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Saturday, April 11, 2009

One of the best articles I’ve read recently about the history of the economic crisis is available in this month’s Harper’s: “Infinite debt: How unlimited interest rates destroyed the economy” by Thomas Geoghegan, a labor lawyer from Chicago.
It’s not freely available online at the moment (although it may be in the relatively near future), so [...]

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A deck of cards! It’s just a deck of cards!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

I know, I know. The malapropism “a deck of cards!”1 in reference to an unstable situation isn’t that funny.
I also know that nobody has time to read a damn 9 page article about Wall Street. But it’s easy to read.
which some of you may recall from Hupton–I do, because it was my [...]

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Just in time for an election

Monday, November 3, 2008

Sometimes when we say “rough mix,” we really, really mean it.

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Or the moment when his soul finally left his body

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Puking out his soul
US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008.

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Sitting on your ass, Defending Oregon

Monday, September 8, 2008

Who doesn’t love sitting on their ass? And who doesn’t live to defend Oregon? Now you can do both! Check out the Election 2008 links over there on the right side of your screen.
Do your part, dammit!

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PDX Pop Again

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

It’s time once again for the PDX Pop Now! compilation. Being a Portland band and all, we should probably submit a song. And it should probably be a fancy-pants studio recording from Roboctopus.
Since we like to pretend that your voice matters, dear fans, we’ll let you vote on this. And [...]

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Level 2, Asswipes!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Thanks to the tireless efforts of new fan Golux13 and cynical sock puppet Infinite Monkey, we’re well on our way to Level 2 on The Sixty-One.  Twelve more points, baby!1
Which means we’ll get to post a BRAND NEW SONG on the site! And since I have approximately three millimeters of critical distance from all [...]

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