American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Oscar Nominees Revealed

By Jason Ihle
The nomination process went mostly as expected (results here). No big surprises. I am impressed with myself, though. I got 39 out of 43 in the top nine categories (including animated feature). I missed 1 each in Director, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress.
You guys all know i’m a big fan of numbers and [...]

Oscar Nominee Predictions

Every year I engage in the crapshoot that is prediction the Oscar nominations. The top 8 categories are usually not so difficult. Typically there are 3 or 4 sure-things and a 5th spot that could go to one of 2 or 3 contenders.
This year is really no different. I’d say the Supporting Actor category was [...]

Google was evil, is evil, and will be evil

I love this one by Stuart Carlson! Hmm… How will public perception fall?
From its inception Google mission has been to organize the world’s information, however right alongside that mission was a corollary and necessary agenda to insert advertising into every aspect of a user’s online experience. Google is an advertising engine just as much [...]

Bush At His Best

Always make fun of the powers that be. Enjoy!

Bush At His Best

The Witches of Greenwich

Last year was such a terrible year for hedge funds, and for many of the intermediaries that invest in them (called funds of funds), that Shakespeare was inspired to rise from his grave and paraphrase some of his earlier work:
Spoken in unison by two Funds of Funds:
Double, double, earn or fumble
Alphas fall, investors [...]

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