Monday, November 29, 2010

Making Easy Money





25 Responses to “What’s Driving the Art Market? Easy Money.”







  1. Michael M Thomas Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 11:33 am

    In the first big art boom, back in the late ’80s-90s, some one observed, “It isn’t that the art isn’t worth the m oney, it’s that the money isn’t worth the money.” – MM Thoomas








  2. Friday screencast: artflation Abnormal Returns Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 1:36 pm

    Easy money and the red hot art market.  (Big Picture)








  3. Mike in Nola Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    When I saw the Lichtenstein story on the BBC yesterday, was going to send BR a note that he might use as the start of a blog post.


    The point of my note was that such big prices tend to mark tops in stocks because it’s a sign of overconfidence combined with spending paper profits. The example that first came to mind yesterday was the Japanese investor who bought one of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers for $80M – in 1990 just after the Japanese market peak.

    http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1126944.html


    Of course there are other indicators. Remember reading about one of the well known players in the very early 1900′s who, when he saw $10k bet on the turn of a card, went out and correctly sold everything.


    An illustration of what some art investments are worth in hard times is that some segments of the art market were down 75% during the depths of the crash. The only reason art is booming again is because Ben B has repumped the liquidity bubble, allowing the banksters to make plenty instead of having their sorry asses thrown out on the street as they deserved.








  4. grlampton Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    A lot of what this post says about the art market can also be said about the rare coin market. Granted, rare coins are not unique in the same way a single piece of artwork is (though some are close to unique).


    Although I do not know what the long-term appreciation figures are for artwork, classic American rare coins have outperformed the S&P over the lon g haul, and, in my view, thwey are a lot more fun.








  5. gms777 Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    And for the 99.99 percent of us who don’t have millions to throw at art, when you buy art, buy it because you like it and think you will continue to enjoy looking at it in your house for years.


    Something like 95+% of all art never appreciates in value or if it does, it does so below the rate of inflation.








  6. obsvr-1 Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    seems this is just the .1%-ers keeping up with the Rockerfellers


    Perhaps the FED should be buying up rare art during distressed markets — then sell to the Fraudsters and elitist when they have nothing better to do with their money but buy high priced art; then recycle the profits back to the taxpayer (reduce nat debt) — or substitute SSA for the FED to bolster the Trust Fund for self sufficiency.








  7. ToNYC Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    If you’re very rich, you can ship your art to Switzerland, London or Singapore to be stored in a state-of-the-art facility and not have to worry about the Feds tracking it as funds.


    Believe it or not, that’s where the majority of art ends up these days, sitting in storage waiting for the right time and place to be shown or sold.


    great point you make:

    rich or just smart…keeping all invested in Intellectual Property keeps you free. Hard assets are more like anchors and chains and locks and guns.








  8. Long term Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 5:12 pm

    The problem I see with art, as an investment or even as a store of value, is that BOTH the insurance AND storage costs of pieces in the $10M+ range are significant. And reoccuring. And a drag on ROI unless a large mark-up is achieved.








  9. Mannwich Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    Then there’s this. Sure doesn’t sound worth it to me.


    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/realestate/14cov.html








  10. philipat Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    I’d also recommend fine wine for similar reasons. Also more liquid (Double entendre intended!)








  11. pintelho Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    Now this is an excellent educational piece…thank you Marion








  12. Long term Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    i consider this very interesting from the perspective of how chinese billionaires will benefit high-end american exports.








  13. VennData Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

    What’s good for Damien Hirst is good for the global economy — Charles Wilson








  14. YourPortlandFinancialAdvisor Says:



    November 12th, 2010 at 11:30 pm

    “Blue-chip art is no different from gold.”

    It’s actually a lot different. People collect art to feel good about themselves, to feel intellectual, worldly, ect. Watch “Gone With the Wind”, Tara, the plantation is filled with paintings from Europe because that was the equivilant of the time. Plus anyone who fancies themselves a contemporary art collector must have and be judged by works of certain artists. Warhol would be one. No Warhol, no collection.








  15. Julia Chestnut Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 5:52 am

    The distinction here is between art as a store of value and art as an investment that is expected to create appreciation. The big jump in the value of a piece of art occurs when the artist dies, and thus the supply ends. People who build a fortune in art do so by having good taste and developing a relationship with the people who create (and/or sell) the kind of art that they love. It is about enjoyment and communication – about beauty and provocation. I have found in my limited experience that people who see art as an investment don’t pick the right artists: someone has to do their choosing for them.


    But the pieces that we’re talking about in this article are investment grade – blue chips, as you said. Those are a store of value, alright. But as someone noted, the price of keeping something like that is extremely high. There are some pieces of such extreme value to certain unscrupulous people that you don’t insure them if you own them – because you are afraid that the appraiser or the insurance company might tip someone off about where the piece is. I wish I were being alarmist. Often these pieces are kept in professional storage in vaults because you don’t want to keep it where your family lives for these reasons. As old Priam found out long ago, possessing a thing of legendary beauty invites certain problems, especially if you are using it as a store of wealth.








  16. contrabandista13 Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 8:25 am

    And just to think, I bought a “Melvin Cruddy” last week for $2.77 at Resales for the Retarded.


    It kinda looks like a Modigliani of Bugs Bunny and Daffy having breakfast at a Milwaukee coffee shop.








  17. BuffaloBill Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 8:35 am

    A.) If bought at auction, there are also buyer’s and seller’s commissions. You’ll need to add these into your investment computations. These commissions are not insignificant.


    B.) If bought at auction, the hammer price (plus commission) is the single highest worldwide valuation for that piece.


    C.) To quote the late Lawrence Fleischman who headed Kennedy Galleries in NYC for many years. “Art makes a lousy investment for almost all buyers except for dealers as we work hard to maintain a rolodex of likely customers. ”


    D.) To quote the late Horace Solomon of Holly Solomon Galleries, “The painting hanging behind me is worth $125,000 – mostly because I say so.”








  18. contrabandista13 Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 8:41 am

    The BIG MONEY plays in the art market are all about vanity… Oh….! Such refined and subtle sophistication…


    Having said that, It’s worth remembering that a trophy such as a Pollock or a real Modigliani, never grows old, never makes you carry it’s purse and will always comfort you in sickness and in heath….








  19. Greg0658 Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 9:13 am

    interesting thread .. I’ll add my pov (thats point of view) not (privately owned vehicle :-) … while waiting for the pumpkin pie to bake


    I collect art – not blue chip art (I can’t) .. music 1st books 2nd clocks 3rd (why I started that with the dang time change twice a year) .. add general stuff to cover the walls, shelves and corners .. why I started that or continue that operation (as we slip back into a hunter gatherer society) (produced in mass production) I don’t know … I guess I’m a well trained consumerist .. worked all my life to turn green TP into stuff – because what good is scratchy green TP .. so coming up on the Thanksgiving season I’ll just ask for your thanks .. so thank you in advance … ie thanks for working to build stuff and then turn excess wages into stuff so people who can’t turn stuff into stuff can flip it for a living


    ps – the other pov – wish I could earn enough to have one of those fancies I loved to take pictures of – but then again – I might hit a deer with it or get it k@/@d








  20. ToNYC Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 9:30 am

    Art as investment works for the smart players who realize that over time their judgment of the intellectual perspective which is IP, and what it is that the artist presents will be a Call on an increasing statement of value over time (and transferred stored savings). The ones that see the artist’s vision and help bring that awareness public do the very best and are the lifeblood of our culture as well.








  21. Saturday links: cleaner coal Abnormal Returns Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 10:08 am

    What is driving the art market?  Easy money.*  (Big Picture)








  22. philipat Says:



    November 13th, 2010 at 11:31 am

    VennData Says:


    “What’s good for Damien Hirst is good for the global economy — Charles Wilson”


    IMHO, the new Warhol? And I mean that not kindly. Both take advantage of art as culture as fashion as Ladt Gaga to make money. No problem with that, and good luck to them. But is it art?








  23. Howard Lindzon » Blog Archive » Printing Money…I Mean Quantitative Easing Says:



    November 14th, 2010 at 2:07 am

    Today I am thinking about my Sotheby’s $BID indicator. I wrote about it a lot up until 2008 and have just forgotten about it until this fantastic post about the art market.








  24. Record Art Prices… Are the Rich Worried? Says:



    November 14th, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Today I am thinking about my Sotheby’s $BID indicator. I wrote about it a lot up until 2008 and have just forgotten about it until this fantastic post about the art market.








  25. Abnormal Returns on Art Says:



    November 15th, 2010 at 1:02 am

    To read the post mentioned in the video, click here: What’s Driving the Art Market? Easy Money.












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Saturday, November 27, 2010

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  1. Epic. Fail. That is all.


    Comment by the bhead — 11/22/2010 @ 9:32 pm





  2. How is this any different than what we are doing with the Palestinians?


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 9:36 pm





  3. First I would say that negotiating with anyone in that theater of war is probably a fool’s game.


    Second, I would say that it really doesn’t matter who is the president.


    The radical arm of Islam has a very specific goal. Unfortunately, the entire nation of Islam has taken the tack to see how things play out.


    I can’t blame Obama for being stupid in this case, only naive.


    I can’t see how it would have played out differently no matter who is in charge.


    Islam is an evangelical religion. It’s ultimate goal is to make everyone a Muslim, just as Christians want everyone to be Christian.


    The difference, of course, is how the goal is accomplished.


    Believing someone who says he or she represents a particular view of Islam should always be taken with a grain of salt.


    By their own words, Islam is not simply the Truth, it is the Way.


    We, as a nation, built on freedom of religion, would betray our foundation as a civilized society to prohibit any exercise of any one’s convictions.


    However, we can cast a wary eye on anyone who would use religion to take the freedom of religion away.


    I await my condemnation as a racist, xenophobe, window-licking fascist who wants to kill brown people.


    Comment by Ag80 — 11/22/2010 @ 9:40 pm





  4. Nothing new. Ask GWB


    Comment by ajb — 11/22/2010 @ 9:45 pm





  5. Well, that’s certainly a definitive site for truth.


    Propaganda has many roots. If you like your propaganda, that is your choice.


    But, hey, if that’s your life, enjoy it.


    Comment by Ag80 — 11/22/2010 @ 10:02 pm





  6. Sorry for the diversion.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 10:10 pm





  7. Right that’s why the BND had recruited Al Adwan, not the CIA, not nearly the same thing


    Comment by narciso — 11/22/2010 @ 10:13 pm





  8. Dear Leader’s policy of negotiating with whomever hates us today is of course naive in a Carter-esque (Carterian?) fashion, but a lot of the derision in this case should be heaped upon the State Department, especially the career bureaucrats in the State Department. Any agency in which Joe Wilson can rise to a level of semi-prominence is long overdue for a complete reorganization including the quick sacking of probably half the headcount.


    Comment by JVW — 11/22/2010 @ 10:16 pm





  9. This does not make the Nobel Peace Prize folks look very prescient.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 11:06 pm





  10. I’m pretty sure Putin is not laughing right now and telling his folks to rig up a reset button to offer Barky or Hillary next time he sees them. No sir, not Vlad.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 11:09 pm





  11. What someone who would joke with Putin, over what a great deal we got on Alaska,This just gets better and better


    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/11/23/world/asia/AP-AS-Koreas-Tension.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesworld


    Comment by narciso — 11/22/2010 @ 11:11 pm





  12. They first became suspicious when they realized that the only words that “Mansour” ever said were “Durka” and “Jihad”.


    Their suspicion only increased when it became clear that they were talking to an old Asian woman.


    Comment by The Departed — 11/22/2010 @ 11:22 pm





  13. This sort of news, when reported on a TV news show, needs to be followed by an audio clip of hysterical laughter.


    Comment by Blacque Jacques Shellacque — 11/23/2010 @ 12:19 am





  14. Or that “Wha-wha-wha-whaaaaaaaaa” from the Price Is Right.


    Comment by The Departed — 11/23/2010 @ 12:39 am





  15. At least it was an honest mistake. Madeline Allbright and Wesley Clark put together a team of Albanian “actors” (to say it kindly) to pose as Kosovar resistance leaders in the prelude to the invasion of Kosovo. Once the bombs started falling, the “resistance leaders” were found in New Jersey with refugee green cards.


    Comment by nk — 11/23/2010 @ 12:54 am





  16. *invasion of Serbia*


    Comment by nk — 11/23/2010 @ 12:55 am





  17. New Jersey?


    Jesus, would have been more humane to leave them in Kosovo…


    Comment by The Departed — 11/23/2010 @ 1:51 am





  18. Amerikkka’s gotta be thinkin’ ‘What the blue blazes does this magic schwartzer need ta do before his “personal approval” numbers drop?


    What the hell does he have on these pipple? Dirty pictures of momma and farm animals?


    Comment by gary gulrud — 11/23/2010 @ 1:56 am





  19. Maybe Obama should have asked the guy for his birth certificate.


    Comment by BT — 11/23/2010 @ 4:09 am





  20. Yea. It looks bad.

    It looks like the Taliban aren’t interested in negotiating in good faith when they send an impostor.


    Comment by Neo — 11/23/2010 @ 5:15 am





  21. Geeze, is “Stupid is as stupid does” sound like the proper phrase here?


    Comment by GM Roper — 11/23/2010 @ 5:44 am





  22. This is another measure of the worthlessness of the CIA I think. Something’s gone very very wrong with that very very smart (and expensive) club of neurotic jack-offs.


    Comment by happyfeet — 11/23/2010 @ 5:53 am





  23. 4.Nothing new. Ask GWB


    First, ajb, tu quoque is not an argument. Second, we were all told that Obama was so much smarter than Bush, and that foreign policy would bet run more sensibly as a result.


    Clearly, that’s not happening. Right now, your best defense is, “Hey, Obama’s just as bad as Bush.”


    Comment by Some chump — 11/23/2010 @ 6:46 am





  24. I’m seeing the scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail, with the French knights huddling behind the wall, and after completely baffling King Arthur, their spokesman huddles back down telling his compatriots: “I told him we’ve already got one!” and they all snigger and giggle at the King’s stupidity.


    Comment by Roscoe — 11/23/2010 @ 10:32 am





  25. It seems our fake guys are negotiating with their fake guys. It’s a wonder anything gets done.


    Comment by Birdbath — 11/23/2010 @ 1:07 pm





  26. This could have made a great episode of What’s My Line.


    I am a Senior Taliban Commander


    No, I am a Senior Taliban Commander you ignorant goat f*cker


    No, I am the Senior Taliban Commander, may your Imam find you pleasuring young boys.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/23/2010 @ 2:00 pm





  27. Pretend President hires Pretend Sec of State and their pretend diplomacy negotiates with pretend Taliban leader with pretend results.


    But you get to keep your Doctor.


    Comment by gus — 11/23/2010 @ 2:04 pm





  28. AJB’s defense of the Empty Suit(tm) is pretty comical.


    Comment by SPQR — 11/23/2010 @ 2:23 pm





  29. Popehat has this hilarious bit


    Comment by SPQR — 11/24/2010 @ 9:26 am








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When it comes to social good, the name of the game is creating or inspiring change, and often with limited resources. That’s why social media is so important for non-profit organizations. By allowing organizations to reach more people with less money, social media has become an integral part of the non-profit toolbox.

Groups are using social media a variety of ways, from raising money to engaging with constituents on personal and meaningful levels. The most important thing social media offers for non-profits, though, is a highly effective channel to spread awareness about their cause. “Having 10 million people is more important than $10 million,” Change.org founder and CEO Ben Rattray told Mashable recently. “For advocacy you need to mobilize people, and the web helps you mobilize people like never before.”

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More than just a great art museum, the Brooklyn Museum is one of the most social media-savvy organizations on the planet. From a mobile website that lets visitors tag items in the gallery (which, in turn, helps to organize the museum’s vast, 94,000-record online collection) to a Foursquare account that offers tips for things to do in the neighborhood and rewards mayors with special parties and other offers, the Brooklyn Museum is hip to the latest social media trends.

What’s really great about the museum, which can also be found on Tumblr, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, is that the staff is not afraid to innovate and try new things. They’re constantly testing out new social platforms and innovating new ways to use their current social media accounts. They even share the code behind some of their best ideas on GitHub!

2. Sesame Street Workshop

Sesame Street Workshop is the non-profit organization behind the beloved children’s classic television series Sesame Street, among others. And despite being 41 years old, these cats — er, Muppets — really know social media.

You can find your favorite Sesame Street residents on Twitter and Facebook (characters like Elmo, Big Bird and Oscar have their own Pages). Where the Workshop really excels, however, is YouTube. Sesame Street Workshop has made its biggest social media splash on YouTube, with exclusive content that often features celebrity guests and frequent parodies of other digital media memes, such as the Google search stories or the Old Spice Guy, that prove the people behind Sesame Street know their stuff.

3. WildlifeDirect

Founded in 2006 by noted African conservationist Dr. Richard Leakey, WildlifeDirect aims to save endangered animals in Africa. The organization helps local conservation groups around Africa raise funds, awareness and support for their conservation projects.

WildlifeDirect can be found on many of the usual social media networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, but where it really shines is blogging. The organization has set up an active blog network of more than 100 field blogs penned by conservation groups across Africa. The blogs are one of the main drivers of donations to the conservation work that the organization supports, but they also offer a fascinating look into the struggle to save endangered species in some of the most diverse and threatened areas on Earth.

4. Kids Are Heroes

Founded in 2008 by Gabe O’Neill and his then 9-year-old daughter, MaryMargaret, Kids Are Heroes is a non-profit group that has the admirable goal of inspiring children to get involved in the act of giving back. The website offers profiles of more than 100 kids who have at a young age (some as young as 5-years-old!) had a meaningful impact on their communities and the world — whether by training diabetic service dogs, donating books to low-income families, or raising millions of dollars for out-of-work war veterans. The organization’s message is loud and clear: Kids can make a difference.

Along with the inspiring stories, the Kids Are Heroes website allows children to send “shout outs” to one another, and the group maintains active and engaging Twitter and Facebook accounts.

5. Darius Goes West

Darius Weems and the Darius Goes West project is a force to be reckoned with. Afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) — a genetic degenerative muscular disease that killed his older brother — Darius and 11 of his friends set out six years ago to travel across America with the ultimate goal of getting Darius’ wheelchair customized on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. The group filmed that trip and turned it into the much-celebrated documentary film, Darius Goes West.

Six years later, Darius Goes West has become a movement — non-profit vehicle to raise money and awareness for the search for a DMD cure that now seems so tantalizingly close. Darius, who continues to defy the odds, recently turned 21 years old and the Darius Goes West crew continue to come up with innovative ways to spread their message and raise money using social media. From raising money through Facebook widgets to inspiring people to do crazy things in the name of charity, Darius Goes West is a must-follow cause for their innovation and unflappable humor.

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  1. Epic. Fail. That is all.


    Comment by the bhead — 11/22/2010 @ 9:32 pm





  2. How is this any different than what we are doing with the Palestinians?


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 9:36 pm





  3. First I would say that negotiating with anyone in that theater of war is probably a fool’s game.


    Second, I would say that it really doesn’t matter who is the president.


    The radical arm of Islam has a very specific goal. Unfortunately, the entire nation of Islam has taken the tack to see how things play out.


    I can’t blame Obama for being stupid in this case, only naive.


    I can’t see how it would have played out differently no matter who is in charge.


    Islam is an evangelical religion. It’s ultimate goal is to make everyone a Muslim, just as Christians want everyone to be Christian.


    The difference, of course, is how the goal is accomplished.


    Believing someone who says he or she represents a particular view of Islam should always be taken with a grain of salt.


    By their own words, Islam is not simply the Truth, it is the Way.


    We, as a nation, built on freedom of religion, would betray our foundation as a civilized society to prohibit any exercise of any one’s convictions.


    However, we can cast a wary eye on anyone who would use religion to take the freedom of religion away.


    I await my condemnation as a racist, xenophobe, window-licking fascist who wants to kill brown people.


    Comment by Ag80 — 11/22/2010 @ 9:40 pm





  4. Nothing new. Ask GWB


    Comment by ajb — 11/22/2010 @ 9:45 pm





  5. Well, that’s certainly a definitive site for truth.


    Propaganda has many roots. If you like your propaganda, that is your choice.


    But, hey, if that’s your life, enjoy it.


    Comment by Ag80 — 11/22/2010 @ 10:02 pm





  6. Sorry for the diversion.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 10:10 pm





  7. Right that’s why the BND had recruited Al Adwan, not the CIA, not nearly the same thing


    Comment by narciso — 11/22/2010 @ 10:13 pm





  8. Dear Leader’s policy of negotiating with whomever hates us today is of course naive in a Carter-esque (Carterian?) fashion, but a lot of the derision in this case should be heaped upon the State Department, especially the career bureaucrats in the State Department. Any agency in which Joe Wilson can rise to a level of semi-prominence is long overdue for a complete reorganization including the quick sacking of probably half the headcount.


    Comment by JVW — 11/22/2010 @ 10:16 pm





  9. This does not make the Nobel Peace Prize folks look very prescient.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 11:06 pm





  10. I’m pretty sure Putin is not laughing right now and telling his folks to rig up a reset button to offer Barky or Hillary next time he sees them. No sir, not Vlad.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/22/2010 @ 11:09 pm





  11. What someone who would joke with Putin, over what a great deal we got on Alaska,This just gets better and better


    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/11/23/world/asia/AP-AS-Koreas-Tension.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimesworld


    Comment by narciso — 11/22/2010 @ 11:11 pm





  12. They first became suspicious when they realized that the only words that “Mansour” ever said were “Durka” and “Jihad”.


    Their suspicion only increased when it became clear that they were talking to an old Asian woman.


    Comment by The Departed — 11/22/2010 @ 11:22 pm





  13. This sort of news, when reported on a TV news show, needs to be followed by an audio clip of hysterical laughter.


    Comment by Blacque Jacques Shellacque — 11/23/2010 @ 12:19 am





  14. Or that “Wha-wha-wha-whaaaaaaaaa” from the Price Is Right.


    Comment by The Departed — 11/23/2010 @ 12:39 am





  15. At least it was an honest mistake. Madeline Allbright and Wesley Clark put together a team of Albanian “actors” (to say it kindly) to pose as Kosovar resistance leaders in the prelude to the invasion of Kosovo. Once the bombs started falling, the “resistance leaders” were found in New Jersey with refugee green cards.


    Comment by nk — 11/23/2010 @ 12:54 am





  16. *invasion of Serbia*


    Comment by nk — 11/23/2010 @ 12:55 am





  17. New Jersey?


    Jesus, would have been more humane to leave them in Kosovo…


    Comment by The Departed — 11/23/2010 @ 1:51 am





  18. Amerikkka’s gotta be thinkin’ ‘What the blue blazes does this magic schwartzer need ta do before his “personal approval” numbers drop?


    What the hell does he have on these pipple? Dirty pictures of momma and farm animals?


    Comment by gary gulrud — 11/23/2010 @ 1:56 am





  19. Maybe Obama should have asked the guy for his birth certificate.


    Comment by BT — 11/23/2010 @ 4:09 am





  20. Yea. It looks bad.

    It looks like the Taliban aren’t interested in negotiating in good faith when they send an impostor.


    Comment by Neo — 11/23/2010 @ 5:15 am





  21. Geeze, is “Stupid is as stupid does” sound like the proper phrase here?


    Comment by GM Roper — 11/23/2010 @ 5:44 am





  22. This is another measure of the worthlessness of the CIA I think. Something’s gone very very wrong with that very very smart (and expensive) club of neurotic jack-offs.


    Comment by happyfeet — 11/23/2010 @ 5:53 am





  23. 4.Nothing new. Ask GWB


    First, ajb, tu quoque is not an argument. Second, we were all told that Obama was so much smarter than Bush, and that foreign policy would bet run more sensibly as a result.


    Clearly, that’s not happening. Right now, your best defense is, “Hey, Obama’s just as bad as Bush.”


    Comment by Some chump — 11/23/2010 @ 6:46 am





  24. I’m seeing the scene in Monty Python & the Holy Grail, with the French knights huddling behind the wall, and after completely baffling King Arthur, their spokesman huddles back down telling his compatriots: “I told him we’ve already got one!” and they all snigger and giggle at the King’s stupidity.


    Comment by Roscoe — 11/23/2010 @ 10:32 am





  25. It seems our fake guys are negotiating with their fake guys. It’s a wonder anything gets done.


    Comment by Birdbath — 11/23/2010 @ 1:07 pm





  26. This could have made a great episode of What’s My Line.


    I am a Senior Taliban Commander


    No, I am a Senior Taliban Commander you ignorant goat f*cker


    No, I am the Senior Taliban Commander, may your Imam find you pleasuring young boys.


    Comment by daleyrocks — 11/23/2010 @ 2:00 pm





  27. Pretend President hires Pretend Sec of State and their pretend diplomacy negotiates with pretend Taliban leader with pretend results.


    But you get to keep your Doctor.


    Comment by gus — 11/23/2010 @ 2:04 pm





  28. AJB’s defense of the Empty Suit(tm) is pretty comical.


    Comment by SPQR — 11/23/2010 @ 2:23 pm





  29. Popehat has this hilarious bit


    Comment by SPQR — 11/24/2010 @ 9:26 am








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When it comes to social good, the name of the game is creating or inspiring change, and often with limited resources. That’s why social media is so important for non-profit organizations. By allowing organizations to reach more people with less money, social media has become an integral part of the non-profit toolbox.

Groups are using social media a variety of ways, from raising money to engaging with constituents on personal and meaningful levels. The most important thing social media offers for non-profits, though, is a highly effective channel to spread awareness about their cause. “Having 10 million people is more important than $10 million,” Change.org founder and CEO Ben Rattray told Mashable recently. “For advocacy you need to mobilize people, and the web helps you mobilize people like never before.”

There are any number of worthy non-profit organizations utilizing social media in new and interesting ways; below are five that caught our eye this year as must-follow groups. Please share in the comments any other non-profits you think deserve a follow and nominate them for a Mashable Award.

1. Brooklyn Museum

More than just a great art museum, the Brooklyn Museum is one of the most social media-savvy organizations on the planet. From a mobile website that lets visitors tag items in the gallery (which, in turn, helps to organize the museum’s vast, 94,000-record online collection) to a Foursquare account that offers tips for things to do in the neighborhood and rewards mayors with special parties and other offers, the Brooklyn Museum is hip to the latest social media trends.

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3. WildlifeDirect

Founded in 2006 by noted African conservationist Dr. Richard Leakey, WildlifeDirect aims to save endangered animals in Africa. The organization helps local conservation groups around Africa raise funds, awareness and support for their conservation projects.

WildlifeDirect can be found on many of the usual social media networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, but where it really shines is blogging. The organization has set up an active blog network of more than 100 field blogs penned by conservation groups across Africa. The blogs are one of the main drivers of donations to the conservation work that the organization supports, but they also offer a fascinating look into the struggle to save endangered species in some of the most diverse and threatened areas on Earth.

4. Kids Are Heroes

Founded in 2008 by Gabe O’Neill and his then 9-year-old daughter, MaryMargaret, Kids Are Heroes is a non-profit group that has the admirable goal of inspiring children to get involved in the act of giving back. The website offers profiles of more than 100 kids who have at a young age (some as young as 5-years-old!) had a meaningful impact on their communities and the world — whether by training diabetic service dogs, donating books to low-income families, or raising millions of dollars for out-of-work war veterans. The organization’s message is loud and clear: Kids can make a difference.

Along with the inspiring stories, the Kids Are Heroes website allows children to send “shout outs” to one another, and the group maintains active and engaging Twitter and Facebook accounts.

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Darius Weems and the Darius Goes West project is a force to be reckoned with. Afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) — a genetic degenerative muscular disease that killed his older brother — Darius and 11 of his friends set out six years ago to travel across America with the ultimate goal of getting Darius’ wheelchair customized on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. The group filmed that trip and turned it into the much-celebrated documentary film, Darius Goes West.

Six years later, Darius Goes West has become a movement — non-profit vehicle to raise money and awareness for the search for a DMD cure that now seems so tantalizingly close. Darius, who continues to defy the odds, recently turned 21 years old and the Darius Goes West crew continue to come up with innovative ways to spread their message and raise money using social media. From raising money through Facebook widgets to inspiring people to do crazy things in the name of charity, Darius Goes West is a must-follow cause for their innovation and unflappable humor.

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WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

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I had had hopes for the Fox News Channel as an advocate of smaller government, hopes somewhat justified by evidence. But their treatment of Ron Paul has been off the charts. Chris Wallace has been absolutely vicious - at one point, ...

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Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

More on Fox <b>News</b>, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics <b>...</b>

I had had hopes for the Fox News Channel as an advocate of smaller government, hopes somewhat justified by evidence. But their treatment of Ron Paul has been off the charts. Chris Wallace has been absolutely vicious - at one point, ...

Democrats Still Struggle on Extending the Bush Tax Cuts - FoxNews.com

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Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

More on Fox <b>News</b>, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics <b>...</b>

I had had hopes for the Fox News Channel as an advocate of smaller government, hopes somewhat justified by evidence. But their treatment of Ron Paul has been off the charts. Chris Wallace has been absolutely vicious - at one point, ...

Democrats Still Struggle on Extending the Bush Tax Cuts - FoxNews.com

FOX News covers politics on America's Election Headquarters. FOX News political coverage on elections, races, foreign policy, candidates, and national security.


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Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

More on Fox <b>News</b>, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics <b>...</b>

I had had hopes for the Fox News Channel as an advocate of smaller government, hopes somewhat justified by evidence. But their treatment of Ron Paul has been off the charts. Chris Wallace has been absolutely vicious - at one point, ...

Democrats Still Struggle on Extending the Bush Tax Cuts - FoxNews.com

FOX News covers politics on America's Election Headquarters. FOX News political coverage on elections, races, foreign policy, candidates, and national security.


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Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

More on Fox <b>News</b>, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics <b>...</b>

I had had hopes for the Fox News Channel as an advocate of smaller government, hopes somewhat justified by evidence. But their treatment of Ron Paul has been off the charts. Chris Wallace has been absolutely vicious - at one point, ...

Democrats Still Struggle on Extending the Bush Tax Cuts - FoxNews.com

FOX News covers politics on America's Election Headquarters. FOX News political coverage on elections, races, foreign policy, candidates, and national security.


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Is Jennifer Lopez The Latest Celeb To Overdo It On Botox? (Photos <b>...</b>

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have launched a new clothing and accessories line for Kohl's. The items will be in stores in 2011. The couple appeared at a press conference in West Hollywood yeste...

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Middle East violence increases « Liveshots

Another cycle of violence in the Middle East as Israel strikes targets in Gaza in retaliation.


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Small Business <b>News</b>: SMB Blogging and Social Media Basics

Far from a fad, a new blogging and social media infrastructure has emerged and is still being built and becoming a part of the new hierarchy can be important to.

Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.

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Read our PlayStation 3 news of GT5 installs while played - Sony.


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Fox <b>News</b> Decoded - Swampland - TIME.com

What do you do to amp ratings after you've won a big victory at the polls and the public has wandered off to start celebrating the holidays? At Fox News, the answer is obvious: you up the ante.

Middle East violence increases « Liveshots

Another cycle of violence in the Middle East as Israel strikes targets in Gaza in retaliation.

Fox <b>News</b> Commentators Caught On Camera Mocking Sarah Palin&#39;s Show <b>...</b>

WASHINGTON -- The Fox News channel has been something of a safe haven for Sarah Palin, the type of outlet that provided the former Alaska Governor not only with a friendly audience but similarly kind questions.


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Great <b>News</b>: The Donald May Agree to be President « Hot Air

During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...

Small Business <b>News</b>: Direct Marketing Diorama

Not too long ago, we received a comment from a reader of our Small Business Trends small business news roundups on a post called Marketing Mashup. Though we.

Fox <b>News</b>&#39; Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis <b>...</b>

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized on Thursday for comparing NPR executives to Nazis.


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Great <b>News</b>: The Donald May Agree to be President « Hot Air

During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...

Small Business <b>News</b>: Direct Marketing Diorama

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Fox <b>News</b>&#39; Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis <b>...</b>

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized on Thursday for comparing NPR executives to Nazis.


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Great <b>News</b>: The Donald May Agree to be President « Hot Air

During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...

Small Business <b>News</b>: Direct Marketing Diorama

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Fox <b>News</b>&#39; Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis <b>...</b>

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized on Thursday for comparing NPR executives to Nazis.


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Great <b>News</b>: The Donald May Agree to be President « Hot Air

During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...

Small Business <b>News</b>: Direct Marketing Diorama

Not too long ago, we received a comment from a reader of our Small Business Trends small business news roundups on a post called Marketing Mashup. Though we.

Fox <b>News</b>&#39; Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis <b>...</b>

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized on Thursday for comparing NPR executives to Nazis.


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Great <b>News</b>: The Donald May Agree to be President « Hot Air

During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...

Small Business <b>News</b>: Direct Marketing Diorama

Not too long ago, we received a comment from a reader of our Small Business Trends small business news roundups on a post called Marketing Mashup. Though we.

Fox <b>News</b>&#39; Roger Ailes Apologizes for Calling NPR Execs Nazis <b>...</b>

Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, publicly apologized on Thursday for comparing NPR executives to Nazis.