Browsing archives for February 20th, 2009

Friday Night Fluff: Ginger Snaps

Fluff Stuff, Friday Night Fluff 20 February 2009 | 3 Comments

It is a rare occasion that I watch a movie outside the horror genre. I’ve read Fangoria, stopped in at Bloody Disgusting and squealed in delight when I discovered that my digital cable package included free movies from Fearnet. I know the territory well. It isn’t lost on me that the genre has some glaring flaws- namely misogyny and racial stereotyping (or exclusion). But there are a lot of horror films that don’t suffer from that at all.

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Economy, Random, Society & World 20 February 2009 | 2 Comments

Planet Money posted two videos about the economic crisis yesterday. One is an amazing animation by Jonathan Jarvis that explains, in some depth, how the credit crisis started.The other video is more entertainment based on the credit crisis. It comes from CB Fresh and is called Wall Street Fighter 4.

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