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AIG Outrage Threatens Psychosis Definition

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:42:21 +0000

The medically relevant definition of psychosis is being threatened, as reality and the reality of oppositeland take firmer hold in the gestalt mindshare of the American people:

“People experiencing psychosis may report hallucinations or delusional beliefs, and may exhibit personality changes and disorganized thinking. This may be accompanied by unusual or bizarre behavior, as well as difficulty with social interaction and impairment in carrying out the activities of daily living.” [link]

As Mobile Vulgus and Mob Rule become fashionable and take their stranglehold, the technoratic elite seem to be taking to mashup tools to get what they want, when they want it: amongst calls for a AIG Bonus Tracker [geolocated], we may never hear of those who do the right thing, whatever that is.

Financial Markets Fallout Radioactive

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:19:54 +0000

The highly toxic and radioactive assets in the latest round from the global stock market chaos has led to a dearth of advice on surviving the fallout. But certain suggestions as how to survive financial ruin come in many different flavors of trepidation and fear. Everything from guns to gold, clean water to diamonds, to buying up everything you can, if you can, during the firesale, leads us to wonder why cant we just start over? Paranoid Culture staff have taken an informal vote, and we beleive that clamshells will become the next currency. There should be enough for every human on the planet to have some money then. And if the clams begin to die off from global warming, why, what could be a better inflationary curb?

Europe and Asian Stocks Plummet

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:59:02 +0000

It looks like even earthquakes in far off Kyrgyzstan were not able to keep the planetary brain off the Almighty Dollar (or Euro, or Yen, or…), and it looks like the crisis may be getting even deeper: the United States Index of Homeless Families who Live in Motels in Massachusetts has increased by nearly 500 families. Think global recession, experience local depression! Also, dont forget, traders, to put your happy face on the overall doom and disaster!