Word: superealism
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...opinion that you always have a choice. Chicken or fish. Yankees or Red Sox. Studying for an Ec midterm or playing Super Smash Brothers. But for me, one choice stands above all the rest: to rush or not to rush, that is the question. Did you know Shakespeare was one of the first men in history to rush the field after a rousing victory? I’m pretty sure it’s true! For this singular act—charging the field after a thrilling triumph—is one of sports’ greatest moments...
...youth. He is not afraid to talk about sensitive issues and he doesn't throw sand in our eyes." Karl, a pensioner in his 70s, complains that "the Blacks (the conservative People's Party) are kapitalistische Schweine. And the Reds (Social Democrats) are just the same. Strache is a super man." Maybe. Some campaign literature from the Freedom Party even depicts Strache literally as a super hero, blue jump suit and all, hovering in the sky to protects Austrians from the alleged cynical manipulations of the Social Democrats who supposedly are admitting immigrants just to get their votes. Austria...
...tired of wan, 16-year-old East European models that I woke up super early to go to the Victoria's Secret show. Which, it turned out, was actually just a PowerPoint presentation by its CEO. It was like waking up for Christmas and discovering it's CEO PowerPoint Day. I did, however, learn that the main thing Victoria's Secret looks for in a new "supermodel" is "confidence," followed by "the ability to give back to the community." I'm guessing No. 3 is a tie between a huge heart and a working knowledge of constitutional...
...left - and some from other political precincts - that the 1999 repeal of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banks from Wall Street, is directly responsible for our current dire financial plight. Its repeal, argued journalist Robert Kuttner in testimony before Congress last year, enabled "super-banks ... to re-enact the same kinds of structural conflicts of interest that were endemic in the 1920s...
...right about the conflicts, but it's awfully hard to see how they brought on the current mess. In fact, Bank of America's takeover of Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase's of Bear Stearns underscored a truth that was already becoming apparent on Wall Street - super-banks (more commonly known as universal banks) are, for all their flaws, a lot more stable and secure than un-super investment banks...