Notes from the Surf
The Sun
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0211/sunspot_swedish_c1.jpg
This is what you'd see shortly before melting =)
Employees of Lehman Brothers stage protest
http://www.reddit.com/r/business/comments/76fn9/outraged_lehman_brothers_employees_stage_a/
When life gives you lemons...
I like this one best... Option three.
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/100808/option-three.gif
Maybe not a literal interpretation, but perhaps an allegorical one.
Mossad chief's daughter imprisoned for refusing military
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/45588,features,conscience-of-the-israeli-spymasters-daughter-
What would become of the peace process if more people were like Omer Goldman?
When banks take a dive
http://www.theweek.com/article/index/89618/3/3/When_banks_take_a_dive
Not quite like The Matrix but good enough.
The system works. Just ask the 64 billionaires in New York City.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/newy-o06.shtml
"There are 64 billionaires in New York City, who together boast a combined net worth of $344 billion... In the same city, 1.5 million people live below the federal poverty line... Nearly 70 percent of New York City public school children are classified as poor."
The Guardian ignores polite company, quotes Lenin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/29/uselections2008.useconomy1
"Capitalists can buy themselves out of any crisis, so long as they make the workers pay."
How to get away with killing Iraqi civilians
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f66_1223515331
All you need is high level military officials encouraging the planting of weapons.
Views of bailout from Nicaragua, Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/53611.html
"They have abandoned every policy that they've advocated that other governments should follow over the past 20 years."
"He carries out nationalizations to save capitalism. We want to sink it."
Nepal encourages cooperative businesses and community-owned economies
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/769/39650
Let's just hope they can deliver before the CIA gets involved.