1) Here’s how Goldman Sachs is making your beer more expensive (Washington Post) - Seriously, Goldman? Seriously? This strategy also disproportionately effects the poor and working class. 'Cause let's face it: the beer we drink comes in bottles. Amiright?
2) Wall Street trader drunkenly crashes into woman's car, beats her up when she refuses to drive him home (NY Post) - What a dick. I hope this lowlife gets everything that's coming to him.
3) When Your Dream Job Turns Out to be a Nightmare (Fox Business) - I'm sure there are more than a few summer interns out there saying, OMG, WTF did I get myself into??? Here are a few coping strategies to get you through the reality that your dream job actually sucks. Quite a bit.
4) Quants: the maths geniuses running Wall Street (The Telegraph) - Pretty cool little piece on quant culture from across the pond.
5) High Frequency Trading: Do Regulators Need to Control this Tool of Informationally Efficient Markets? (CATO Institute) - While we're on the subject of quants, here is a fantastic policy piece written by Holly Bell (if you don't already follow her on Twitter, you should) about high frequency trading and whether any proposed regulation actually addresses the practice itself or is just smoke and mirrors.
6) Top 3 fantasy toys for the super-rich (CNBC) - It's all just conversation until you own a jet. Jet trumps all.
7) Response To A Girl’s Pissed Off Dad (Total Frat Move) - This one is going to surprise you. It is a response to a response, and it is directed at Kase Capital's Whitney Tilson, who recently took exception to a NY Times piece on the hookup culture in college. TFM's jtrain excoriates Tilson in this piece, and he's got a point. On the other hand, thank God I don't have daughters.
8) Pirate Bay co-founder plans Hemlis, an encrypted messaging app where 'no one can listen in' (The Verge) - If anybody is going to thwart NSA snooping, it's going to be this guy.
9) Man drank $102,000 worth of historic whiskey (WHAS11) - This is a beautiful, heartwarming story. A 62-year old man currently on the liver transplant list drank 52 bottles of rye whiskey valued at $2,000 apiece over the course of a year. Oh, and they were stolen.
10) Beer Contest Winner Drinks 1.6 Gallons in 20 Minutes, Dies (WebProNews) - This is how you go out on top.
Video of the Week:
#10 reminded me of this gem from a few months back. You know what's going to happen from the first frame of the video, but you'll actually be surprised at whom it happens to. Ahhh, the storied tradition of the frozen daiquiri chug. Incidentally, I have a buddy who can put away a 32-oz frozen margarita in about 10 minutes, no ice cream headache. Some people are just genetic superstars. Enjoy:
That's it, monkeys! I am officially on vacation! I'll be back August 19. Y'all be cool in the meantime, let me know what you think of this week's Bananas in the comments, and keep your ear to the ground for news on a Best of Braverman signing party in New Orleans in the next couple weeks!
Good stuff Eddie.
Where you heading on vaca?
have a great time eddie homepage won't be the same w/out ya
Love the slo-mo footage of daiquiri coming out upon impact
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