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Fri November 20, 2009
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(Wall Street Journal) Obvious If the billions in Goldman Sachs bonuses bothered you, just imagine how their shareholders feel  (online.wsj.com) (1)
(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) (17)
(The New York Times) Interesting Latest Volt pre-production model taken for a spin. The verdict might shock you  (nytimes.com) (45)
(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) (27)
(Google) Obvious Smucker's doubles profits on news that the same $5 that buys 1 cup of coffee at Starbuck's will buy 2 weeks' worth of Folger's  (google.com) (54)
(NJ.com) Obvious NYC announces their 2009 Gridlock alert days -- from my Blackberry stuck in this #$@& traffic on 5th Ave  (nj.com) (14)
(AOL) Fail If only there was a tag that could adequately describe the decision of an isurance 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) (22)
(wbbm780) Interesting Dumbest things you do with your money: retalitory spending, hoarding, and monthly website subscriptions  (wbbm780.com) (47)
(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) (24)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Fifty oil tankers loitering off British coast as they lie in wait for fuel price hikes  (dailymail.co.uk) (110)

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) (67)
(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 it's imaginary launch date, much to the dismay of apple users and their imaginary girlfriends  (wired.com) (40)
(ABC News) Obvious AOL to cut a third of its staff. You've got fail  (abcnews.go.com) (58)
(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) (176)
(Bloomberg) Fail Evangelical Christian Credit Union faces massive losses after making loans to churches. Where is your God now?  (bloomberg.com) (65)
(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) (27)
(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)

Tue November 17, 2009
(Reuters) Obvious For some inexplicable reason, 25% of the 90% of workers that are left say morale is low. Maybe it has something to do with 9 people doing the work of 10 while having to be grateful for no raises and no bonuses  (reuters.com) (100)
(LA Times) Asinine The AFA issues its annual fatwa against The Gap for not using the word Christmas in its Christmas advertising; neglects to check whether the the dreaded C-word was actually omitted  (latimes.com) (89)
(Some Guy) Sick GM lost $5,000 on every Saab sold in the last 5 years  (thetruthaboutcars.com) (65)
(MSNBC) Obvious This just in, but it's ever so slightly possible that all those telemarketers offering debt cancelling services might just possibly be ripping you off a bit  (redtape.msnbc.com) (16)
(IndyStar) Stupid Apparently News Now: Starbucks drops the price of a small coffee 15¢ in Indianapolis... gee thanks  (indystar.com) (22)
(The Consumerist) Asinine American Airlines fires web designer who helped a customer and apologized for the poor webpage design  (consumerist.com) (41)
(Gizmodo) Amusing Verizon Wireless files their formal response to AT&T's lawsuit: "AT&T has admitted the the maps are accurate ... they sued because the truth hurts"  (gizmodo.com) (208)
(The Register) Interesting "Newspapers should outsource everything except the vital job of rewriting press releases and pinching Fark stories"  (theregister.co.uk) (20)
(Washington Post) Sad Unable to keep limping along in a flaccid economy, Washington D.C.'s gay weekly "The Blade" abruptly goes down  (washingtonpost.com) (48)
(The New York Times) Obvious Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner found negligent in running the New York Fed's bailout of AIG. Wow, what a surprise  (nytimes.com) (59)
(The New York Times) Interesting Half of Americans willing to pay for online news, but only at an average of $3 a month. In other news, TotalFarkers are finally above average for once  (nytimes.com) (87)

Mon November 16, 2009
(PCWorld) Unlikely Who sells 1,350,000 less handsets than Apple in seven days but still thinks it's an iPhone killer? Droid does  (pcworld.com) (130)
(CNN) Obvious The Postal Service reports $3.8 billion loss, as their revenue has fallen from such great heights  (money.cnn.com) (53)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Continental Airlines named 'least awful' airline in North America  (btnonline.com) (48)
(Wall Street Journal) Ironic Not news: Yuppies move into a neighborhood and want hog plant gone. Fark: District is called 'Butchertown'  (online.wsj.com) (153)
(JSOnline) Interesting Sausage maker expanding despite tough economy. Hopes the wurst is over. (w/pic of what a sausage maker oughta look like)  (jsonline.com) (33)
(NYPost) Spiffy Bank of America will be probed by Congress for stealing billions from U.S. taxpayers and lying to their shareholders. Fortunately, Congress is all out of lube  (nypost.com) (122)
(AZCentral) Interesting What does it say about our society when even in these economically down times, the mobile pet grooming business is thriving?  (azcentral.com) (136)
(Reuters) Fail GM vows to repay their $6.7 billion loan from the U.S. Treasury from their $16 billion escrow account of taxpayer money  (reuters.com) (26)
(Paste Magazine) Interesting On the left we have a list of the 25 best American breweries of the decade. On the right we have beer snobs  (pastemagazine.com) (226)

Sun November 15, 2009
(nextgov.com) Obvious FDA realizes there is something called the Internet, and a lot of scam and fake medicines are hawked there  (nextgov.com) (32)
(Some Guy) Interesting World's most perfect cow sells for $1.2 million. Your dog wants a REALLY expensive steak  (newswire.ca) (34)
(ABC News) Obvious Chinese banking regulator asks Uncle Ben "Pretty please, with sugar on top, raise your farking interest rates"  (abcnews.go.com) (61)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Comcast requires their customer service agents to undergo an eleven-week training course where they learn useful skills like empathy, understanding, and resolution. And yet none of this shows on a single call  T-Shirt  (chicagotribune.com) (39)

Sat November 14, 2009
(Washington Post) Interesting In-state students are facing a new college admissions obstacle: Schools have realized they make more money from higher out of state tuition fees  (washingtonpost.com) (132)
(USA Today) Spiffy Department of Transportation creating panel to take airline industry out back, shoot it in the head  (usatoday.com) (49)
(News.com.au) Interesting Wine lovers celebrate low prices as the industry faces its biggest grape glut in two decades. Just try to keep your enthusiasm bottled up, okay?  (news.com.au) (33)
(Bloomberg) Fail 1-2-3... 123 failed banks. Ah Ah Ah  (bloomberg.com) (15)

Fri November 13, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious "People enter and are in danger of being underwhelmed," Homebuilders are finding their new market a bit different from the old one  (online.wsj.com) (99)
(Fox Business) Scary Another reminder that China owns us: Trade Gap Up Sharply in September  (foxbusiness.com) (32)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Obama to world: Stop relying on American consumer whores  (online.wsj.com) (52)
(Financial Times) Fail Daimler has begun offering discounts for the first time to American buyers of its tiny Smart car in the hope of reversing a steep slide in sales  (ft.com) (117)
(AZCentral) Amusing Andrew McCarthy, in a desperate attempt to increase sales for his used car business, has enlisted the help of Kim Cattrall. Roy L. Fuchs and Rudy Russo tell him he's doing it wrong  (azcentral.com) (28)
(Some Guy) Obvious Bernie Madoff's luxury boats Bull, Little Bull, Sitting Bull and Bull Shiat on the market  (businessinsider.com) (18)
(Gizmodo) Strange Coca Cola launch new velcro advertising at bus stops, hoping to hook a few new customers  (gizmodo.com) (19)
(Some Guy) Cool RyanAir finally comes up with a worthwhile in-flight fee - €10 for a calendar of hot stewardesses out-of-uniform, to benefit a children's charity  (herald.ie) (46)
(AP) Misc Franchise owners sue the Burger King for forced $1 double cheeseburger decree. Where is your God now?  (hosted.ap.org) (133)

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