Links for 2014 11 22 23

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fun lounge set  

MAYBE BETTER SINCE I HATE THE SHIRT POCKET ON THE JAMMIES

fun print jammies  

cigar case  

SANTA WILL BRING

Laptop Camera Cover Set | Electronic Frontier Foundation  

Say goodbye to that unsightly sticky note/masking tape/nectarine sticker guarding your machine

HA! ALL OUR MACHINES ARE BLACK TAPED

google cache of the now deleted from mainland sites phoenix weekly story on xu caihou's booty webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache… 徐才厚被抄家内幕:豪宅搜出1吨多重现金  

Nice summary of China making the global internet more like its intranet. Begins with #hk example. By @beijingscribe bloom.bg/1HsII49  

@NIUBI HAS BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS AND THE ECONOMIST SHAMELESSLY STOLE HIS CAGED BIRD METAPHOR

http://www.chinasmack.com/2014/pictures/modern-china-reimagined-in-famous-12th-century-chinese-painting.html  

Chinese Convicted of Fatal Crash, Deported seattletimes.com/html/localnews… "Xu was 19..purchased the Mercedes C300 4 days before with cash" OF COURSE  

top ten jammies  

ASSUMING YOU WANT TO PAY $300 ... HANRO CALIDA OLATZ ALL GOOD NAMES

Beautiful tribute to his dad by @jimcramer - thestreet.mobi/story/12963316…  

"For years I used lunch bags from "Moana," some deadbeat women's-clothing store that stiffed my dad and wrecked his year. That's how it works with small businesses. "

PARTING SHOT

"When he had a stroke three years ago and needed round-the-clock help, we had to fight those sons of bitches who wrote the policies to get the money they owed him to pay the nurse."

ANOTHER SHOT 

". The truckers were unionized, and they usually didn't help. Even in his 80s. Thanks for nothing, guys "

ANOTHER SHOT ... CRAMER HAS LOTS OF SCORES TO SETTLE

"He always said, "Call me Ken," but they always called him Mr. Cramer. He will always be Mr. Cramer. I will always be Jimmy. We buried him with his Eagles hat."

JIMMY MADE A HUNDRED MILLION, UNLIKE HIS DAD

"my wife-to-be Lisa Detwiler."

CRAMER IS FINALLY GETTING REMARRIED? DOES SHE KNOW WHAT SHE'S GETTING INTO? ;-)

"At the time of publication, Action Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, had no positions in the securities mentioned."

HOW'S THAT FOR A BUZZKILL ENDING?

A bleak exit letter from influential scribe @bobdavis187 : Are we witnessing the end of China’s economic miracle? on.wsj.com/14XYllx  

GHOST TOWN BLUES ... STAY WITHIN THE THIRD RING ROAD AND RETAIN YOUR OPTIMISM (that's what i do)

http://zite.to/1v49ESM  

Links for 2014 11 21

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RT @ThatsOnline: Congratulations, It's a Match: The Man Bringing Tinder to China goo.gl/BIPi93 pic.twitter.com/7qwRaNwdVP  

NOT LIKE MOMO ... CAREFUL WHAT PIC YOU PICK

Michelle Phan: From YouTube Star to $84 Million Startup Founder | Re/code  

"Michelle Phan — with more than a billion views on YouTube and seven million followers; her own L’Oreal line and lifestyle media network; booming e-commerce beauty startup called Ipsy; and a new book – is teaching more people how to decorate their faces than perhaps anyone else in the world." 

" “So many of my friends have 200,000 subscribers, and they make around five to six K a month,” she said. “Which is completely cool.”" 

WRONG, THEY'RE LOSERS

2 Worlds of Hong Kong, and a Fatal Intersection - NYTimes.com  

"With four years of experience, he would have been earning $600,000 to $800,000 a year, according to a banker familiar with the company’s compensation."

NAH, I THINK HE WAS A SCRATCH TRADER AT BEST, MAYBE HKD800,000

STOCK CONNECT SCHEME REDUCES DIM SUM ISSUERS' COSTS  

Bank of China, the sole clearing bank for the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect scheme, cleared 12.08 billion yuan 
(1.97 billion U.S. dollars) for Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited with a southbound trading turnover of 
407 million yuan for China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, Xinhua reported this week citing 
a bank statement. 
 Four bonds from China Construction Bank, were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange this week. The bonds are 
tranches of the bank's 5-billion-U.S. dollar medium term note program and the first to be listed in Luxembourg. All 
four tranches are denominated in the Chinese currency. 
 Away from the stock-connect scheme, the Australian stock exchange ASX.AX and Bank of China 601988.SS have 
agreed to work together to boost yuan trading in Australia. The fourth-biggest lender was appointed this week as the 
official clearing bank in Australia. (Full Story)

Citigroup Executive Probably Killed Himself, Police Say - Bloomberg  

"The building’s doorman had gone to the apartment to check on Miller after his boyfriend was unable to reach him" 

BACKPAGE BACKDOOR ... KINKY GAY SEX GONE WRONG OR SOMETHING ELSE?

82 all time highs 2014 11 20  

Amgen Inc 
Nike Inc 
Lowe's Companies 
Illinois Tool Works Inc 
Ace Limited 
CSX Corp 
The Travelers Companies Inc 
Archer Daniels Midland Company 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. 
V.F. Corp 
Air Products and Chemicals 
Kroger Company 
Allstate Corp 
Telus Corp. Non Voting Shares 
Chubb Corp 
Sherwin-Williams Company 
L Brands Inc 
Macy's Inc 
Seagate Technology. 
Dollar General Corp 
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. 
Monster Beverage Corp 
Ross Stores 
SBA Communications Corp 
Whirlpool Corp 
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc 
Kinder Morgan Management Llc 
Netease Inc 
Dollar Tree 
Fleetcor Technologies 
Carefusion Corp 
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP 
Hanesbrands Inc 
Tim Hortons Inc 
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 
Waters Corp 
Tesoro Petroleum Corp 
Airgas Inc 
Jarden Corp 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 
Everest Re Group 
Dentsply International Inc 
Petsmart Inc 
Coty Inc 
W.R. Berkley Corp 
Williams-Sonoma 
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc 
Ingredion Inc 
Zayo Group Holdings Inc. 
Axis Capital Holdings 
Domino's Pizza Inc 
Kar Auction Services Inc 
Trident Performance Group 
Brookfield Renewable 
Michaels Companies Inc. 
HSN Inc 
Swift Transportation Company 
Validus Holdings 
First American Corp 
Cst Brands Inc. Common Stock 
Caseys General Stores 
Receptos Inc 
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh 
La Quinta Holdings Inc. 
Heartland Express 
Impax Laboratories 
Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd 
Dineequity Inc 
Apogee Enterprises 
Great Western Bancorp Inc. 
Global Partners LP 
Dplo 
Pra Health Sciences Inc. 
Sunoco L.P. 
Cato Corp 
America's Car-Mart 
Global Telcom & Technology Inc 
Covenant Transportation Group 
Kona Grill 
Willdan Group 
Madison County Financial Inc 
Flanigan's Enterprises

What’s Wrong with "Wetback"?: What a Congressman's Slur Reveals - racismreview.com  

“My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It’s all done by machine.” 

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE TERMS WETBACK AND BEANER, DIDN'T THINK OF THEM AS "SLURS"

北大副教授与女学生发生不正当性关系被除党籍|北大副教授|不正当关系_新浪新闻  

"与女学生王某确有不正当性关系" 

BETTER IF FEMALE PROF AND MALE STUDENT ... WONDER WHERE SHE IS FROM?

Vanguard Takes a Victory Lap: 86% of its Stock Funds Beat the Peer Group  

JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SKIMMING 15 BPS VERSUS 150 BPS

Tower houses - Architecture - How To Spend It  

"create a panoramic platform facing north towards the Catskill Mountains." ... STRICT BUILDING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN DESIRABLE AREAS

Hugh Hendry: 'Desperate times breed desperate measures...  

HE'S RIGHT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S MAKING MONEY

Costolo’s Family Trusts Sell 50% of Twitter Stock This Month - Bloomberg  

"The Richard Costolo 2001 Living Trust and Lorin Costolo 2001 Living Trust, named for his wife, sold 283,460 shares in transactions on Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 for $11.6 million, according to regulatory filings. Costolo owns 36,028 shares in the company directly, 509,828 unvested restricted stock units and 283,460 shares in the trusts after the sales." 

SO HE'S DIVERSIFYING ;-)

Air Quality China on the App Store on iTunes  

STILL CARRIES US EMBASSY DATA, SAYS KIM

Interview with Evan Osnos, 2014 National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction  

"it feels ludicrous, which is nice" 

IMAGINE THE WAVES OF ENVY RIPPLING ACROSS THE EXPAT WORLD LOL

Analog Industries » A Discussion of Post-Digitality » Dear Cory Doctorow: Please Shut The Fuck Up About Music...  

"Survivor bias, my hairy white nuts." ... THE MACHINE IS STILL REAL AND POWERFUL, LOOK AT TAYLOR SWIFT (whoever that is)

The Rape Accusations Against Bill Cosby Must Not Be Ignored - The Atlantic  

"And then next thing I know, I was being undressed on his couch. I was so out of it." 

WHAT WAS THE MICKEY FINN?

Why Jumei’s Business Model is Broken. Selling Authentic Makeup Is Costly - Asia Stocks to Watch - Barrons.com  

"Investors are worried that as an online discounter, Jumei can’t control its sourcing and inevitably sells counterfeit products. About 30% of Jumei’s GMV came from third-party merchants last year and most of Jumei’s tier-one brands such as Estee Lauder, Lancome and Clinique were sold by these third-party merchants who relied on parallel importing to make money. By not controlling the sourcing directly, Jumei runs the risk of selling fake products on its site." 

YEP, KEEPS A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE FROM BUYING FROM THEM ... AND OF COURSE VIPS CAN KILL THEM OFF

Stock Quote JMEI Jumei International Holding Limited  

11:32AM   Jumei International (JMEI) Stock Lower Today After Third Quarter Earnings Results at TheStreet 

DIDN'T SHOW UP ON MY SCANNER PRE OPEN?? DID 5MM SHARES IN THE END ... OH REPORTED EARNING AFTER HOURS ON PREVIOUS DAY, WOULD HAVE BEEN ON SCANNER THEN

Candidates for Future Fraud Award  

The gala culminated with the awarding of the two country awards: Xiu Laigui, Chairman, Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. won the country award for the Mainland China Region and Kenneth Lo of Cry...

Netflix still dominates streaming, but Amazon is picking up steam (@pkafka via @Recode) ow.ly/EB6Rn #MustReads  

I WATCHED TRANSPARENT AND WOULD WATCH BOSCH IF THEY MADE IT

Movies Watched -- Locke

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Watched 20 minutes of this then quit even though it was less than 90 minutes long in total. Guy driving his car and talking to various people on his hands-free phone. For 90 minutes. Wasn't interested.

Veep S01 E03 to E08

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The show is funny but it's sort of cruel humor; I can't binge watch it for that reason.  And they swear a lot.  I'm not a prude, but here's the curse count for episode eight:

fuckin', fuckin', cock nugget, lame-ass, finger fuckin', bullshit, piss, ass, fuck, f'd in the b'hole, fucking, fuckin', motherfuckin', get the fuck out, hell, fuck, fuckin', shitfinger, ass, fuck, shit, fucking, fucking, fuckin', fuckin', fuck, fuckin', fucking, fuck, prick, ass, fuckin', fuck off, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, christ, hell, shit, shit, fuckin', fuckin', fucked, fuckin', fucking.

Pretty impressive for a half hour long show, and I like and should use "shitfinger" more often.  I once did a curse count for an episode of the Sopranos, but it was lost on the old WordPress site. 

Click on image to scroll through gallery of all episode screenshots.

Links for 2014 11 20

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Nat. Book Award for Non-Fiction: Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth & Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos. nytimes.com/2014/05/26/boo…  

HE'S A YOUNG GUY, PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, MUST FILL MANY AMBITIOUS CHINA WRITERS WITH ENVY

Reminded of this terrific, fascinating history of the Chinese translation(s) of Orwell's 1984 ibisbill.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/nin… thanks @PathlightMag

Female Genital Mutilation Map  

PLACES NOT TO VISIT ... MEDIEVAL BASTARDS

Jack Shafer on losing his job, and the state of things | Capital New York  

Shafer: I thought I was lucky at Slate, where they treated my like a prince. But at Reuters, they treated me like a king, and I had a great run. I don’t fit their game anymore, and I’m completely understanding of that. They’re treating me well on the way out. So there’s no reason for tears. It’s our business, right?

In China, creating a pollution data app is a risky business  

Zhang and the team have since replaced the blank space with the notice (pictured below): “Data from this source was censored on the orders from government.”

The Rich Kids of China Are Livin' Large in America  

DON'T ASK WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM

/DRIVE CLEAN - YouTube  

FOR ASPIRING CAR DETAILERS

Iowan who shared adventures in China dies at 26  

"bacterial pneumonia and a pre-existing heart problem" ... ODD?

Farewell: Analects says "Goodbye" | The Economist  

"The end of Analects, together with the end of many other Economist blogs, is part of a larger effort to make our website more focused and better organised, especially now that our new Espresso app (for both Android and the iPhone) is in place to keep you up to speed with the daily tick-tock from around the world. Our sister blog, Banyan, is also going away and in its elegiac farewell offers more detail on what went into our thinking about these changes and what they will mean for readers. "

valentine etymology - Google Search  

GOOGLE DOES ETYMOLOGY NOW, SWEET

'Seeking Asian Female' Takes A Close Look At A Fetish : Code Switch : NPR  

HAVEN'T SEEN THIS

MM Select | Fall 2014 — Minimally Minimal  

FUSSY KOREAN KID POST ... IMAGINE HOW A 25 YO KID IN A MINIMUM WAGE JOB WOULD FEEL READING THIS?

Fruits and Planets Size Comparison  

HELPFUL

evening-star-building.jpg (3000×1993)  

NICE DRAWING

Top 1% of Income at Age 30 = $135,000 a Year — My Money Blog  

"How could a $135,000 salary make you a one-percenter? If you’re 31 or younger, that figure puts you ahead of 99 percent of your age group."

Perils of Perception Quiz | Ipsos  

4/9 
That’s a pretty respectable score – similar to 
lots of people in these countries 

PRETTY SHABBY BUT THE SPREAD IN PERCENTAGES ON SOME ANSWERS TIGHT

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v.  

"The Jewish portion of Harvard’s entering class dropped from over 27 percent in 1925 to 15 percent the following year. For the next 20 years, this percentage (15 percent) remained virtually unchanged." 

WHAT IS IT NOW?

'Billionaires' Book Review: Money Can't Buy Happiness | New Republic  

MICHAEL LEWIS, NEW BOOK REVIEW

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How to fold the world's best paper airplane  

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This page was in violation of the Medium Rules 
Browse for great reads on Medium.com

60 all time highs 2014 11 19  

Wal-Mart Stores 
Novartis Ag 
Nike Inc 
Actavis Inc 
Costco Wholesale Corp 
Lowe's Companies 
Express Scripts 
Asml Holding N.V. 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 
Ace Limited 
Reynolds American Inc 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. 
V.F. Corp 
Air Products and Chemicals 
Allstate Corp 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Chubb Corp 
Sherwin-Williams Company 
Avago Technologies 
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. 
Dollar General Corp 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 
Western Gas Eqty Partners LP 
Whirlpool Corp 
Netease Inc 
Henry Schein 
Hanesbrands Inc 
ING US Inc 
Pall Corp 
Church & Dwight Company 
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd 
Jarden Corp 
Airgas Inc 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 
Cooper Companies 
Petsmart Inc 
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc 
Ingredion Inc 
Carlisle Companies Inc 
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 
Validus Holdings 
Servicemaster Global Holdings I 
First American Corp 
Cst Brands Inc. Common Stock 
Catalent Inc. 
Post Properties 
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh 
Jack In The Box Inc 
Shell Midstream Partners L.P. 
Paycom Software Inc. 
Dplo 
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 
Omeros Corp 
K2M Group Holdings Inc. 
Aac Holdings Inc. 
Steel Partners Hldgs 
Covenant Transportation Group 
Sientra Inc. 
Quotient Limited

Nevertheless a pretty good read MT @jeffjarvis I can't believe how @MichaelWolffNYC threw @BuzzFeedBen under the bus usatoday.com/story/money/co…”  

RT @jossailin Rules of attraction: Why white men marry Asian women and Asian men don't marry white women bit.ly/1tc6tD2 @cholakovv  

"participants consistently voted black men and Asian women as the most attractive representatives of each gender; Asian men and black women were seen as the least desirable partners."

"Asian women are the perfect wives – docile, submissive, obedient, shy and waiting to be saved" ... LOL OBVIOUSLY NEVER MET ONE FROM SHANGHAI

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com  

WICKR ... BLONDE WITH PERFECT TEETH AND SUNGLASSES

I Could Make A Career Of Being Blue

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Only recently discovered The Magnetic Fields ... love almost all their stuff (the music, the lyrics, the dirge, etc.), esp. songs like this one:

"I Don't Want to Get Over You" performed by The Magnetic Fields live at Town Hall in Seattle, 02-24-2010.