links for 2007-06-02

• Fops and Dandies: Rebellion (Lies)
  More skepticism regarding recent Consumed subject Credit Covers: “If we really wanted to throw off our consumer shackles, we certainly wouldn’t be embracing these embarrassing designs.”
  (tags: updates)
• Dutch TV Kidney-Giveaway Show a Hoax. (Probably. Sort Of.)
  Freakonomics observes: “If your goal is to call attention to a serious issue that people are deeply conflicted about on moral, medical, and legal grounds, I’m thinking that a theatrical hoax is kind of a suboptimal way to accomplish it.”
  (tags: entertainment)