i love elizabeth warren

“…The old rules of regulation just literally don’t work anymore. Because now we’re under this giant shadow of implicit and explicit government guarantees … we said in effect … we will throw as many taxpayers as we need to throw under the bus to keep your business functionally operational in the way that it was functionally operational before without a cost to you personally, and to your shareholders personally. That’s a whole new world.” – Elizabeth Warren, professor at Harvard Law School and chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

hollywood squares: vintage

Q. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat? A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness! Q. Do female frogs croak? A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough. Q. If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be? A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady […]

Random notes from Ibiza

1. Blonde girl = Chav(ette). nine times out of ten. 2. In case of emergency, break dance. 3. Time commits suicide (Angelo bar, Sunday night) 4. Opposite of Control? Permission. 5. Xenophobia is alive and well in the European Union. Does anyone like the Germans besides me? 6. Hed Kandi is chav-erific. Beyond all imagining. […]

BLOWING UP PEPSI – CEO Indra Nooyi – Zimbio

Never had the company attempted to overhaul so many products so quickly. The danger was clear: In January consumers would walk into supermarkets and find that nearly all of their favorite PepsiCo beverages looked dramatically different–and they might hate the changes. What’s more, d’Amore’s team wouldn’t have time for the exhaustive market research that usually […]