On Monday, up at Columbia Law School, I’m moderating the best economics panel you’ll ever have the chance to see. Don’t miss it.
fuckyeahsouthafrica:
A Great White Shark breaches at Sunrise at Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa.
Fantastic. Flying sharks. What could go wrong?
(via tjpytheas)
“ Suppose you grow up poor in Alabama. You decide to move to New York to make a better life for yourself. But when you get to the state line, you’re stopped by armed men who won’t let you in. New York already has enough people, they say, and it doesn’t need you. And since you weren’t born there, you have no right to go there. You would — quite reasonably — find this ridiculous. So why is it any less ridiculous to tell a Guatemalan or a Bangladeshi that he cannot move to the U.S.? ”
Self-refuting nonsense from Reason Magazine.
Immigration Reform Falls Short - Reason.com
sarahspy:
Through April, I’m offering 15% OFF any of my handmade glass pendant necklaces (or new bumble bee lino print cards), such as the one pictured above, which features a REAL four-leaf clover, found and pressed by me!
To receive the 15% off discount, visit my Etsy shop and enter “SPRING” in the promo code field when ordering :)
I want a pocket watch like this.
There is a lot of cocaine use in finance. A head of one of Wall Street’s top firms used to keep an antacid bottle full of the stuff in his desk drawer. A top trader from Bear Stearns once showed me a cocaine dispenser he had built from a retractable ballpoint pen that had his firm’s logo on it. At the TGIF’s near Wall Street you could silently pick up cocaine just by leaving a very large tip for the bartender; he’d then slide a napkin covering a baggie of coke across to you. Talk about an over-the-counter trade.
It really was no miracle…
“ Berezovsky claimed to have been the mastermind behind picking a man with no public face, a former K.G.B. agent, to succeed Yeltsin as the president of Russia. He also said it was his idea to manufacture an entire nonideological pseudo-political pseudo-movement to serve as the new president’s base of support. Berezovsky also had another brilliant idea, which to his regret Putin did not grasp: creating a fake two-party system, with Putin at the head of a socialist-democrat sort of party and Berezovsky leading a neoconservative one, or the other way around. ”
Till Death, Berezovsky Defends Backing Putin - NYTimes.com
Something to remember when watching American politics.
All Of My Dodgeball Checkins, September 2005
Check-ins in September
YOUR CHECK-INS (70)
Fri. Sep. 30
Larry Lawrence
12:51 AM
Union Pool
9:05 PM
Foxhounds
7:16 PM
Thu. Sep. 29
The Cellar
12:45 AM
6s and 8s
11:51 PM
7B/Vazac’s
11:16 PM
Plan B
8:20 PM
Sun. Sep. 25
The Cellar
2:02 AM
Joe’s Bar
1:54 AM
Joe’s Bar
1:51 AM
Joe’s Bar
1:51 AM
Joe’s Bar
1:51 AM
North Square
3:05 PM
Sat. Sep. 24
Bellevue Bar
2:03 AM
Siberia Bar
12:13 AM
Ailey Studios
9:38 PM
vintage new york winebar
7:07 PM
Fri. Sep. 23
Sing Sing
2:24 AM
White Rabbit
1:26 AM
Joe’s Bar
12:37 AM
Perry Street
10:18 PM
Thu. Sep. 22
Rhone
9:41 PM
Bungalow 8
8:14 PM
Wed. Sep. 21
Local 138
11:27 PM
Lolita
9:53 PM
Fanelli’s
8:28 PM
Slainte
6:45 PM
Tue. Sep. 20
Pianos
10:51 PM
Max Fish
10:15 PM
Pegu Club
8:51 PM
Mon. Sep. 19
Pianos
9:04 PM
Max Fish
8:28 PM
Grace
7:41 PM
The Patriot Saloon
4:08 PM
Fri. Sep. 16
Von
10:54 PM
Thu. Sep. 15
The Cellar
12:11 AM
Tainted Lady
10:37 PM
taco chulo
9:27 PM
Wed. Sep. 14
Bowery Ballroom
11:16 PM
Max Fish
10:40 PM
The Cellar
8:31 PM
Tue. Sep. 13
West
9:09 PM
Mon. Sep. 12
Solas
12:45 AM
McSorley’s Old Ale House
3:11 PM
Sun. Sep. 11
The Cellar
2:26 AM
The Cellar
11:04 PM
Central Bar
9:40 PM
Fri. Sep. 9
The Cellar
12:14 AM
Thu. Sep. 8
Grace
10:07 PM
Wed. Sep. 7
The Cellar
1:57 AM
12” (12 inch)
12:13 AM
Lolita
8:54 PM
Mon. Sep. 5
The Cellar
5:05 PM
Sun. Sep. 4
The Cellar
2:00 AM
Library
1:01 AM
Climax
12:01 AM
Hi Fi
11:07 PM
Zum Schneider
6:46 PM
The Cellar
6:06 PM
Murray’s Bagels
10:37 AM
Sat. Sep. 3
The Cellar
1:17 AM
Village Karaoke
12:33 AM
Paladar
10:03 PM
Bohemian Hall and Park
4:07 PM
Five Points
2:02 PM
Fri. Sep. 2
The Cellar
3:39 PM
Red Rock West
3:35 AM
Thu. Sep. 1
Morrisey Park
1:30 AM
The Cellar
12:25 AM
The Cellar
7:54 PM
“ I never know when to call people anymore. It’s like a skill that I’ve lost. During the day, no one is home because everyone is at work. And at work they’re too busy to talk. Or, if they don’t work, they’re at lunch all day. Around other people. Talking on the phone would be rude. At night, it’s dinner time. Or their favorite show is on. Or they’re in bed already. Maybe because we don’t call people anymore we’ve just squeezed out the opportunity for phone calls altogether. ”
A note I wrote to a friend today.
