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more about #matttaibbi more comments → Foster Kamer: The funny thing: when I used to work in the same office as Taibbi's agent, I told her I was a fan, and he asks her: Is a young, hairy-knuckled young J... more » ethylic: And I thought it was the squid from "Watchmen" more » MisterMustard: That isn't blood dripping from the tentacles, it's oil. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Interesting this came out just about the same time that the GS pr machine cranked out their new "mea culpa letsa throw some money atta the problem". ... more » Arken: Silly Nazis. Octopi aren't even kosher. more » D2theMatthews: To be fair, that's a cartoon octopus. more » i'm a bottle: Wow, classy. more » WhiteMan'sBourbon: Then Hitler showed the drawing to Hirohito, and thus was born tentacle porn. more » uncle_wiggly: I'm not a big Taibbi fan, but I don't believe that anyone that uses a squid/octopus metaphor is anti-semitic because some shut-ins found a fifty year ... more » ohgee: I'm pretty sure a vampire squid is a real animal, though. more » Adrian Chen: The image was also used to denounce Standard Oil back in the day. more » anonymousryan: Obviously, doing anything remotely similar to the Nazis is anti-Semitic. What'd the Jews ever do to you, VANCOUVER OLYMPICS? more » Magister: I subscribe to at least a half dozen magazines and I've subscribed to Rolling Stone for about 30 years, but other than to follow a "more info" thing i... more » allyzay: Wait, Foster -- THAT'S the cover you chose to illustrate this story? Is this a "nerd alert!" situation? more » goldenslumbers: He needs to talk to the person who decided to put the Jonas Brothers on the cover, twice within a year. I can take the Beatles cover even if the ar... more » -
#coincidences
So That's What a Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Looks Like
Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi famously called Goldman Sachs the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Turns out Nazi cartoonists came up with that image first. More » -
#tardy
Rolling Stone Finally Taking Late, Doomed Shot At RollingStone.com
It must pain Jann Wenner to see his other properties start succeeding where flagship Rolling Stone squandered possibilities and descended into irrelevancy: online. Now that US Weekly's site has heat, Wenner's finally starting to line up RS's strategy of "whatever." More » -
#bankers
Goldman Sachs Management to Employees: 'No More Douchebaggery!'
Maybe you heard yesterday about how things are going great over at Goldman, like $1,000,000 for each employee great? So surely there were some sick banker celebrations going down last night, right? Not if management can help it! More » -
#recessionomics
Prepare to be Outraged Again Over Wall Street Bonuses
Looks like those clever backdoor bailouts orchestrated by the plethora of carefully placed henchman throughout the highest levels of government has paid off—Goldman Sachs will pay out the biggest bonuses in its history after a "spectacular first half." More » -
#mysteries
Why Isn't Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone's Rockstar Writer, Blogging On Rolling Stone's Website?
Fans of Matt Taibbi, frequent Bill Maher guest, 2008 NMA winner and Tom Friedman's worst nightmare on steroids, have long wondered why Taibbi blogs for True/Slant and not Rolling Stone. It's time for some answers! More » -
#hitpieces
Matt Taibbi's Relentless Hounding of Tom Friedman Continues, Thankfully
In 2005, Matt Taibbi wrote a takedown of NYT mouthbreather Tom Friedman's unique idiocy that remains the greatest thing ever written about the mustachioed private-jet-frequent-flyer. Now Taibbi has a new piece; top ten anti-'stache material. More » -
