There’s also the very keen nugget of wisdom that 95% of graphic design is actually typography.
Kidnappers Introduce Victim’s Girlfriend To Wife | WPLG Miami
Before leaving, the robbers brought the man’s girlfriend into the home and introduced her to his wife, according to investigators. The robbers then left them all together in the house and took off.
So busted….Ed.
Twitter TownHall Reveals That GOP ‘Debates’ Require No More Than 140 Characters | Fast Company
The Twitter event was, by any measure, a sound representation of modern presidential debating–which inadvertently speaks volumes about how little substance there is in so-called “debates.” The sorry truth is that the constraint of 140 characters did not oversimplify the arguments put forth by these candidates at all.
Lords of the shadow inventory | Dr. Housing Bubble Blog
Yet the market we currently have is really a large benefit to investment banks and the government with a smaller impact on the rest of Americans. At this point the banks and government are largely fused into one. The typical American is simply squeezed in the middle.
Yes, Ladies, You Can Walk Around the City Topless | New York News
A woman’s right to go topless in New York has a long history. The defendants in the 1992 case People v. Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss were arrested along with five others in a Rochester park for violating a law which prohibited women from showing “that portion of the breast which is below the top of the areola.” (Areola = coloring around the nipple). Santorelli and Schloss argued that the law was “discriminatory on its face since it defines ‘private or intimate parts’ of a woman’s but not a man’s body as including a specific part of the breast.” The New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the two women.
Weekly Economic Report | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- July U.S. Labor Market Report
- The Flight to Safety Drives the Financial Markets
- Consumer Credit in June
- Auto Sales Up 5.9% in July
- Global Economic Monitor
- Events of Interest
- Thursday, August 18: Los Angeles Chapter, NABE Luncheon Meeting
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
Old people’s sex romps shock anglers | The Local
“For decades we are very tolerant of nudists, said the mayor of Centovalli, Giorgo Pellanda (60), “but such exhibitionism is illegal. It damages the image of our valley and disturbs families. Swiss-German nudists are increasingly brazen.“
ALERT: Content may not be suitable for sensitive readers.
A Sensible Housing Market? OC v. IE | Dr. Housing Bubble Blog
Our society is obsessed with the “monthly nut” like a squirrel running out onto the highway to get food only to miss the big rig barreling down on it.
This is what $549K looks like in Culver City. – Ed.
Google’s Success May Mark The End Of Everything Else | Fast Company
Unless Google slips up somewhere, the races will eventually be for second place. First place will be locked down by the big G.
Weekly Economic Report | LADEC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- June State/Local Area Employment Reports
- California’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 11.8%
- Signs of a Rise in U.S. House Prices?
- California’s Home Resales Slide 14.4% in June
- Global Economic Monitor
- Events of Interest
- July 28, 2011: LA NABE Luncheon Meeting
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
