Posted By: dmatasavich
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As the officials you elected to speak for you have voted to spend $700 billion of your tax dollars, to pump air into the failed system that is our economy, to keep the bubble afloat, Banksy had this to say: “Let them eat crack”. With this latest art-vertisement, that I told you about yesterday completed, Banksy has summed up what Wall Street is nicely. In the latest Colossal Media / Banksy collaborative piece on Broadway and Howard, a giant rat depicting corporate America and Wall Street is show keeping itself dry of its own mess via an umbrella, while holding a $700 bn stuffed brief case in its bloody hand. Remember, as Wall Street and the politicians that are just as guilty for this crisis, are saved, they still will not care about you!
Posted By: dmatasavich
Way back when this blog was in it’s embryonic stage, we showed you how bad design can turn a multi-million dollar branding project, into the butt of everyones jokes (literally), with the easy conversion of Microsoft’s Zune logo into anuz, complete with the mildly manipulated sphincter symbol.
Zune – Original:
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Zune – Modified:
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See more logo porn after the jump.
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Posted By: dmatasavich
My two cents on the 700 billion dollar government bail out for AIG and the careers of the politicians who let this disgrace happen. This one is for you AA.
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Posted By: dmatasavich
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The traditional bank is a thing of the past. It used to be that people wanted their banks to be a domineering marble and cement structure in their environment, with giant columns out front to signify it’s strength and stability. Well as time changes so do peoples opinions on what they want. These days consumers need their banks to be quick, easy and efficient. No need for the bureaucracy that used to need those 40 foot ceilings to hold it all. Brought to you by Crea International, Che Banca! (translated as What a Bank!), of Italy, is one of the latest banks to bring style and design into their branches. Getting away from the bullet proof, bus depot style of windows that most banks have you interact with their tellers through, Che Banca! has created a welcoming and modern adaptation for the banking experience.
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Posted By: aallon
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Finally Someone Who Makes Sense…
This is one of many documents to have come out of a conversation, which started 25 years ago between the blogger and the author. This is my first blog post so I felt it fitting to start my blogging career with a letter from the man who contributed 1/2 the biological material necessary for me to post this (i.e. my father).
Below is my father’s response to a week long rant we have been having regarding the stupidity of the current political discourse surrounding Treasury’s $700bn proposal. One of this weeks most notable morons is Nancy Pelosi who was quoted in The New York Times as saying, “we must insulate Main Street from Wall Street and keep people in their homes.” What does this even mean? It appeals to peoples’ emotions. That’s it! Excuse me, but Wall Street financed Main Street. The two work in lock-step not isolation. Maybe someone should have paid attention in their introductory economics course. Sorry, I am ranting again and taking up space that should be given to this honest, logical, and non-emotional take on the current financial situation. I hope you enjoy.
OMG! Did we really elect these people? Are our senators really trying to blame Wall Street “fat cats” for the financial meltdown? Ever notice that those loudest about pointing the finger of blame are usually the ones who most likely bear most of the blame? In this case there is plenty of blame to go around. Starting with the borrowers who, in their effort to grab a piece of the American dream grabbed more than they could prudently afford egged on by real estate brokers and mortgage brokers anxious to finance their own piece of the dream with fees, all of whom often played fast and fancy with the truth to achieve their goals. Next came the myriad of middle men who passed along the questionable paper to anxious investment bankers who, through the miracle of securitization and with the blessing of rating agencies, sliced and diced the expected future stream of statistically calculated cash flows and resold them to anxious investors desperate for a yield above Treasuries for their mountains of investment dollars. But why did the “fat cats” of Wall St. take on such enormous risk? They weren’t breaking any laws or rules so how did it happen. That same body that today pilloried Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke for trying to suggest a plan to prevent a self-feeding ‘30s style crash is the same body that, in the late 90s tore down the barrier between investment banks and the candy jar of easy access to capital insured by none other than “we the people”. The repeal of the Glass Stegall Act was the crowning achievement of deregulation and it was not accompanied by any reasonable mechanism to insure that those new mega financial institutions would not use their access to cheap and boundless capital to generate fees and guess what? They did. Surprised? Don’t be…
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