nadezhda

Peripatetic commenter on US foreign policy, financial system matters, and misc observations on politics, economics, media and good books

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Dec
10th

Thu

booktumbling:

booklover:

William Morris Pocketbook (via I put deadly nightshade in your cup of tea.)

May
29th

Fri

In private equity, the first rule is “the last money in sets the rules”. The guy bringing money to the table when no one else will, in this case the US government, gets to rewrite the rules.

— William Neuhauser
commenting on auto bailouts
in “Obama’s New Capitalism”
by Marc Ambinder @ The Atlantic - Politics

(via booktumbling)

May
28th

Thu

People in the American Jewish community and in Israel are sick of settlement activity. The whole zeitgeist has changed.

— Martin Indyk
Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and former US Ambassador to Israel
On Obama taking a tough position with Netanyahu — New York Times

booktumbling:

justine:

Such a cool trailer for Godard’s Breathless (A Bout de Souffle). Watch the HQ version.

I wish modern movies had better trailers, you would think it would pay off on the viral internet.

I had dijon mustard on my sandwich for lunch, and it was delicious. I also felt a strange urge to read Chomsky afterwards.

— John Cole @ Balloon Juice

(via booktumbling)

Justice Souter is a proud luddite who has never owned a computer. Sotomayor, on the other hand, is a nerd.

—

Gizmodo - Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Knows Stuff About Computers

(via fred-wilson)

marcolagrenouille:

ozc:

00:00.a.m.

via ffffound.com