[From CNN]
President Bush Friday signed into law a measure authorizing an $800 billion increase in the credit limit of the United States, the White House said.
Democrats said the debt limit increase, the third in as many years, was necessitated by Bush’s “irresponsible” fiscal priorities, including what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California described as tax cuts for the wealthy and corporate handouts.

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From Gawker:
“Freemans tuesday night the 16th of nov. the bush twins along with 2 massive secret service men tried to have dinner they were told by the maitre ‘d that they were full and would be for the next 4 years upon hearing the entire restaurant cheered and did a round of shots it was amazing”

If you don’t mind huge enormous mind-boggling crowds, check out the MoMa this weekend as they reopen their doors.
From Flavorpill:
“A treasure chest of modernism, MoMA reopens its Manhattan home after undergoing the most extensive rebuilding and renovation project in its 75-year history. Architect Yoshio Taniguchi’s sleek design, which is highlighted in one of the opening exhibits, nearly doubles the capacity of the former building (featured here in the film series Made at MoMA, celebrating the institution’s cultural presence). Two other shows also focus on the museum’s expansion: Mark Dion displays artifacts excavated from the sculpture garden and demolished adjacent buildings, while Michael Wesely exhibits long photographic exposures of the project’s evolution. The icing on the cake is the reinstallation of the permanent collection, a magnificent feat in and of itself.”
Sat 11.20 (10am-10pm)
11 W 53rd ST
212.708.9400
FREE

Thursday at Max Fish, 6:30 – ??:
A combination art show opening and book signing
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY
NO COVER:
Praise for Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees and other Creatures Unique to the Republic:
“Another funny and strangely insightful contribution to our culture from Robert Lanham, the Margaret Mead of the North American Weirdo.”
-Neal Pollack
“This book is a riot.”
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
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The merger of Kmart and Sears is affecting retail commerce in ways both obvious and subtle. Most business press is covering large details, such as the questionable decision to position both chains under the name Ksmears. Yet with this merger comes a veritable flood of new business practices, models that might affect careers and communities for some time to come.
For instance, this is the first retail chain (though certainly not the last) to offer midlevel-rent apartments in some of its aisles. While this venture is still in the preliminary phase, with only three shelves set aside for housing units, economists will watch closely the economic and social impact of having people commuting to work and school from within one of their store complexes.

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Very Disturbing:
From NY Times:
Porter J. Goss, the new intelligence chief, has told Central Intelligence Agency employees that their job is to “support the administration and its policies in our work,” a copy of an internal memorandum shows.

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Fabio made an appearance today at Conde Nast and wowed the staff with his buffness, his manly locks and his friendly charm. He patiently took a seat while staffers one by one asked for an autograph. No wonder every housewife in America wants to do him. He even posed with a Wrassler for our upcoming show:

more pictures:

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[From NY Daily News]
Tom Hanks for president?: Looks like “Fahrenheit 9/11″ director and proud lefty Michael Moore is hatching a scheme to draft Tom Hanks for the White House in 2008.
“We need to find our Arnold,” Moore told Lowdown at Sunday’s “Hotel Rwanda” premiere, adding that the box-office star is the Democratic Schwarzenegger.

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Movable Hype
The Knitting Factory
Tuesday, November 16
Our friends at Gothamist have put together a fabulous evening of music, with up-and-coming indie acts:
The Fresh
The Sons of Sound
Snowden
Asobi Seksu
Best of all there are $2 drink specials from Triple 8 Vodka!
Show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $10 in advance (you can buy them at the Knitting Factory or via Ticketweb) and $12 day of show. All of Gothamist’s proceeds will go towards funding a NYC public school program found on Donors Choose.
Click here for more info

[from CNN]
The rap artist O.D.B., whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35.
O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, and was dead by the time paramedics arrived, said Gabe Tesoriero, a spokesman for O.D.B.’s record label, Roc-a-Fella.

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