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Sun May 17, 2009
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(BBC) Interesting File-sharing sites help make popular acts more popular, study finds. RIAA responds "LALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU IT'S ILLEGAL ETC"  (news.bbc.co.uk) (66)
(SeattlePI) Obvious It's not so much the sound of the ships' horns that bothers neighbors of Seattle's brand new cruise terminal, it's the loud, badly played Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville music in the middle of a Sunday afternoon  (seattlepi.com) (20)
(Yahoo) Cool At least one nation is unaffected by our current recession  (finance.yahoo.com) (36)
(Some Guy) Cool The recession is over, and it wasn't all that bad  (smartmoney.com) (124)

Sat May 16, 2009
(Some Neglected Taco) Asinine Mom wharrgarbls after snowflake notices Del Taco's "I Bagged A Hottie" slogan. Boy, does she sound fat  (amadmom.blogspot.com) (92)
(Baltimore Sun) Interesting New York Times economics reporter's expertise didn't save him from a black hole of debt. Article worth a read - like watching a slow-motion financial trainwreck  (weblogs.baltimoresun.com) (44)
(CNN) Hero Google: "We aren't a monopoly, you dolts. If you don't want to use Google, use Yahoo."  (money.cnn.com) (120)
(LA Times) Unlikely He's an outsourcer, and proud of it. Man thinks he is the greatest of all heroes because socks would cost $30 without Chinese labor, and there would be no jobs selling socks at Walmart  (latimes.com) (80)

Fri May 15, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Sad Panasonic trumps Sony's $1B loss with their own $4B loss. Take that, Bravia  (online.wsj.com) (45)
(Free Press) Obvious Wave of recent closures are forcing remaining Chrysler dealers to "get creative" when it comes to staying in business. Somehow, "stop selling Chryslers" didn't warrant consideration  (freep.com) (116)
(Reuters) Obvious You know the economic downturn is taking firm hold when even our nation's douchebags can't keep Abercrombie & Fitch profitable  (reuters.com) (47)
(Salon) Interesting Mitsubishi UFJ unfriends Citigroup  (salon.com) (6)
(Legalweek) Amusing Microsoft lets go of Bill Gates' dad as their preferred legal provider. Awkwaaaaard  (legalweek.com) (11)
(Oregon Live) Ironic Angry Chrysler dealer on losing franchise: "I hope the American public looks at this and says we aren't buying anything made by Chrysler because they didn't treat the dealers right". Boycott widely successful since 2006  (oregonlive.com) (109)
(Jalopnik) Amusing The ten worst car commercials of all time  (jalopnik.com) (89)
(The Local (Sweden)) Hero Swedish CEO gives himself the axe instead of laying off more workers. Chrysler and BT CEOs unavailable for comment  (thelocal.se) (32)

Thu May 14, 2009
(BusinessWeek) Interesting Bought anything from Sony lately? Yeah, neither has anyone else  (businessweek.com) (123)
(Jalopnik) Interesting Here's a list of all the Chrysler dealerships that will stay open after todays mass closings. The good news: they still have jobs. The bad news: they still have to sell Chryslers  (jalopnik.com) (36)
(PCWorld) Obvious Sony CEO: "We shoulda beaten Apple"... yeah, you shoulda, but you din't  (pcworld.com) (48)
(ABC News) Sad 800 US dealerships receive UFIAT from Chrysler  (abcnews.go.com) (19)
(Washington Times) Obvious Media hypocrisy as bankrupt Tribune company hands out executive bonuses. Also, Megan Fox is bisexual  (washingtontimes.com) (93)
(UPI) Misc Oil prices fall to $58 a barrel on news that Megan Fox is bisexual  (upi.com) (21)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Men's underwear industry increases cost, complexity, and confusion to better appeal to core buyers: Women  (online.wsj.com) (67)
(Washington Post) Obvious Actual U.S. Unemployment: 15.8%  (voices.washingtonpost.com) (171)
(Canada.com) Ironic Global stocks slide on fears that Alanis Morissette may show her tits on Weeds  (ottawacitizen.com) (22)
(The Pitch) Stupid A couple of Beanie Madoffs: speculator authors of 1998's "Beanie Baby Handbook" promised gullible kids Beanies would be worth $1000 in 2008. Today's Ebay price for most: $1  (blogs.pitch.com) (154)
(LA Times) Sad Former head of the FDIC, L. William Seidman, the man who helped guide us through the S&L crisis and warned of our current banking crisis, dies at the age of 88. Goodnight, moneyman  (latimes.com) (9)
(Reuters) Cool Obama Administration to derivatives traders: "Your dealings will no longer be conducted in secret." Here comes the $20 per barrel oil  (uk.reuters.com) (121)
(Free Press) Interesting UAW won't strike Chrysler through 2015, still no cure for being in a union and working for Chrysler  (freep.com) (30)

Wed May 13, 2009
(Dallas Observer) Hero In response to AA making $278M from checking bags, Southwest CEO told the press that his company will not start to charge fees for checking bags. "Find me one example of somebody who likes paying a baggage fee"  (blogs.dallasobserver.com) (92)
(CNN) Scary Looks like we can all look forward to bailing out FIAT after this whole Chrysler chapter 11 thing runs its course  (money.cnn.com) (28)
(Fox News) Followup AIG warns that despite over $180 billion in bailout money they still stink on ice  (foxnews.com) (53)
(Forbes) Dumbass Forbes editor places blame for Coyotes debacle and pretty much everything wrong with hockey in general on Wayne Gretzky  (blogs.forbes.com) (69)
(Reuters) Obvious GM tells 2,000 dealers they can no longer sell GM cars. Dealers reply, "Duh, that's pretty much the problem"  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (25)
(BusinessWeek) Interesting David Geffen may buy 20 percent of the NY Times as a "civic investment." Critics worry he could turn it into a mouthpiece for Hollywood liberal politics  (businessweek.com) (77)
(The Business Insider) Asinine Stocks down 200 points because FDA regulated Cheerios marketing. No, really, Larry Kudlow actually said this on CNBC  (businessinsider.com) (9)
(SF BizJournal) Sad Seagate shows 1,100 employees to the other side of the partition  T-Shirt  (bizjournals.com) (165)
(CBS 4 Denver) Interesting Denver company hopes posting your resume on a bumper sticker catches on  (cbs4denver.com) (17)
(CNN) Scary April foreclosures: 374 in the pink, one in the stink  (money.cnn.com) (85)
(Reuters) Obvious Intel fined $1.45 billion for secret deals to squeeze out AMD. Microsoft vows to regain number one spot for anti-trust fines, just as soon as they can produce a product that actually works  (reuters.com) (73)
(Wired) Asinine After tens of thousands of layoffs and a collapsing market, corporate bigwigs have FINALLY decided that grounding their private jets might be a good idea  (wired.com) (74)
(Some Hutz) Dumbass Lawyer who represents Chrysler dealerships claims that 800 dealerships will be axed on Thursday, and also recommends that each of the 3200 existing ones pony up a $4000 advance so he can sue, sue, sue if they DO get shut down  (wfaa.com) (52)

Tue May 12, 2009
(AP) Interesting Teflon lawsuit fails to stick  (timesfreepress.com) (30)
(PCWorld) Dumbass Microsoft's "war" on the iPod is full of more fail than a Florida middle school teacher  (pcworld.com) (236)
(Reuters) Strange The Food and Drug Administration asks: "Why do Cheerios hate America?"  (reuters.com) (52)
(AP) Sad You know the economy is bad when Nordstrom is expected to post 26 cents in earnings  (hosted.ap.org) (35)
(Denver Post) Sad Economic downturns cause 45 workers at Adhesives Research to become unstuck  (denverpost.com) (10)
(USA Today) Interesting Banks get into twittering. "Washington Mutual is: funneling your money to offshore accounts and shredding documents, LOL"  (usatoday.com) (16)

Mon May 11, 2009
(Reuters) Interesting Playboy's profits are plunging faster than Jenny McCarthy's neckline, and they've widened the search for a new CEO. This may have a tremendous impact on those people who still pay for their porn  (reuters.com) (72)
(CNN) Obvious Dow drops 155 points in one day. In other news, after Obama's first 100 days, this is news again  (money.cnn.com) (129)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Obvious Wéll, évérybody hatés thé ads for thé néw McCafé coffeé drinks; consénsus is that théy suck hardcoré  (suntimes.com) (70)
(Marketwatch) Unlikely Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis hopes to pay back TARP money in "months not years." Also wants to own flying carpet and be invisible  (marketwatch.com) (14)
(Boston Globe) Asinine With over 300 million barrels of crude sitting in storage and parked in dozens of supertankers around the world, gasoline prices continue to soar. How's that whole supply and demand model working out for you?  (boston.com) (84)
(Yahoo) Obvious Four big US banks to sell shares under His Majesty's Royal Joint-Stock Investor Programme  (news.yahoo.com) (18)
(Yahoo) Obvious Dish Network profits up 21% on news that nine Mexican guys in an apartment can't understand contractual fine print  (tech.yahoo.com) (21)
(Yahoo) Obvious Yeah, about that whole lower deficit thing  (finance.yahoo.com) (489)
(AP) Fail General Motors bankruptcy inevitable. GM shares set to fall like a rock. OOOOOOHHHHH like a rock  T-Shirt  (hosted.ap.org) (156)
(Telegraph) Interesting Would you like a Doctorate with those fries?  (telegraph.co.uk) (28)
(News.com.au) Sad Credit card debt: $8,000. Value of house repossessed by bank over credit card debt: $315,000. House sold at auction for: $20,000. Priceless  (news.com.au) (64)

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