Liverpool sale may collapse if nine points are deducted | The Guardian
Does their whole business case fall down over a difference of nine points? This seems very flaky.
Football involves a bit of luck. Nine points can come or go. It’s three losses.
This makes the whole new purchase look like no improvement over the current situation.
Douglas Coupland is a genius.
At some sort of deep level he is capable of expressing how I feel; it’s almost frightning.
The suburbs are doomed, especially thoseE.T. , California-style suburbs
This is a no-brainer, but the former homes will make amazing hangouts for gangs, weirdoes and people performing illegal activities. The pretend gates at the entranceways to gated communities will become real, and the charred stubs of previous white-collar homes will serve only to make the still-standing structures creepier and more exotic.
A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years – The Globe and Mail.