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SEC

The SEC is just like the Baltimore Police Dept. in The Wire - juking the stats!

From Kotz:

• The SEC encouraged only "quick hit" cases to boost their stats (numbers) and make it seem like they were effective. During the previous decades the Fort Worth office operated within a broader SEC culture where novel and complex cases such as the Stanford scheme were not encouraged because officials were evaluated by the number of cases they brought. Instead, staff were focused on bringing a number of “quick hit” smaller cases.

Because why else would this have happened:

From Kotz:

• The SEC concluded that Stanford's fund was a fraud FOUR separate times, yet each time decided not to pursue the investigation. The SEC's Fort Worth office had examined Stanford in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2004, "concluding in each case that Stanford's CDs were likely a Ponzi scheme or a similar fraudulent scheme."

Live Blog: Outsourced

9:32: Arthur Bryants product placement. Nice

9:33: Wow, so many indian people on one show. Thank you Slumdog Millionaire...

9:37: Punjabi MC. Of course

9:46: "Detroit. City of motors and black people"

9:47: This assistant manager looks like Borat

9:53: This company reminds me of the companies we used to invest in at Silver Point. Just one day decides to fire the entire sales staff and move it to India

9:54: Cue Punjabi MC again... ridiculous

9:56: Pretty average. But I do like a show with a ton of Indians. The set is nice too. I shall watch again!

9:58: Well, that about wraps it up. Let us never speak of this live blog experiment again

Live Blog: The Office

9:02: Wow, singing and dancing!

9:03: Just noticed that all 3 shows had a summer break on their shows. 1) the office had to do it b/c it is a documentary (i guess?) 2) school obviously has summer off 3) 30 rock is also off for the summer. Did Mad Men start all of this with the year shifting between seasons?

9:14: Should they have opened up auditions for Hanson? Awesome

9:17: Michael buys jeans from Talbots? Awesome

9:19: That Betty White movie. Last joke "Amuse Bouche?" "Not since college". How is that supposed to be funny?

9:23: More urine humor. This time in an elevator. Random thought, elevators the new vampires?

9:27: Love that passive aggressive move by Dwight at the end. Poor Nard Dog

9:29: Surprise surprise. I actually liked this episode! Perhaps The Office still has life in it even with Michael Scott at the helm?

Live Blog: 30 Rock

8:35: I hope there is singing in this episode

8:41: Loved the Top Gun reference. It DID need more volleyball

8:42: Wow David Letterman reference on NBC. This plus the dig at S#!T my dad says on Community... oh snap Thursday Night NBC Sitcoms

8:45: So far, not into these season openers. I am also tired from standing up while on my computer.

8:48: How does this new stopping short technology on Mercedes automobiles work with Frank Costanza's stopping short strategy?

8:49: Jack uses a MAC? I don't think so...

8:53: Picking peas out of your fried rice. Another Thomas childhood move!

8:55?: Oops. Had to time shift (rewind). Couldn't understand what Liz and Matt Damon said to each other

8:57: Boo, no singing!

Live Blog: Community

7:58: It is weird actually waiting for a television show to come on. I am so used to having a DVR that it has been a while since I watched anything (non sports) live. I actually had a DVR in college that skipped ads automatically, man I miss that thing

8:03: I have no idea what is going on. I have completely forgotten what happened last season except paint ball and chicken fingers. i feel like chevy chase

8:10: Betty Davis? or is it Bea Arthur? I forget... anyways, not so funny so far. Having her drink urine? So lame

8:13: Fratellis song for the Outsourced ad. How many TV shows and movies are going to use this song??!

8:17: "he thinks all dog are boys and all cats are girls". I totally agree! I also used to think cavemen and dinosaurs lived during the same time period. Damn you Flinstones!

8:20: from wikipedia "The [fratelli's] song also appears in the trailer for the movies Run, Fat Boy, Run, Shrek The Third, Knocked Up, and The Game Plan, as well as the television commercials for Balls of Fury, Open Season, Youth in Revolt, Dinner For Schmucks and Amstel Brewery. It is also used for the supermarket chain Vons." - now we can add Outsourced to this list. shameful

8:21: Party City ad seems to used to be Thriller by Michael Jackson. No way this happens if he is still alive

8:22: What a tease. NBC news at 11 "what ever happened to the guy from the Bed Intruder song. see at 11pm"

8:23: Betty White. Oops. Who is Betty Davis?

8:27: Twin Peaks style ending. Or is that supposed to be Lord of The Rings? Anyways, live blogging is boring. I am going to do the dishes instead

The Girl Who Played with Fire

I watched the movie yesterday. It was terrible. A huge drop-off compared to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I am not sure you should even read the book

My Generation

"OK, Mr. Critic. You are so negative all the time, why don't YOU come up with ways to improve the show"

OK, I will!

1) The star athlete (who is white) quits school and decides to join the military out of love for country. Nice, but totally unrealistic. How about the poor kid who can only afford college if he or she signs up for military service? Oh yeah, and this person is NOT white 

(message: the poor fight our wars)

2) The ivy league over-achiever who goes into investment banking and finance and makes 3x what everyone else makes, but still complains about the stress juxtaposed to people in Afghanistan fighting in the war

(message: people are spoiled)

3) The person who got married to her high school sweetheart and is now in a love-less marriage wondering, what did I do?

(message: people get married way too early)

4) The person who got married to her high school sweetheart and is perfectly happy in her marriage and spends all her time looking for things to buy from pottery barn to fill her mcmansion

(message: people are materialistic)

 

My Generation

ATB has requested that I live blog ABC's new show, My Generation

Here are the top 3 reasons I won't (from Slate)

Context-free taglines like "Dumping you was the biggest mistake of my life"

A soothing female voice—speaking over Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady"—explains that the year 2000 

"The overachiever" discovers he has a 9-year-old son who was the result of a one-night stand with "the wallflower" at prom

The only person I trust to document the 2000s is VH1 and Michael Ian Black

Stairs

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11600/stuart-haygarth-framed.html