Elections, Banking, New Q-Tip Video and other seemingly random stuff.
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I’m back like a deadbeat dad who just lost his job and wants to play house rather than live on the streets to let you know about a few happenings on the web and in the real world.
First off, can we just have the darn election already?
And enough with the gosh dang economy. One person will win, but they have the same economic interests backing them.
Senator McCain:
| Senator McCain:
Merrill Lynch $349,170 Citigroup Inc $287,801 Morgan Stanley $249,377 Goldman Sachs $220,045 JPMorgan Chase & Co $206,392 AT&T Inc $183,663 Credit Suisse Group $175,503 PricewaterhouseCoopers $163,670 Blank Rome LLP $153,426 US Government $152,118 US Army $150,470 Wachovia Corp $147,456 Greenberg Traurig LLP $145,737 UBS AG $141,365 Bank of America $133,975 FedEx Corp $121,904 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $120,246 US Dept of Defense $118,125 Lehman Brothers $115,707 Bear Stearns $108,000 |
Barack Obama:
Goldman Sachs $739,521 University of California $697,506 Harvard University $501,489 Citigroup Inc $492,548 Google Inc $487,355 JPMorgan Chase & Co $475,112 National Amusements Inc $432,169 Microsoft Corp $429,656 UBS AG $419,550 Lehman Brothers $391,774 Wilmerhale Llp $383,024 Time Warner $375,063 Sidley Austin LLP $370,916 Skadden, Arps et al $360,409 Stanford University $341,399 Morgan Stanley $341,380 Latham & Watkins $328,879 Jones Day $309,960 University of Chicago $294,237 General Electric $290,584 |
This data came from Open Secrets. Notice how many names overlap? Notice how many are financial institutions? Notice a few that failed this year? The ones that didn’t fail, are ones that bought institutions that did fail. Maybe it’s a coincidence…
Quick Links
Bottled water is yucky. There was a great Penn & Teller BS episode on this.
Great website, but really, they say it best themselves:
In punk rock, stating that you’ve been around for a decade is essentially admitting that you’re an ancient vessel amidst a sea of doe-eyed, baby-faced, sometimes-talented (but often not) newbies who have barely tested the chilly DIY waters before sailing for warmer shores.
Don’t forget about the free net album.
Lightning Bolt and Bjork collaborate. Oh yeah, the radiohead guy too.
Videos
New Q-Tip Video-”Move”
Q-Tip – “Move” from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.
Take On Me Literal Version
