Newsletter 417

30 Aug 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]Totally Psyched For The Full-Rip Nine
Links:
5. http://b.rw/pYaSmL

Bruce Barcott | Outside | 25 August 2011

What happens when "the big one" hits north-west coast of North America. That
is, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake plus tsunami. Ground under Seattle and
Portland liquefies. You have 15 minutes to get above 50 feet of elevation
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/totally-psyched-full-rip-nine

[7]How To Turn A Continent Into A Subprime CDO
Links:
7. http://b.rw/oV5aip

Mark Blyth | Triple Crisis | 25 August 2011

"Eurozone resembles a 2008 vintage subprime CDO. The Greek, Irish and
Portuguese periphery is riskiest junior tranche, the Italians and Spanish
are the mezzanine tranche, France and Germany form the senior tranche." Will
it implode? [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-turn-continent-subprime-cdo

[9]Jon Huntsman, The No-Drama Conservative
Links:
9. http://b.rw/ppocQ8

Michael Brendan Dougherty | American Conservative | 24 August 2011

Diplomatic, yes. Moderate, no. "Moderate" Republicans tend to disagree with
their party on taxes, guns and abortion. "Huntsman’s record on those isn’t
just to the right of other moderates, it is to the right of most
conservatives" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/jon-huntsman-no-drama-conservative

[11]How To Make An Intelligent Blockbuster And Not Alienate People
Links:
11. http://b.rw/rmbgtu

Mark Kermode | Observer | 28 August 2011

"We've all learned to tolerate a level of overpaid, institutionalised
corporate dreadfulness that no one actually likes but everyone meekly
accepts because we've all been told that blockbuster movies have to be
stupid to survive" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/how-make-intelligent-blockbuster-and-not-alienate-people

[13]Don't Ignore Tim Cook's Sexuality
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nrJ4ZZ

Felix Salmon | Reuters | 25 August 2011

Tim Cook, successor of Steve Jobs as Apple boss, is now the most powerful
gay man in the world. "This is newsworthy, no? But you won’t find it
reported in any legacy/mainstream outlet." Why not? It's tantamount to a new
stigma [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/dont-ignore-tim-cooks-sexuality

[15]1911, The Other Revolution
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nTcyaH

Isabel Hilton | Granta | 24 August 2011

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party's founding. And
the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of the imperial system by army
officers and Sun Yat Sen in 1911. Guess which one gets celebrated, and which
ignored [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/1911-other-revolution

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Helen Castor on Queens and Power
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-castor-on-queens-and-power

Women’s historical role in politics wasn’t always as limited as we might
assume. The historian tells us about powerful women in British history and
how they were constrained or conspired against [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-castor-on-queens-and-power

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