Slog - Comments on I Capital I http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i This image is from an advertisement currently running on the website for The New York Times. The advertisement represents the Janus Capital Group, an investment company that provides "institutional and intermediary clients and individual investors complementary asset management disciplines including growth and risk-managed strategies." Fine. But what is this image showing us? It is showing us how transnational capital sees its self: it is, for one, flexible. Its kind of money is not static or dedicated to one mode, but will use any vehicle, any means to get to a good investment opportunity. Also, transnational capital, is youthful, on the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:56:00 -0800 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:45:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Just Me I thought the asian dude was sitting of the other guy's cock.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862393 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:55:44 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew


I've always found it profoundly ironic that Janus is the name of an investment company. One myth is that Janus sees the past and the future, but wasn't he also the two-faced Roman God of Lies?

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862394 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:56:24 -0800 Comment by facts? Care to provide any actual, fact based data pertaining to "how it actually works (or exploits)"?

]]> facts? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862406 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:02:23 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER I interpreted this as an investor investigating a motorcycle company with a hands on approach in the field... maybe because pretty much every investment commercial plays off that idea.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862424 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:11:27 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No, no, unpaid blogger, don't be a fool. Investment companies don't market themselves to potential customers; they're only trying to reach that elusive "confused Marxist" demographic.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862426 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:13:18 -0800 Comment by arduous Oh come on, Charles! This ad is clearly about how this investment company makes its money on the backs of the up-and-coming third world Asian countries like China! Hence the White Man being driven around by Asian Man.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862436 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:20:37 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Are you kidding me? That guy is clearly beating a hasty retreat. He's desperately trying not to get caught.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862454 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:30:35 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Not just you #1. I thought the "examine from the inside out" was leading to a sex joke.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862480 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:46:46 -0800 Comment by charles @7, you beat my interpretation.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862580 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:15:05 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle Having just been to Saigon two weeks ago for the third time I was impressed with the few international business travelers that had the guts to hop on the back of the primary mode of transportation - mopeds. Everywhere someone will take you around on the back of a moped for a mere dollar yet many business travelers choose taxis which move relatively slow around the city and add to the pollution. I am impressed with the ad. Now some would argue paying $1 for such a simple task is screwing with the inflation in Saigon since a health care worker in Hanoi makes about 60,000 Dong a day (about $4) but is it better to take a taxi for $5-$10!?

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c862672 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:28:06 -0800 Comment by gucci clad marxist The white shirt/black tie/black slacks combo is a representation of greed. As seen when worn on mafiosi, investment bankers, k-street lobbyest types, oil execs...you know the sort, thugs who use intimidation and clout to exploit the rubes that are too afraid to embrace the Revolution, and wrest fashion back into its' rightful place, on the Masses!!

It does look like a hasty retreat, like #7 said, he's calling ahead to the embassy, trying to escape the angry mob that was infuriated by such a blatant display of imperialist wardrobe.

]]> gucci clad marxist http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c863652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c863652 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:44:52 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA They're big risk takers, as depicted by the lack of helmets. These guys have a burning desire to be organ donors before they turn 25.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c864305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/capital_i#c864305 Media Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:45:37 -0800