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The Independant on the IMF
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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A rather acid take on the IMF that compares the actions of Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the actions of the IMF as a whole.
Needless to say, Dominique Strauss-Kahn comes off far less guilty. Or at least sympathetic - it is, after all, his organizations mandate.
Accidental Art Star
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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Not, of course, in any way denigrating the penguin (which is expertly rendered) - but shouldn't this tell us something about the current state of affairs in the art world?
Numastic
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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She's late, the salad girl, I didn't think she was working tonight. But she's brought with her an armful of coins to show me, I can't remember the conversation we must have had, old US nickels struck on square plates, "proofs", another that when I turn over I recognize a Philadelphia Shilling, it has the slogan "Go Away" across the top, and I'm asking her about the coins and the logo and she's talking unintelligibly, handing me framed coins and others for me to look at, always the mumbled explanation...
Homeowner forecloses on Bank of America
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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In a sweet and affirming reversal of fortune, a Florida couple get to foreclose on a bank after it refuses to pay expenses related to the wrongful attempt to foreclose on their mortgage. (Wrongful in the sense that they never had a mortgage and owned their house outright).
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