Reason Writers Around the Town: Katherine Mangu-Ward on Bloggingheads Talks Bums, Banks, and Nobel Laureates

Senior Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward talks with The American Prospect's Tim Fernholz on Bloggingheads.tv about whether a Nobel Prize qualifies you for a government job, how to disqualify current holders of government jobs, and what it's like to be unbanked.

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[Old Mexican]

You know, I like Katherine, but that closeup is not becoming.

[Mongo]

That’s the problem with Skype — it makes ugly computards even uglier.

[Old Mexican]

The problem with those little fisheye internet cameras is that they make one look like one of those close-up puppy pictures featured in calendars and coffee mugs.

[Wind Rider]

I think it makes her look kind of like Alyson Hannigan. Pretty easy to imagine her saying “and once, at band camp. . .”

Watching the video would ruin that. Plus, I’d probably strain something laughing at Blue Glasses boy.

[Timon19]

What the fuck is that dude wearing on his face?

[Wind Rider]

Confirmation that he lives in a different Universe than the rest of us.

[Death Panelist]

Is she inside a 50 gallon copper drum?

[Timon19]

A brew kettle?

[hmm]

walk-in fridge

[T]

All right, I’ll freely admit I cannot take a grown man who looks like Tim Fernholz seriously. He looks like an idiot.

[Episiarch]

He actually had to have chosen those glasses.

I don’t understand how hipsters can make the decisions they make. I’ve seen retards and dead people with better fashion sense.

[Pro Libertate]

Jesus, what is wrong with these people?

[Episiarch]

Lady Gaga’s attire makes more sense than these idiots.

If you’re going to be ironic, at least choose something flattering. I was in a particularly hipster-infested region of Seattle a few weeks ago (no, not Capitol Hill), and I almost plotzed because of how atrocious the hipsters were. It’s not just goofy clothes; it’s like they specifically chose the most unflattering outfits/tattoos/hair/everything possible. Maybe that’s the point; but if it is, you’re not succeeding at doing anything other than looking horrible.

[Pro Libertate]

What’s truly disturbing is that they seem to think that looking like a doofus actually means looking cool.

[Episiarch]

I don’t think they actually have any comprehension of what looks cool and what doesn’t.

[Wind Rider]

He probably didn’t get the gross out factor of the 10-10 red button flick, either.

[Jaybird]

“Which frames do you want?”

“Give me the blue ones.”

This conversation took place at one point.

[?]

You look appealingly drunk there, M-W.

But seriously?baby glasses, bitch-stache, and a look-at-my-bookshelf shot? I’m not pushing a button that makes that parody-of-a-jackass move.

[Matt Welch]

I always did like Rock of the Westies.

[stock market investing]

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[Mongo]

The video doesn’t work, btw.

[ap]

i’ll keep this short: glasses should not match your shirt.

[hmm]

I’ve got those glasses. They go with my red nose, super sized tie, and super big shoes.

[BakedPenguin]

Why is everyone only ragging on his glasses? I find his (first) basic point – that the president should be able to pick economists who will inflate away stupid decisions – far more distressing.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Whoa, you’re actually watching the video? Novel.

[hmm]

It’s a video?

[hmm]

His first point was pretty fucking retarded, almost Obama worship. The Great One should be able to appoint whoever he wants!

[hmm]

I do wonder if he agrees that such deference should have been granted to Bush.

[Lepus]

Fucks sake, I don’t even think his glasses have lenses. Go away, hipster.

[pigwiggle]

One, I like the weird glasses. I don’t think they’re doing for him what he thinks they are, but it’s interesting to see odd things. Two, Katherine is reasonably attractive ? moreso, given that she’s bright.

You all sound like a bunch of bitchy sorority girls.