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Sun May 31, 2009
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(Wall Street Journal) Interesting It *is* easy being green. If you can afford $1.5 million for a house  (online.wsj.com) (63)
(Time) Interesting 3. Profit?  (time.com) (49)
(Houston Chronicle) Interesting Remember when your dog could get a credit card? Now he probably can't anymore, and his doghouse is probably up for foreclosure, and his wife, the biatch, is probably chasing after him for puppy-support  (chron.com) (40)
(Bloomberg) Strange AOL reportedly has "very healthy" cash flow. KILL IT. KILL IT WITH FIRE  (bloomberg.com) (25)
(Washington Post) Obvious Government takeover of GM would "become a kind of economic Vietnam, where the federal government throws good money after bad, year after year, in a vain quest for victory."  (washingtonpost.com) (112)

Sat May 30, 2009
(Gizmodo) Amusing In the hallway, if an employee walks slower than 5 meters every 3.6 seconds, an alarm and flashing lights are set off, reminding the poor startled worker that he's an inefficient waste of air  (gizmodo.com) (197)
(News.com.au) Unlikely The scam: chocolate bars are shrinking but price stays the same. The spin: it's for your own good  (news.com.au) (21)
(Washington Post) Followup "Virgin Denies Interest In Playboy"  (washingtonpost.com) (13)
(UPI) Interesting Sears tests drive-through stores, for customers who are in a hurry and who can't get clothes five years out of style and with at least 65 percent polyester content at their local flea market or Goodwill store  (upi.com) (24)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious "Failure of Detroit isn't about economics but, rather tragic romance, magic killed by bureaucrats, bad taste, busybodies." By P.J. O'Rourke  (online.wsj.com) (160)
(AFP) Interesting We're another step closer to turning Idiocracy into the most prophetic film ever made: Walmart opens in India  (news.yahoo.com) (36)
(MSNBC) Obvious GM: Can I interest you in Hummer? Consumer: Well, I'm not really in the market for such a large vehicle, GM: Oh no, sorry I meant the brand  (msnbc.msn.com) (37)
(Reuters) Interesting Good News: Prices in Zimbabwe dropped 1% this year. Bad News: after rising 231,000,000% last year  (reuters.com) (29)
(LA Times) Dumbass 'Vulture' shoppers circle 300 Chrysler dealers in the town & country. Keep sebringing offers aspen for half price, as if they're PT sure they would be accepted  (latimes.com) (49)
(WGME.com) Asinine Next time you're at the doctor's office and the doctor ask if there is anything else, say no or you could be charged for two visits  (wgme.com) (35)
(CNN) Obvious Gas prices surge 52% in four months on news that oil refineries won't be happy until they completely tank the economy  (money.cnn.com) (50)

Fri May 29, 2009
(MSNBC) Sad Ford's top supplier goes bankrupt, god damn the pusher man  (msnbc.msn.com) (40)
(CNBC) Obvious Tiffany profit plunges because in a tough economy more people are skipping breakfast  (cnbc.com) (36)
(Google) Asinine GM stock falls below a dollar  (google.com) (114)
(MSNBC) Sad Lee Iacocca loses his pension and company car as Chrysler is sold off to Fiat. Will happily greet you at your local Wal Mart  (msnbc.msn.com) (39)
(Minnpost) Fail Reason #47 why the newspaper business is circling the drain: drivers voting to strike if the paper declares bankruptcy  (minnpost.com) (20)
(Financial Post) Interesting Oil hits $65 on news that Archie will choose Veronica  (financialpost.com) (34)
(LA Times) Sad Tesla recalls 345 roadsters to prevent their owners from shuffling off this mortal coil  (latimes.com) (44)
(CNBC) Obvious Remember how the housing debacle was only hitting the idiots who used exotic mortgages to buy houses they couldn't afford. Yeah, about that  (cnbc.com) (94)

Thu May 28, 2009
(News.com.au) Amusing Mitsubishi Motors offers a free goat with every Triton sold. No, really  (news.com.au) (58)
(CNBC) Cool GM avoids epic fail, puts it off for another day  (cnbc.com) (23)
(AP) Interesting Heinz ... .... .... fourth ... ... ... quarter ... ... ... profits ... ... ... fall ... ... ... ten ... ... ... per ... ... ... cent  T-Shirt  (hosted.ap.org) (38)
(Washington Post) Obvious Curt Schilling scarfs down Maryland-based video game publisher  (washingtonpost.com) (40)
(Washington Post) Asinine You know that rumor about Chrysler closing Republican dealerships? Well now minority dealerships claim GM is picking on them  (washingtonpost.com) (83)
(The Street) Interesting "Some view Detroit as a symbol of a vast industrial failure. Delta Air Lines sees it as a jewel*" *Leaving airport not recommended and subject to $75 fee  (thestreet.com) (58)
(Bloomberg) Interesting Toys 'R' Us announces FAO Schwarz 'R' us too  (bloomberg.com) (11)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting The "bond vigilantes" are back. "You expect me to buy this 10-year note at just 2 percent?" "No, I expect you to die"  T-Shirt  (online.wsj.com) (35)
(Some Guy) Sad Visteon files for Chapter 11. Apparently, the "spin-off, then squeeze every cent from supplier" business model doesn't work  (thetruthaboutcars.com) (19)
(Pajamas Media) Asinine Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner to meet with the Chinese and beg them to keep buying T-Bills  (pajamasmedia.com) (104)
(Wordpress) Stupid Step 1: Spend two hours doing a project. Step 2: Leave knowing you've done a good job. Step 3: The boss goes in, spreads poop all over your hard work, and calls it awesome. Step 4: Profit, apparently  (corporatespeak.wordpress.com) (172)
(Canoe) Obvious Who is projected to win the economic deathmatch between designer coffee shops and the local donut joints? No, you won't really be surprised  (cnews.canoe.ca) (44)
(Toronto Star) Cool Standard & Poor's launches Canadian stock index with criteria defined by Islamic law - no companies with businesses in financial services, entertainment, alcohol, pork-related products or tobacco  (thestar.com) (36)
(news8austin.com) Interesting Shareholders tell Exxon executives to go oil themselves  (news8austin.com) (15)
(WBBM) Cool Another sign of the bad economy: Costco to try accepting food stamps in their stores. If that works, will try accepting euros, Wal-Mart gift cards and bags of shells, but apparently not Visa and Mastercard  (wbbm780.com) (113)
(LA Times) Interesting When GM goes bankrupt Amazon may get their spot on the Dow  (latimes.com) (15)
(London Times) Spiffy French winemakers surrender to the worldwide recession. In vino veritas  (business.timesonline.co.uk) (9)

Wed May 27, 2009
(AJC) Spiffy BlackBerry developer brings 200 RIM jobs to Georgia  (ajc.com) (28)
(Canoe) Stupid How do you make a 6% unemployment rate sound really bad? "Employment Insurance claims 185% higher than last year"  (edmontonsun.com) (71)
(MyWay News) Obvious Survey: Most economists don't know what the hell they're talking about  (apnews.myway.com) (143)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Wii sells 50 million units. Sony responds with press release yelling at clouds  (news.vgchartz.com) (166)
(USA Today) Interesting JetAmerica airlines ready to launch with fares as low as $9*. [*pressurized cabin access: $150, Seat: $75, Any luggage/carry-on: $100 per piece]  (usatoday.com) (103)
(CNN) Interesting Saudi Oil Minister gives unbiased opinion that oil will reach $75 a barrel after yesterday's unbiased opinion that it will hit $200. Did they hire Baghdad Bob as the Saudi Oil Minister?  (money.cnn.com) (44)
(Financial Times) Obvious Financial Times nose-thumbs the rest of the newspaper business, saying they could charge for their material like the FT does if only they weren't such fail-filled buckets of hackery and bias  (ft.com) (21)
(Yahoo) Obvious Staples' earnings fall by 33%. That was easy  (finance.yahoo.com) (19)
(Yahoo) Obvious GM bankruptcy imminent, brace for impact  (news.yahoo.com) (113)
(Wired) Interesting Here's one thing the federal government can do to save $848 million a year: eliminate money  (wired.com) (213)
(News.com.au) Obvious Grocery chain Not Quite Right collapses  (news.com.au) (12)
(London Times) Dumbass Protip: If you are a equities trader, getting completely trashed at lunch should not be followed up by returning to work and placing $10 million in illegal trades  (business.timesonline.co.uk) (12)
(YouTube) Satire Nation's Girlfriends Unveil New Economic Plan: 'Let's Move In Together'  (youtube.com) (43)

Tue May 26, 2009
(tmj4) Cool Comic geek reaches adulthood, sells comics for $623K, may finally meet women  (todaystmj4.com) (37)
(Bloomberg) PSA Welcome to your new socialism, America: UAW will own 17.5% of GM after restructuring  (bloomberg.com) (162)
(Bloomberg) Dumbass SEC sues Texas A&M professor for teaching Foreign Exchange Fraud 101  (bloomberg.com) (24)
(Bloomberg) Asinine J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and others using 4 year accounting old rule to transform bad loans into income. Good to see they learned their lesson  (bloomberg.com) (79)
(Bloomberg) Obvious US Dollar strenthens after North Korean dynamite & missle tests. Where is your reserve currency, now?  (bloomberg.com) (18)
(Wall Street Journal) Asinine The Wall Street Journal explores banking fraud. Just Kidding, they're going after rappers: "If you admit you wear fake jewelry, it is over for you. It's like bragging you drive a Lamborghini when you really drive a Toyota."  (online.wsj.com) (30)
(Yahoo) Obvious Oil prices fall as it's the day after Memorial Day  (finance.yahoo.com) (35)
(Some Guy) Interesting That's so 2005: 20 things that make you ask What were we thinking?  (articles.moneycentral.msn.com) (162)
(Reuters) Obvious Facebook and Twitter hunt for revenue. YouTube offered to film them for a couple of bucks  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (20)
(Breitbart.com) Misc Canadian forestry worker union stages sit to draw attention to over 50,000 lost jobs. I guess the forestry industry in Canada is not very poplar  (breitbart.com) (27)

Mon May 25, 2009
(News.com.au) Scary First they came for the fatties, and I did not speak out--because I was not a fatty. What? Now they're after tall people? Whoa...that's discrimination  (news.com.au) (95)
(WAtoday) Spiffy Why free market is good: Clinic with nurse shortage offers signing bonus of new foobies. Adam Smith's invisible hands rub themselves with glee  (watoday.com.au) (21)
(AJC) Strange Ever had trouble with juice box straws? Me either, but somebody invented a better one anyway  (ajc.com) (109)
(Marketwatch) Scary Good News: Someone is hiring 8,000 workers this year. Bad News: It's the IRS. Oh Crap: To audit YOU  (marketwatch.com) (54)
(LA Times) Cool The positive side to the housing market collapse: The death of the real estate agent as a profession. Goodbye, Golden Jackets with a fourth grade education. We hardly knew ye  (latimes.com) (102)
(Daily Mail) Ironic Virgin looking to buy Playboy  T-Shirt  (dailymail.co.uk) (28)
(Bloomberg) Followup As a reaction to North Korea having the bomb, a lot of people have Seouled their stock in South Korea  (bloomberg.com) (21)

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