The Wall Street Journal has a sad article on the declining health of beloved Australian brewing-byproduct-toast-spread Vegemite. (I love the stuff.)
The best part of the article? Clearly, the Vegemite hedcut.
This is why I read alternative trade news just as much as traditional coverage. It keeps me sane. (Click to zoom.)
required reading: Russell Brand on the London riots
I don’t usually do politics/news/etc. on loveallthis, but this man is a fantastic writer, and there’s lots of things to love in this piece, such as:
JD Sports is probably easier to desecrate if you can’t afford what’s in there and the few poorly paid jobs there are taken. Amidst the bleakness of this social landscape, squinting all the while in the glare of a culture that radiates ultraviolet consumerism and infrared celebrity. That daily, hourly, incessantly enforces the egregious, deceitful message that you are what you wear, what you drive, what you watch and what you watch it on, in livid, neon pixels. The only light in their lives comes from these luminous corporate messages. No wonder they have their fucking hoods up.
Get the rest after the jump:
from: Guardian
They’re starting up the LHC again!
Picture from The Boston Globe.
