The Baffler,  April 9, 2014

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Brokers

Wall Street bro-brokers, circa 1920. / Photo courtesy of The U.S. Library of Congress

• Watch Nomi Prins on yesterday’s Democracy Now! talking about the history of Wall Street and Washington bromances.

• The Toledo Blade is filing a suit against the U.S. Department of Defense after two of its reporters were detained outside a DOD facility in Ohio. The reporters “parked on a public road in front of the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center and took photographs of the outside of the facility, according to the complaint,” according to the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. “They began to leave but were stopped by military police and detained for an hour, according to the complaint. Their equipment was confiscated, and their photos were deleted.” The paper claims that the reporters’ First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights were violated.

• Via BrainPickings, here are some of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s original watercolors for The Little Prince.

• You know you want to play with this Rush Limbaugh soundboard, made by Joe Coscarelli and Jason Schwartzman at New York magazine using clips from the audio book version of his book for kids. Hear him say “I’m the most popular girl in school,” and other baffling phrases.

Brokers

Wall Street bro-brokers, circa 1920. / Photo courtesy of The U.S. Library of Congress

• Watch Nomi Prins on yesterday’s Democracy Now! talking about the history of Wall Street and Washington bromances. • The Toledo Blade is filing a suit against the U.S. Department of Defense after two of its reporters were detained outside a DOD facility in Ohio. The reporters “parked on a public road in front of the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center and took photographs of the outside of the facility, according to the complaint,” according to the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. “They began to leave but were stopped by military police and detained for an hour, according to the complaint. Their equipment was confiscated, and their photos were deleted.” The paper claims that the reporters’ First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights were violated. • Via BrainPickings, here are some of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s original watercolors for The Little Prince. • You know you want to play with this Rush Limbaugh soundboard, made by Joe Coscarelli and Jason Schwartzman at New York magazine using clips from the audio book version of his book for kids. Hear him say “I’m the most popular girl in school,” and other baffling phrases.

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