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October 02, 2008
The Scanner: Lil' O'Reilly, pop-up bars and Calvin and Hobbes explain the bail-out

In these unsure times of financial turmoil, rest assured that some things are always constant, like The Scanner.

That is until The Scanner becomes insolvent and has to file for bankruptcy or gets bought out by AOL, who in turn gets bought out by General Electric, and so on.

So, relax. Really.

How to skirt those nightclub laws in the Old Port? How about a pop-up night club? [Springwise]

Fresh on the heels of crowdsourced relationship advice comes crowdsourced makeovers. Maybe it's time to get off the crowdsourcing bus.

BEHOLD! The "Green," man-powered ferris wheel! I could see this at the Common Ground Fair. (Thanks to Jeff)

What does it say when your city is asking bars to stop pouring during the late innings of playoff games, Chicago? Boston, I think you're on notice.

Were you aware Elvis has a distant cousin who is a rapper, who goes by the name "Thug Presley?" He's in prison, by the way.

Did you know Upper Deck produced Joe Biden and Sarah Palin trading cards? Just in time for tonight's debate.

The Daily Intelligence charts the course of the "bro-nomenon" and shockingly, it's not pretty.

I absolutely love this list from Cracked of Six mistakes every movie criminal makes.Who among us has not thought, "why do they always taunt the good guys and tell them their every move?

Man fights shark to save...dog? [Neatorama]

I don't really know what to say to the Lil' O'Reilly Factor. [Laughing Squid]

Is Apple really considering shutting the iTunes store if their royalty rates go up? [Vulture]

Culture Kitchen says this Calvin and Hobbes strip explains how the financial markets went south and why companies look for bailouts.

Would you believe the British government is using Facebook to find new recruits for MI5? As in super secret spy agency MI5.

J.D. Ryznar goes from playing Michael McDonald in "Yacht Rock" to talking about President William Henry Harrison in "Drunk History."

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Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the soundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.






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