It's a Wonderful Lie (Prospect)
At a time when legislators, consumer advocates and the Occupy movement batter big banks for their questionable business practices, J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America have gone soft and fuzzy. The nation’s two largest banks are running saccharine television commercials that portray the massive multinationals as the Bailey Building and Loan Association. Bank of America recently rolled out its “Opportunity” campaign to highlight the company's nationwide bid to lend a hand—_i.e._, money— to small businesses. (Ironically, _It’s A Wonderful Life_ director Frank Capra modeled the Bailey's bank on BoA.) In Brooklyn, tenants of a green affordable housing project partly funded by BoA gush over their sleek new apartments, replete with AC and electric keys. “No one can pick the lock,” notes a tenant in a web version of the ad. Another tenant, a formerly homeless girl about ten, says of her new digs: “I feel smarter." In Los Angeles, Richard Pink, one of the owners of Pink’s Hot Dog’s, recounts how BoA lent his parents $4,000 in 1939 to start their mom-and-pop shop. The Pink’s ad lays on the mustard pretty thick, using the condiment to spell “Pinks loves Bank of America" on a line of ...
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Crane Adorable 1 Gallon Cool Mist Humidifier Adorable Crane Cool Mist Humidifier provides additional comfort to cold symptoms, dry itchy skin, and chapped lips. The whisper quiet humidifier operates on a low power consumption providing up to 11 hours of moisture from a removable one gallon water tank. Includes an automatic shut off safety feature when water tank is empty.... |
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Peltor H10A Optime 105 Over-the-Head Earmuff $18.81 ... |
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Skip Hop Zoo Lunchie Insulated Lunch Bag With friendly faces and matching zipper-pulls, Zoo Lunchies make lunchtime fun time! Sized just right for little kids, or a mom and baby on-the-go, these soft bags have a roomy main compartment that holds sandwiches, snacks, drinks and more. An insulated, wipe-clean interior keeps food and drinks cold, plus an inside mesh pocket holds lunch money, an ice pack or utensils. ZOO LUNCHIES coordinate ... |
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Animals $12.99 Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such as Ummagumma and Dark Side of the Moon, Animals is innovative and musically diverse in its own right. Inspired in part by George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, Roger Waters condemns the avarice and inequalities of capitalism, metaphorically and musically grouping humans as pigs, dogs, and sheep. The pig... |
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Delicate Sound of Thunder $29.98 In the late 1980s, Pink Floyd came roaring back with a decent studio album and an awesome stadium tour. Delicate Sound is a postcard from that tour that has the impossible task of capturing the spectacle of flying pigs and crashing beds. Also without the brood and bass of the departed Roger Waters, even a large backing band can't recreate the majesty of the original recording of "Shine on You Craz... |
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Under the Pink $2.76 Under the Pink was Tori Amos' follow-up to the sensationally successful Little Earthquakes and demonstrates that she had by no means run out of faeries and demons to sport with. Amos herself describes it as her "impressionistic" album--her piano playing is perfectly attuned to the subtle, shifting colors of her lyrical moods on "Bells for Her," while "Past the Mission" indicates her growing use of... |
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Pink Panther Strikes Again [VHS] $2.95 The fourth Pink Panther film with Peter Sellers and directed by Blake Edwards is easily the most over-the-top, but it's still pretty entertaining. The story finds Clouseau's former boss (Herbert Lom) totally insane after years of enduring the bumbling detective, and sequestered in a castle with a death-ray gun. Clouseau has to stop him from using the weapon on the world, and his efforts to do so m... |
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Snoopy Double Feature Vol. 9 (Life's a Circus, Charlie Brown/Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown) [VHS] $9.95 ... |
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Poochie [VHS] $29.99 ... |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 $5.76 Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s, Volume 2 is pure nostalgia for those who remember rolling out of bed in their pajamas to eat a bowl of cereal in front of the TV. While some of the Hanna-Barbera characters on this disc still feel alive and hilariously goofy, others haven't weathered time so well. But that's what the remote is for; just flip through the long menu of cartoon episodes. It's great fu... |
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Booda Soft Bite Medium Pink Pig Dog Toy $4.99 Squeaks when squeezed. Durable terry cloth cover. Fresh n'clean. A perfect playtime accessory for your favorite canine. Dogs love 'em!!! |
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Dog of Honor Bandana $9.95 Have the wedding party include your favorite friends, including the four-legged one! This pale pink dog bandana declaring your pup's "dog of honor" status is decorated with pawprints in hot pink--the perfect accessory for your canine companion. |