“When I heard that BP was destroying a big portion of Earth, with no serious discussion of cutting their dividend, I had two thoughts: 1) I hate them, and 2) This would be an excellent time to buy their stock.” — Dilbert’s Scott Adams in the WSJ. I had a similar predicament about purchasing stocks of Tobacco companies 2001-02, and ultimately decided I didn’t want to invest, though their fundamentals were solid. I’m still thinking about investing in BP, has my moral compass changed over the past decade?
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This is the size of the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, centered around NY. Click through to see it over your town!
“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that’s ruining the ocean.” —
JIMMY FALLON, Late Night
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Back at Mr. Brainwash
“I tell them to think of Woodstock,” he said. “The first one was free, but it ended up making the industry a lot of money and was a huge success. The second and third ones were very expensive for fans and were failures.” — New York Times article about the founder of the P2P service Limewire and his challenges in negotiating with the labels…
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Sisters in Motion roller skating Dance Troupe
Back to the Mr. Brainwash exhibit in Meatpacking
Succeed
Fried Cadbury egg from A Salt and Battery
The only cool thing about renting a light blue PT cruiser is nothing.
Brooklyn Bowl, Reid Genaeur of Assemblyof Dust