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Tue November 24, 2009
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(CNN) Asinine Banks discover that consumers are reducing credit card use, turning to debit cards instead. Banks are so pleased that they invent new fees and restrictions to celebrate  (money.cnn.com) (27)
(Gizmodo) PSA Black Friday anti-deals: what NOT to buy  (gizmodo.com) (23)
(The New York Times) Interesting What happens when the largest online retailer meets the largest box-store chain in history? A price-war. A price-war so large, we'll be lucky to live through it  (nytimes.com) (35)
(Google) Obvious Someone finally calls Sprint's bluff on their 'America's Most Dependable Network' BS  (google.com) (32)
(Bloomberg) Obvious If you're one of the 10.2% that doesn't have a job right now, 2010 looks to be a bad year for 9.7% of you  (bloomberg.com) (54)
(Reuters) Scary Barnes & Noble cuts its full-year forecast and Borders posts wider-than-expected loss because you stoopidheads don't want to read  (reuters.com) (58)
(The New York Times) Fail FDIC's insurance fund now has a negative balance. But don't worry citizen -- your money is safe  (nytimes.com) (73)
(Denver Channel) Fail Xcel Energy abandons their plans to burn your money and laugh at you from a beach in Europe  (thedenverchannel.com) (8)
(Reuters) Sad Koenigsegg pulls out. GM seen walking home, Saabing  (reuters.com) (40)
(The Raw Story) Obvious CEOs cashed in before Wall Street meltdown. In other news, large moon discovered orbiting Earth  (rawstory.com) (28)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting About a quarter of homeowners owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth, especially in Florida and the "Dumbass Triangle" of California, Nevada and Arizona  (online.wsj.com) (97)
(USA Today) Stupid Half of Las Vegas is in foreclosure and casinos are giving away rooms, but hey, let's open a new 67-acre resort there anyway  (usatoday.com) (50)
(Sign On San Diego) Obvious Undercover teens shop to find stores selling M-rated games to 13-16 year olds. Game Stop scored highest with less than 10% infractions, while Sears let the rules slide for over 2/3 of the younger gamers  (signonsandiego.com) (77)
(Google) Stupid Recession has caused many Americans to only buy things they can afford - and pay cash. Rather than praise this, the AP is calling these people "Scrooges"  (google.com) (90)

Mon November 23, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting Employers told to stamp out sectarianism in workplace as even seemingly innocent jokes ... hey, does it stink like Protesants in here or did a cow die in the break room?  (heraldscotland.com) (21)
(The Hollywood Reporter) Strange St. Petersburg Times, which this year ran a scathing, three-part investigation into Scientology, sells one of its properties to Scientologists  (showbiz411.blogs.thr.com) (21)
(Some Guy) Asinine Amazon patents presents, just in time for holiday injunctions against competitors, Santa  (techflash.com) (18)
(1010WINS) Spiffy New York City tavern selling turkey infused with 100-proof Georgi vodka for Thanksgiving. That's wild  (1010wins.com) (30)
(CNBC) Interesting Late payments on credit cards dropped in the third quarter, which means credit card companies will undoubtedly try and recoup the lost profits somehow  (cnbc.com) (48)
(LA Times) Fail United Airlines tries to fix its reputation (w/ pic of what a more comfortable United seat may look like)  (latimes.com) (73)
(Yahoo) Asinine China angrily warns the US that publicly talking about China's attempts to steal US military and industrial secrets could harm US-China relations  (news.yahoo.com) (124)
(Yahoo) Fail Your bailout money has been reincarnated into IT jobs in Bangalore  (news.yahoo.com) (65)
(IndyStar) Interesting Workplace drug screening is more accurate if hair, not urine, is tested. Subby suddenly realizes why his co-workers shave their heads  (indystar.com) (75)

Sun November 22, 2009
(Guardian.com) Sad The world may soon have no Borders  (guardian.co.uk) (74)
(Financial Times) Unlikely Old and busted: MSNBC. New hotness: MSFOX  (ft.com) (36)
(CBS News) Sad Lots and lots of people would rather die than continue working for France Telecom  (cbsnews.com) (158)
(Bloomberg) Asinine Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which got $10 billion and debt guarantees from the U.S. government in October, expects to pay 1% in taxes. Thats right, 1%  (bloomberg.com) (260)
(WXYZ Detroit) Stupid How much should you pay to have your water meter read? $1? $5? Keep guessing  (wxyz.com) (39)
(CNBC) Cool The worse the economy gets, the better the porn gets  (cnbc.com) (47)
(Some Guy in Bed) Misc Mattress maker Simmons files for chapter 11. Hopes to spring back to firmer footing by selling part of company to competitor, which is serta a good thing  (ethioplanet.com) (14)
(Dallas News) Cool This holiday season, fewer and fewer consumers are writing checks...and fewer businesses are accepting them. Warn your grandmother before she goes to Gap and buys you that hideous sweater  (dallasnews.com) (79)

Sat November 21, 2009
(Daily Kos) Obvious Banks manipulate order in which charges are processed to charge multiple overdraft fees? It's as likely as you think  (dailykos.com) (140)
(The New York Times) Sad Obama's stimulus package was small, soft and came too soon. Nation craves a bigger, longer, thicker, uncut package  T-Shirt  (nytimes.com) (180)
(Washington Post) Interesting Everything you think you know about the advantages of home buying is wrong. Or at least wildly exaggerated  (washingtonpost.com) (163)
(The Big Money) Interesting Google does a non-evil thing: Bans white teeth, flat stomachs  (thebigmoney.com) (66)

Fri November 20, 2009
(Some Guy) Interesting 15 Google interview questions that will make you feel stupid  (businessinsider.com) (176)
(Reuters) Sad The SEC surrenders to the oil industry; proving once and for all that the oil industry is the greatest college football conference in the country  (blogs.reuters.com) (19)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious If the billions in Goldman Sachs bonuses bothered you, just imagine how their shareholders feel  (online.wsj.com) (29)
(CNN) Obvious "Black Friday" tricks shoppers need to know. When it says "no rainchecks" and "limited quantities," the store has two of that item, and one is probably broken  (money.cnn.com) (56)
(The New York Times) Interesting Latest Volt pre-production model taken for a spin. The verdict might shock you  (nytimes.com) (84)
(Autoblog) Interesting Buick will offer the new Regal with a manual transmission, making it easier for old people to put one right through your living room  (autoblog.com) (44)
(Google) Obvious Smucker's doubles profits on news that the same $5 that buys 1 cup of coffee at Starbuck's will buy 2 weeks' worth of Folger's  (google.com) (64)
(NJ.com) Obvious NYC announces their 2009 Gridlock alert days -- from my Blackberry stuck in this #$@& traffic on 5th Ave  (nj.com) (16)
(AOL) Fail If only there was a tag that could adequately describe the decision of an insurance company to mail 80,000 postcards with medicare recipients' names and social security numbers is plain sight. Oh, wait, there it is  (news.aol.com) (24)
(wbbm780) Interesting Dumbest things you do with your money: retalitory spending, hoarding, and monthly website subscriptions  (wbbm780.com) (52)
(Komo) Obvious Heavy rains hurt pumpkin harvest, says Nestle consultants Milli Vanilli  (komonews.com) (19)
(Big Think) Obvious Men's underwear indicates economy, formerly weak and limp, is now becoming firm and trending upward  (bigthink.com) (26)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Fifty oil tankers loitering off British coast as they lie in wait for fuel price hikes  (dailymail.co.uk) (119)

Thu November 19, 2009
(Chicago Tribune) Stupid In order to better serve their customers in this difficult economy, Starbucks is raising prices on its overbrewed lattes and cappucinos  (leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com) (68)
(Some Guy) Stupid Mini Coopers to be coachbuilt at the Rolls Royce factory. Features to include high-spec wood, leather-trimmed interiors and headliners made of 100% California smug  (autocar.co.uk) (62)
(Wired) Obvious Imaginary Apple tablet gets imaginary new display and an imaginary delay to its imaginary launch date, much to the dismay of Apple users and their imaginary girlfriends  (wired.com) (41)
(ABC News) Obvious AOL to cut a third of its staff. You've got fail  T-Shirt  (abcnews.go.com) (59)
(Reuters) Spiffy Sign #76 that the recession is ending: Williams Sonoma beats profit estimates. That's a lot of $75 pot-holders  (reuters.com) (34)
(Reuters) Obvious If you listened to the G. Gordon Liddy school of investments and put all your money into gold, you might want to stay away from sharp objects  (reuters.com) (178)
(Bloomberg) Fail Evangelical Christian Credit Union faces massive losses after making loans to churches. Where is your God now?  (bloomberg.com) (66)
(Bloomberg) Scary Moody's plans to downgrade $450 billion in debt. Mood: Stabby  (bloomberg.com) (15)

Wed November 18, 2009
(Yahoo) Asinine How one hedge-fund manager (career criminal) profited (robbed people blind) by investing wisely (gambling) on the housing market collapse (the misery of others). The Wall Street Journal is there (laughing all the way to the bank)  (finance.yahoo.com) (102)
(The New York Times) Ironic Chinese firm successfully sues Microsoft for using unlicensed software in Win98, Win2000, Win2003, and XP. In other news, some chump in Beijing is still using Windows 98  (nytimes.com) (48)
(Dallas News) Misc J.C. Penney says "good bye" to its Big Book catalogue, sticky lingerie section  (dallasnews.com) (64)
(Some Guy) Obvious CWA president upset that American T-Mobile employees, who are already happy with their workplace, aren't interested in "organizing", plans to bring in German muscle to "re-educate" them  (wfaa.com) (43)
(CNN) Obvious Captain Obvious goes to Ric Romero school of journalism: Fragile economy could be damaged by $80 oil. You don't say?  (money.cnn.com) (46)
(Gawker) Interesting Employees at Google are getting disgruntled. Maybe because the scallops in the cafeteria are overcooked and the free snacks don't include peanut M&Ms  (gawker.com) (107)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Delta to offer free access to eBay from flights. Now you can buy crap in the Skymall catalog from people who already realized it's useless, at a steep discount  (sacramento.bizjournals.com) (15)
(Some Guy) Interesting ♫ Because I am a magnate, and you are steal ♫  (finfacts.ie) (19)
(The Consumerist) Scary Comcast may partner with Ticketmaster. This is good news...for no one  (consumerist.com) (36)
(AJC) Strange Eggo waffle shortage blamed on Atlanta floods. Wait, what?  (ajc.com) (28)
(CNN) Obvious Goldman Sachs apologizes for being a bunch of douchebags profiting on the collapse of America. "Sorry 'bout that, dudes"  (money.cnn.com) (52)

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