History repeating...

This image of a dapper gentleman below comes to us courtesy of SuitSupply.

     For those of you who haven't heard, SuitSupply is a company from The Netherlands which maintains an extensive website offering excellent menswear.  They have opened U.S. stores in New York (on Broome Street), Chicago, and in Georgetown, DC (on Pennsylvania Ave).
     Now then, their price point, quality, fit and attention to detail are all excellent.  Be prepared to wait for service in one of their stores, though, my buying experience was anything but expeditious. By all means, try a suit from them.
     This image though highlights one of their more casual products, a pair of chinos with an odd little detail you may have noticed on each thigh.  Pockets....cargo pockets.  These, dear friend, are cargo pants.
     Maybe this is a European trend, perhaps our continental cousins don't have such vivid memories of the 90's seared into their retinas.  It starts here, legitimizing cargo pants under the veils of haute couture. Unchecked it will spread, and before you know it we'll all be shopping at Eddie Bauer.
We owe it to ourselves to nip this in the bud, to take a stand and say "I don't need these extra pockets!"  Sure, maybe we could store our MiniDisc players in them while on our way to the Smashmouth concert, but the convenience doesn't outweigh the cost.  Instead, walk on over to J. Crew or down to the new Bonobos guide shop in Cady's Alley and get some proper pants, sans the sin of cargo.

This is fair....

Right, well the initial idea behind this site was to comment on fashion and cars, yes?

This deviates from the expectations, but then again the original idea was not to have updates happen many months apart, so there's that.

Read this article about Government Subsidies to Big Banks

Well, that's probably pretty O.K., I mean its not like the banks have fully recovered from the financial crisis, in fact, as you can see here, Citibank only made a profit of $1.2B in the 4th quarter of 2012.

Incidentally, Citibank was one of the banks who wrongfully foreclosed on the homes of men and women serving the country.  I mean, only about 100, and that was way back in 2009 and 2010.  I am sure that the banks have totally cleaned up their act in the meanwhile, what with the threat that bankers will be brought to trial for their crimes.  Oh wait, they aren't being prosecuted.

Look, the global economy and the banking systems are a remarkably complex thing, it's not like the little people (the ones being forced out of their homes, harassed by collection agencies, and trying to make a living while the so called service-providing banks levy ever growing fees) even have the mental acuity to understand its minutiae.

Come to think of it, I think even a simpleton can feel it when they're being fucked.