October 2010 Archives

Gone. He was a real mensch. I had a short conversation with him in 2006 and asked him a few questions on the chance that he'd actually give me an answer. Which he did. This is what he said: Ted Sorensen's Italics and Starry Rearview Mirror.

(Crossposted at HuffPo)

Postscript: Nov. 3 -- And now the BananaRepublic has spoken. Ugh.

PPS: Paul Krugman nails it, as usual.

Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language from Matthew Rogers on Vimeo.

Via the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Thank you.

Here's the launch video:

And here's their Web site.

"The Unnatural Act Act," by Norman O. Mustill [1974], is from the collection
of Knud Petersen. It appeared originally in a Copenhagen Fluxus show. More Mustill.

Never mind the solemn hyperbole of this "leaked memo," which comes via MoveOn.org. It does tell the real story:

The Cabal of Multinational Corporations is pleased to formally announce RepubliCorp^TM, a new combined entity following our complete merger with the Republican Party.

RepubliCorp^TM combines the ethics-free campaigning savvy of the GOP with the limit-free spending power of Corporate America^TM. This merger is precisely timed: With the recent Citizens United ruling finally placing the United States Government on the open market, RepubliCorp^TM is now perfectly positioned to lead our hostile takeover bid, currently scheduled for completion on November 2nd 2010.

Click the illustration to see the flow chart of "the restructuring plan for the takeover bid."