Watch US Senator Carl Levin grill Daniel Sparks, the former head of mortgages at Goldman Sachs, over an internal Goldman email where employees discuss the “shitty deal” they just made.
April, 2010
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Federal Election 2.0
The web scene in the run up to the election is getting a bit surreal when it comes to the two main political parties. The days of the downloadable discrete policy seem to be gone.
This day in Crikey: Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Wednesday April 28, 2004, Toss this dopey Young Lib out of the house, by Hillary Bray.
Crikey Says: Rudd lacks the courage for serious reform
Two years ago, Kevin Rudd correctly observed that there was no point being in power unless power was used to achieve change. So, why does the PM search for reasons not to reform?
Why you should never mix business with family
The history of business is littered with family feuds and silver spoons. Boston Globe offers up 13 examples of why money and relatives don’t mix: deaths, jealously and lawsuits.
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Two paths for the future of text
Author Steven Berlin Johnson’s excellent take on how the great minds of the 17th and 18th century compiled their favourite passages of text, and what it means for journalism today.
The sucky history of dummies
To suck or not to suck: that is the question every parent agonises over for their slobbery, screaming little bundle of joy. So are dummies good or bad for babies? No one actually agrees, but “experts” have been squabbling about it for over 100 years.
Is prison rape “too expensive” to stop?
Make all the “don’t drop the soap!” jokes you want, Amanda Hess talks to US prison rape victims and nobody is laughing. New standards have been released showing how prison rape can be prevented, so why do prisons think it’s too expensive to bother?
PHOTO GALLERY: The earthquake that killed over 2,200 people
Two weeks ago a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the overwhelming Tibetan area of Yushu, China. Now children huddle under cardboard boxes, dead horses are stuck under rubble and mass cremations are being held.
Antony Green: You may love #KKHairAvatarDay but you don’t want her in charge
Kristina Keneally may be the popular new school captain, but Labor’s vote is still as low as ever. If NSW had an election last weekend, Barry O’Farrell would now be Premier of NSW, explains Antony Green.
How a North Korean ambassador got a root canal from a mobster dentist in New Jersey
The unbelievable-but-apparently-true first-hand account of North Korea’s US ambassador visiting Tony Soprano’s dentist, John “The Greek” Kallis.
Fantapants: a history
Rangas are the new oppressed in society, but why does one hair colour manage to bring such scorn and ridicule? And is there a conspiracy to stop fake redheads from existing?
Watch the M.I.A. video banned by YouTube (NSFW)
A music video by rapper M.I.A. depicting US police/military violence has been pulled from YouTube. Check it out here (though be warned: it is pretty violent and confronting).
The four women left behind
The Padang earthquake that shook Indonesia in September 2009 resulted in deadly mudslides. Patrick Tombola shows the four remaining women peering out over their destroyed village.
Why can’t we watch American TV online?
Good question: TV news outlets in Australia, the UK and the Middle East allow anyone to stream their content online — so why do all US broadcasters lock the rest of the world out?
How to stuff as many passengers as possible into an A380
The Lufthansa A380, due for delivery to the carrier on May 19, seems to reflect the race for the bottom among European carriers. Just how many people can they squeeze in? asks Ben Sandilands.
WSJ vs. NYT: the smacktalk showdown
The war of words between the Wall Street Journal and New York Times over the Journal’s new New York section has gotten dirty. Village Voice scores the verbal slugfest.
Throw down your chalk and get ready for a real education revolution
The classroom is turning into the stage for an industrial action showdown, with the AEU banning teacher supervision of the controversial NAPLAN tests. Alienating educators is a risky move by Julia Gillard, writes teacher Fatima Measham.
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What different colours mean to different cultures
An amazing chart showing the huge contrast in the way cultures attach meaning to colour. Pink may be “feminine” to us, but it means “healthy” to the Japanese, and “freedom” to Hindus.
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An oily history of spills
Currently 160,000 litres of oil is being leaked into the Gulf of Mexico following a massive explosion on a US drilling platform. But it’s just a drop in the ocean compared to the oil spills by the Iraqi army in the Gulf War.
Picking through the rubbish scraps of Greece
Greece’s credit rating has been downgraded to “junk” by S&P and the rest of the Mediterranean is looking shaky. Has Europe waited so long to bail Greece out that it’s now completely screwed? asks Felix Salmon
Undercover at a Christian gay-to-straight conversion camp
Singing, sharing, snuggling, shame and secret erections: straight, atheist journalist Ted Cox goes undercover in the Christian “ex-gay” movement.
Goldman Sachs: “the kind of theater that makes you want to run to the restroom to vomit”
Barbara Kiviat reviews a scene from the “nauseating” theatre that is the Goldman Sachs hearing: the disgraced executives Still. Don’t. Get. It.
Can all the celebrity atheists please shut up?
Pope Benedict XVI is being crucified over the sexual abuse scandals, when he’s the Pope who’s made the biggest attempts to rid the Catholic Church of abuse, writes Mary Elias.
