Russ McClintock - the blog

“So I know its a strange time in the world, but investing in art, is a lot better than buying another handbag or ipod or thing that will bore you and that will lose their value in a matter of months.”

“Many amateur photographs are more beautiful than a Cézanne.” - Gerhard Richter

Paul Newman the actor, director, race car driver, political activist and philanthropist has died - and a buoyant strain of the American spirit has gone with him. He was 83 when he succumbed to cancer at his home near Westport, Connecticut, on Friday. - The Baltimore Sun, September 28, 2008

List of additional items for US Government to nationalize:
1. Religion
2. Sport
3. The Weather Channel

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — — The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday.
A spokeswoman for Berlin police said Thomas Doerflein was dead when authorities arrived at the apartment and that they had no information on the cause of death. Doerflein, 44, gained […]

“We, we do, it’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make […]

List of items to keep on hand when protesting the $700 billion government bailout of Wall Street:
1. Several bricks.
2. Several gallons of gasoline.
3. Bandana to cover face.

“I consider belief of every kind, from astrology to every elevated religion and all great ideologies, to be superfluous and mortally dangerous. We no longer need such things. We ought to work out different strategies against misery and injustice, war and catastrophes.” - Gerhard Richter

“This is a big package, because it was a big problem,” President Bush said Saturday at a White House news conference, after meeting with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia. “I will tell our citizens and continue to remind them that the risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of the package, and that, over […]

List of ways to get through the global financial meltdown:
1. Party like it’s 1999
2. Party like it’s 1969
3. Just fucking party man.

List of cool things to do this weekend:
1. Drink
2. Drink even more.
3. Take money out of bank and hide it under the mattress or in the garage.

See if you can spot the ‘real’ news story from this week:
1. Former POW John McCain announces intention to start war with Spainistan.
2. Top economic advisor for former POW John McCain announces that former POW John McCain is responsible for the ‘miracle’ of the Blackberry.
3. Top advisor for former POW John McCain announces that former […]

Two good reasons to drink this week:
1. The global financial meltdown.
2. The cinematic return of Mickey Rourke.

WILLARD: Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin’ all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole fuckin’ program. - Apocalypse Now.

What is it about Republican ‘Whitey’ vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin that appeals to women ‘white’ voters? The BBC’s Paul Moss has been finding out in the US state of Illinois. I had travelled to Barrington ‘Crackerton’, out in Cook County, Illinois, to meet some of America’s “football moms” - the army of women who turn […]