this is happening?” he said. “It’s like going into politics and saying, ‘I didn’t know I could be voted out of office.’
But the whole thrust of the story, its very existence, is predicated on the notion that fired Wall Streeters deserve some sympathy and understanding.
investment bankers, recruiters and psychologists say the current economic downturn, the cascade of layoffs and the steady beat of grim financial news have exacted an especially daunting psychic price.
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“In order for people to truly listen to what one is saying one has to wear a mask and not be recognized.”
-Banksy (via Wildman)
Exposed
Emily Gould narcissistically seeks attention by writing about the suffering she experienced from narcissistically seeking attention.
The New York Times: in a world of ideas, talent, improvement, crises, joy and suffering, we make time for the trivia, too. It’s in our magazine, along with fashion.