Tidbits are small, until they grow up

• Roubini on bank losses: “If people were not spending their rebate checks in June, what will happen when there are no more checks?” Yep…retail is next.
• Trout are unwelcome in South Africa. Check for whirling disease, and then send ‘em on over?
• You mean subprime lending wasn’t the only problem? No, “Subprime was the tip of the iceberg.”
• Caricatures having sex in purportedly sexless virtual world. Nature finds a way?
• Apple will soon release yet another phone without a keyboard. Or a keypad.

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• Big social networks are failing in Japan. Maybe it’s just because everyone is already too close together.

UPDATE (8/13/08): A week later Roubini is right.