http://www.priestas.net Mouth Cannon in Hypertext Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:10:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en They have agreed to allow inspections again and in exchange, we'll no longer call them a terrorist state in public. I suppose there's one silver lining in the collapse of world financial markets: if the US, England and the other big boys are hurting, you know these guys are in trouble. ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/10/11/north-korea-agrees-to-play-nice-again/ While Congress and the administration were trying to hammer out details of the largest bailout since the Great Depression, another bank bit the dust and was sold on the cheap to Jamie Dimon. Dimon's swag is phenomenal The deal, valued at $1.9B, was another bargain for Chase (consider that Bank ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/09/26/dimon-bags-another/ A demonstrator holds up a sign behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee September 23, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Bush administration officials were testifying about a ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/09/24/indeed/ http://www.priestas.net/2008/09/15/my-powers-of-rhetoric-are-so-much-greater-than-yours/ With Biden's announcement a mere days before the Democratic party convention and the GOP expected to follow suit with their own announcement, how far off are we from seeing running mates revealed live on stage? The next logical step being Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson there to approve of ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/08/27/the-evolution-of-veepstakes/ http://www.priestas.net/2008/08/22/you-knew-it-wouldnt-last/ This might be some of the best stuff David Brooks has ever written: This transition has produced some new status rules. In the first place, prestige has shifted from the producer of art to the aggregator and the appraiser. Inventors, artists and writers come and go, but buzz is forever. Maximum ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/08/09/lord-of-the-meme/ I'm a little late on this, but I finally got around to seeing Broken Social Scene at the Metro last weekend. We were kind of stuck in the back, but they didn't disappoint. They're now on my "to-see-again-soon" list, but with all of the solo and side projects ... http://www.priestas.net/2008/08/09/broken-social-scene/ http://www.priestas.net/2008/08/04/big-deuce/ He will build a consistent winner and this town is due. http://www.priestas.net/2008/07/25/lets-go-cuban/