December 2009
4 posts
Dan Rodricks fighting the good fight on behalf of... →
middle class animal rights advocates and the city working to shutter stables around B-more.
When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like... →
“Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it’s undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it’s a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people. Avatar and scifi films like it give us the opportunity to...
Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims... →
“Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organised crime were ‘the only liquid investment capital’ available to some banks on the brink of collapse last year. He said that a majority of the $352bn (£216bn) of drugs profits was absorbed into the economic system as a result.”
