Des Temps

The only blog you’ll ever need.

  • Verizon Guy=Marlboro Man?

    throat.jpgStarting today, cigarette packs in the UK will be labeled with ghastly images of cancer damage. A picture is worth a thousand words. Of course cell phones seem to pose a risk as well – and should have warnings – so say scientists. Luckily, Big Cell has done their own research, and

    …presented evidence that cell phones are safe. The wireless industry, from Nokia (NOK) and Motorola (MOT) to Verizon Wireless and AT&T (T), says there is no cause for concern. “The overwhelming majority of studies that have been published in scientific journals around the globe show that wireless phones do not pose a health risk,” said the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Assn., the wireless industry’s trade group…

    Well that’s fertile ground for a lawsuit down the road, if we aint all dead by then.
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  • Sunset?

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    So could this American Experiment actually be failing? Our money now being held evermore by 3 banks and an increase of our $1.5 trillion debt to China? We’re obese and broke, sans national healthcare. In the effort to shore up national pride, soon comes an increase in religion and xenophobia. Emigration from the US to…?

    In rejecting the bailout today, “…Jeb Hensarling, Republican of Texas, said he intended to vote against the package, which he said would put the nation on ‘the slippery slope to socialism.’” (jebber, it aint socialism, it’s regulation) And while I do love a bull market, I’m wondering where our killer capitalism is truly taking this young empire. Do people now work ‘harder/longer’ or say f*ck it?

  • Berlin Wins

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    Been in Berlin for the last week, spending my days at Freie Universitat brainstorming about Islam and Advertising and my nights in Narnia, cause the dance floors are still packed come dawn. As fate would have it, in town was Michael from If We Ran It and Cory aka DJ Peoples Champion now lives here. Partners in crime are clutch for chaos. Plus I think the GDR must have invented a KhutestGhirlEvar machine, cause I’ve fallen in love twice. Should America implode, I know where I’m bound. If you beat me to it, some witching hour spots well worth visiting are Picknick, Magnet, Maria, 8MM, + CHB Kollektiv. Still alive after sunrise? Don’t sleep, hit Berghain.
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    photo via stilinberlin

  • Sarah Palin…Helping the Iraq?

    While I like to imagine that I’m open minded, can I truly respect the intelligence of my peers who vote for McPain? It’s beyond the pale.
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    What was 2 weeks ago hailed as a brilliant RNC chess move is now being called foolish from within the right. So are conservatives like George Will, who is now openly questioning the intelligence of McCain, going to break rank once inside the voting booth? I think so. The idea of Palin engaging Putin is just too much to bear. The video below makes me laugh, but it also makes me very scared. s6HCDsBSlmM

  • The Dark Bailout

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    Quoth the President after yesterday’s failed talks:

    “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down.” [nyt]
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    video link via DF

  • I Like Little Marshmallows

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    Katie Couric is my new BFF, cause this interview of Palin is fire. Des Temps eschews cut+paste blogging, but could. not. resist. Below is the copy from the last :40. To be honest, I’m surprised the RNC powers let CBS air this.

    Couric: You’ve said, quote, “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

    Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie – that, that’s paramount. That’s more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us.

    Couric: But he’s been in Congress for 26 years. He’s been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more.

    Palin: He’s also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he’s been talking about – the need to reform government.

    Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you’ve said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?

    Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.

    Couric: I’m just going to ask you one more time – not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.

    Palin: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.

    Oh yeah, you do that. And bring me some bars and hot cocoa too. Like ships passing in the night, I wonder if this interview will break Sarah and make Kate.

  • All Bounce, No Fill

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    I’m in Berlin, wandering the streets with a camera, hoping to see beneath the surface. Shooting in a new city always begins with contrasts of the banal, and the trick is to get past that. En route, I saw the bikes and thought of Eggleston, who shoots only one take. Resolved to do the same, and then the flash flashed back. Moved on down the road, as happy as the pixies that must be living in those reflectors.