Submitted by ChrisMartenson.com Erik Townsend: Expect a US Price Shock as Black Swans Come Home to Roost American investor (and longtime CM.com member) Erik Townsend has spent the past several years living internationally, with an eye to which countries may be good alternatives if economic crisis and/or Peak Oil start to materially impact life in the US. His main observation as an expat? Through its… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : zero hedge Discovery Date : 02/03/2012 21:25 Number of articles : 2
Margin Call isn’t the first film to peer into the moneyed, aspirationally heartless world of finance, and it’s not going to be the last, but it’s got a fair shot at being the one with the most masterful timing. J.C. Chandor ‘s feature debut aims to offers insight into the mindset of bankers poised to plunge the country into the 2008 economic crisis because of their own reckless conduct, and it reaches screens as Occupy Wall Street has spread across the U.S. and internationally, fueled in part by outrage about a lack of accountability in the financial and corporate world. The film’s not an indictment or a satire — it’s a tense but contemplative exploration of being on the other side of one of those mirrored skyscraper windows, of being in a precarious place of privilege, power and, most important of all, carefully guarded remove.
This is an alligator backpack, created by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen ‘s fashion line “The Row.” It sells for $39,000. And apparently more people are willing to spend that kind of dough on a bag than even the Olsen twins expected. Women’s Wear Daily reports that Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are struggling to meet demand for a $39,000 alligator backpack from their luxury fashion line, The Row. The outrageously expensive backpack was “the first thing that sold off the shelf,” Ashley said at the Paris launch of the twins’ new handbag collection on September 30. “During our last economic crisis in the U.S., the only thing that went up was Hermès,” the champagne-sipping mini-mogul commented regarding the popularity of pricey items during difficult financial times. “If you were ever going to spend $39,000 on a bag, that’s the bag you should buy,” Barney’s Fashion Director Amanda Brooks told Fashionista upon the bag’s debut in July. Brooks thinks this accessory really is all that: “There’s enough design to make it interesting and beautiful but they truly are classic bags – and I think you also might be the only one who has it.” Man, it’s a knapsack. Would you cop this bag even if we weren’t in a recession??? Sourc
I don’t give a fuck about Olivia Wilde or her fake name. I don’t give a fuck about Cowboys Vs Aliens in what may be one of the most offensive movie ideas to ever be made it almost a mockery of the Hollywood industry that is already struggling and spending millions making shit like this is disgusting, but knowing that it will likely generate millions more in sales cuz idiots like this shit….and spend money on this shit…even though we’re in an economic crisis….makes it all so much fucking worse…Proving We’re all fucking doomed…but at least as we crash and burn…she’s showing off some tit….cuz I don’t care who the tit belongs to, I just appreciate a see through dress on any motherfucking boobies…I preferred her when she was naked ….and I’d prefer her spread eagled on my face…but she didn’t call me in July when filming in Montreal…so I figure that’s never gonna happen…but the window into her titties via her dress will…and here’s the pics…
