Today's pick of the web
EDITION #1 - Tuesday, 23rd September 2008
- Robert Peston (BBC Business Editor) - "Peston's Picks", BBC News Online
"The next accident"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2008/09/the_next_accident.html
DJR's gist: Robert Peston has got to be one of the best writers out there on the web, with all his blogs featuring top-drawer one liners that beautifully summarise his point. A classic from this blog, which analyses plans to tackle the credit-default-swaps market, suggested that plans are "yet another attempt to close the stable door after a galloping herd has not only bolted, but has already crossed the state line".
- Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) - The Daily Telegraph
"Financial Crisis: Bankers and the City of London provided a roof over people's heads"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/23/do2301.xml
DJR's gist: Now Mayor of London for several months, the majority of people still consider Boris to be a bit of a joke, albeit an intelligent joke. However, it this excellent analysis of the implications of the credit crisis on Britain, he illustrates the double standards that are inherent in the psyche of so many Brits (a trait that, I daresay, is mirrored the world over) and points out that countless people would not be enjoying the benefits of home ownership were in not for the ingenuity of the people they are now berating.
- Hannah Strange - "Across the Pond", Times Online
McCain manager "paid $2m by Fannie and Freddie to ward off regulatory challenges"
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/mccain-manager.html
DJR's gist: The McCain campaign slated Barack Obama for his links to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US mortgage firms that were bailed by the Federal government last week. But surprise, surprise, guess who's campaign manager was the recipient of $2million from the very same two companies to protect them from stricter regulation...? You guessed it...
- M.J. Stephey - TIME Magazine
Sarah Palin's E-Mail Hacked
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1842097,00.html
DJR's gist: Once again on the topic of the US elections, an article on Gawker, which is linked in this TIME article, exposes Sarah Palin's use of her personal address for emails related to her position as Governor - which is obviously against the rules. Of course, the discovery is a gross invasion of Palin's privacy, but serves to place many more question marks over the already questionable integrity of the "gun-toting hockey mum".
- Andrew Benson - BBC Sport
Justice evades Hamilton
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7631230.stm
DJR's gist: The travesty of sport that is Formula One's internal politics has spawned itself one more time - presently over the 25-second penalty handed to Lewis Hamilton for his manoevre on Kimi Raikonnen at the epic Belgian Grand Prix two weeks ago. The whole escapade stunk to high heaven, and I couldn't agree more with the opening lines to this article: "No-one in Formula One will be surprised at the decision...but that does not mean it was the right one."
- Michael Swaim - Cracked.com
The 8 Most Terrifying Restaurants from Around the World
http://www.cracked.com/blog/2008/09/11/9-restaurants-designed-to-ruin-your-appetite/
DJR's gist: Exactly what it says on the tin. Weird, wonderful and disgusting; I personally would love to try the Belgian "table in the sky" concept. This link comes courtesy of one my sources, who apparently goes by the name of "Chouders the Vicissitudinous Ayatollah of Misogyny". There will no doubt be plenty more contributions from him in the future.
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