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GM FastLane Blog: Camaro Concept Video Podcast (20163 words) |
 | GM is getting killed, along with Ford, and Chrysler (to a certain extent) by the imports because of eyesore designs like the new Impala, Cobalt, Aveo, HSR (an obvious ploy towards the PT Cruiser), Trailblazer, not to mention the sicko designers at Buick. |
 | GM wake up it is a world market and you need to earn back your customers. |
 | GM has enough in the parts bin to build a very well made vehicle here with the right effort and at a affordable price as well. |
| Platform - By Keith Gessen and Aaron Matz - Slate Magazine (1298 words) |
 | That said, there are some OK sex scenes, and the narrator sketches a few intriguing plots for pornographic films; whatever its faults, Platform is a continuation of Houellebecq's important critique of contemporary sexual relations. |
 | Platform's solution is almost more like an observation, in that it's already taking place: Houellebecq believes, or pretends to believe, that globalization, in the form of sexual tourism, can cure the twin ills of sexual pauperization and postmodern friendlessness. |
 | In Platform he is replaced and redeemed by the hapless Lionel, who finds joy, at least for a while, with a devoted Thai prostitute. |