Tag: written by 3fingerspointback
Freddie's Dead?
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Posted to Business on Tue Jul 15, 2008 at 05:17:41 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When a big bank like IndyMac fails, it may cost the government up to $8 Billion out of its FDIC fund to compensate burned account holders. When huge banks like Bear Stearns fail, the Fed might front cash to buy the riskiest $29 Billion in order to get the rest of the business into the hands of another company and keep the machine running. And then there are the banks like Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC).
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A Bargain At Any Price: A Review of Radiohead's "In Rainbows"
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Posted to Music on Mon Oct 15, 2007 at 06:48:59 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Four years after Hail to the Thief, sob-pop group Radiohead is back with a new album, In Rainbows, distributed off the web under a radical new two-tiered price scheme: Buy the deluxe set which comes in December for £40, or download the tracks off the first CD today, for whatever you'd like to pay them. This weekend, I decided to join the 1.2 millions of other downloaders and checked it out for myself.
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Live, From The Big Con.
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Posted to Media on Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 08:56:19 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Aaaah, July in San Diego. The perfect waves for breaking out the fun - and fishboards. The evenings to watch Sea World work through their leftover July 4th stock of fireworks. And at the end of the month, you can drop the cool attitude, team up with all the other geeks across America, and go get your nerd on at - no, not Over the Line, that ended last week! I'm talking about Comic-Con here.
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"Do Run, Run, Ron" Or "Don't Run, Ron?"
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Posted to Politics on Mon May 28, 2007 at 08:27:33 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Amongst the almost homogeneous field of 2008 Republican presidential candidates, Ron Paul has consistently stood out by promoting the Libertarian ideals of personal privacy, small government, and withdrawal from the international community. Until two weeks ago, the attitudes of the Republican front-runners towards Paul was generally bemused tolerance.
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Serbia Guilty of Negligent Genocide
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Posted to Legal on Wed Feb 28, 2007 at 03:46:37 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In the first ever case of its kind, the International Criminal Court has ruled that Serbia is innocent of intentional genocide against Bosnian Muslims, but guilty of allowing forces under its influence to partake in genocidal acts.
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Colts Beat Bears, 29-17
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Posted to Sport on Mon Feb 05, 2007 at 09:53:01 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Most of you probably watched Super Bowl XLI. If not for the game, then for the ads, or to watch Prince do the halftime show, or just to have an excuse for a party.
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The Road to Hell is Paved with Fair Trade Coffee Bricks
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Posted to Etcetera on Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 08:06:15 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
This week's Economist includes a special feature devoted to taking down a notch the three most popular movements for food activism: Organics, Fair Trade, and Local Food.
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Slipping Into the Surly Bond
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Posted to Media on Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 02:32:45 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
When Casino Royale opened on November 17th, the 21st installment in the franchise didn't just introduce Daniel Craig as the sixth official actor; it also marked a radical departure from the tone, style, and themes of the previous films of at least the past three decades.
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