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...Even if it would save the artwork, Banksy, forever the contrarian rebel, doesn't want his art classified as an advertisement, and in his statement says he was "offended" by the suggestion. "Advertising makes people feel inadequate and worthless. Graffiti doesn't do that. Graffiti doesn't emotionally blackmail you, graffiti doesn't make you feel fat and graffiti doesn't make you rush out and buy things - except maybe high-strength cleaning products," the statement reads. (Read "Statement Issued from Banksy's Spokesperson...
...detail of Byzantine art can sometimes seem rudimentary, it's not because the empire was uncultivated or primitive. For many years considered by Western intellectuals to be pompous and decadent - Voltaire called it a "worthless repertory of declamations and miracles" - the Byzantine Empire is now seen by historians as a crucial bridge connecting antiquity to the Renaissance, as the keeper of the sacred flame of classical learning through the so-called Dark Ages. It was also a melting pot of influences. Byzantines, who were devout Christians, considered themselves the inheritors of the Roman Empire, despite the fact that they spoke...
...superstar-studded “Swagga Like Us,” where T.I. outshines the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye, and Lil Wayne. “All my verses picture perfect / Only spit to serve a purpose / You ain’t living what you kicking then you worthless / Lookin’ from the surface / It may seem like I got reason to be nervous / Then observe my work and see that my adversity was worth it.” Gone is the prattling that cluttered previous albums like the junky concept album “T.I. vs T.I.P...
...root of the troubles are the "toxic assets" - the highly leveraged securities mainly linked to U.S. mortgages - that banks around the world still have on their books. In its latest estimate this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) calculated that losses on these now virtually worthless securities could amount to $1.4 trillion. So far, banks have written off less than half that. Concern about who is still holding dud paper has gummed up credit markets, with banks refusing to lend to one another for fear that the borrowers may default or may have themselves lent to other banks that could...
...mortgage or housing crisis; they have bearing only on the holders of these securities themselves. These are ridiculously risky claims with little value for society. It is as if many financial institutions sold "earthquake insurance" on the same house: when the quake hits, all these claims become close to worthless - but the claims are simply bets disconnected from reality...