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Sun July 19, 2009
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(CBS New York) Asinine Not content with running GM and Chrysler to the ground, auto workers union readies against Atlantic City casinos  (wcbstv.com) (80)
(GEAB N° 36) Interesting June report: The impact of three simultaneous, asynchronous and non-parallel economic "rogue waves" will soon be realized in the U.S. by the end of summer 2009 and rip it to shreds  (leap2020.eu) (73)
(Gizmodo) Amusing HD-DVD is so dead that Toshiba is releasing a Blu ray player  (gizmodo.com) (106)
(CBC) Cool Begun, the beer wars have  (cbc.ca) (49)
(Greeley Tribune) Interesting State temporarily shuts down large autoplex for failing to pay off $650,000 in loans owed on trade in vehicles even after reselling them. Maybe Jerry Lundegaard should do a lot count  (greeleytribune.com) (20)
(Reuters) Spiffy Volkswagen buys Porsche for $11.28 billion. Mid-life crisis accomplished  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (18)

Sat July 18, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Amusing Brand extensions that maybe just don't quite work... or maybe they do. Like NASCAR romance novels  (online.wsj.com) (22)
(USA Today) Obvious JetAmerica executives: "Hmmm......maybe, now I'm just brainstorming here.....but maybe the reason we need to suspend operations is because we didn't really think though our "$9 airfares" promotion  (usatoday.com) (12)
(The Consumerist) Strange Urban Expressions responds to a customer's complaint by A) saying they'll look into it; B) ignoring the complaint; or C) calling her a farking whore  (consumerist.com) (47)
(Toledo Blade) Followup JetAmerica cancels entire route network after FAA disagrees with their "we don't have to buy slots like other airlines because we're special" argument  (toledoblade.com) (10)
(NPR) Interesting The hotter the climate, the slower the economy. Here comes the science  (npr.org) (121)
(CFO.com) Unlikely Companies position themselves for millions of unemployed people to suddenly become employed, buy their crap  (cfo.com) (11)
(AOL) Unlikely Analyst sees oil going to $20 in the near future on worries of a supply glut. Here comes the $1/gal gasoline  (dailyfinance.com) (36)
(Yahoo) Obvious It just wouldn't be Friday without a story about a failed bank, we're up to 55 for those keeping score at home  (finance.yahoo.com) (23)

Fri July 17, 2009
(CNN) Stupid Citigroup turns a $45 billion taxpayer bailout into a $4.6 billion profit. *POOF* magic  (money.cnn.com) (59)
(ClusterStock) Obvious Bank of America is the latest bank to beat earnings expectations, thanks to unlimited supply of free money from you, the taxpayer. As a token of their gratitude, BofA will only raise your credit card APR to 19.9%  (businessinsider.com) (79)
(ClusterStock) Scary GE: We bring $45 billion of commercial real-estate losses to life  (businessinsider.com) (29)
(Some Guy) Sad Wichita unemployment hits 8.5%. As Wichita falls... so falls Wichita Falls  (bizjournals.com) (53)
(Bloomberg) Scary Chinese debt auction fails for the third time in a row, spiking interest rates. And so it begins  (bloomberg.com) (45)
(AdAge) Interesting Dos Equis 'Most Interesting Man' has led to double digit sales increases during a recession. Only one tag can do this story justice  (adage.com) (134)

Thu July 16, 2009
(News.com.au) Obvious Canada says Facebook breaks national privacy laws by retaining personal information for closed accounts. Facebook responds by pointing out Canada isn't even a real country anyway  (news.com.au) (43)
(SeattlePI) Strange Starbucks adds alcohol to menu. Patrons look forward to $50 pint of beer  (seattlepi.com) (97)
(MSNBC) Obvious People should keep tipping even in the bad economy says aspiring Hollywood actresses, college dropouts  (msnbc.msn.com) (129)
(IndyStar) Obvious Step 1: Make a killing at your Casino's grand opening because you said Justin Timberlake was going to be there. Step 2: Get fined a mere $40,000 because you knew Justin wasn't going to show up. Step 3: Profit  (indystar.com) (22)
(Bloomberg) Hero Your tax dollars hard at work: Congress wants to force GM and Chrysler to resume the business practices that caused their bankruptcy as part of the bailout  (bloomberg.com) (42)
(Wall Street Journal) Spiffy Wall Street Journal publishes guide to "Getting Into the Top Prisons." Next week in this series, "Kick someone's ass the first day, or become someone's biatch"  (online.wsj.com) (40)
(phillyBurbs.com) Obvious New Wal-Mart overwhelms customers: "The meat section stretches farther than a football field."  (phillyburbs.com) (330)
(ICNetwork) Fail Satellite company uses pre-wedding photo without permission of couple to sell satellite dishes. Turns out they were murdered while on honeymoon a week after photo was taken. Awkward  (walesonline.co.uk) (61)
(London Times) Obvious Harley-Davidson axes 1,000 jobs as consumers turn away from bikes that represent the pinnacle of 1955 engineering and leak more oil than the Exxon Valdez  T-Shirt  (business.timesonline.co.uk) (139)
(The Earth Times) Spiffy Electrolux second-quarter earnings sucked  (earthtimes.org) (5)
(Washington Post) Spiffy If you're looking to break into real estate and are good at plumbing leaks, the Watergate is up for auction today. Don't let some east coast Harvard elitist snag it away  (washingtonpost.com) (19)
(Marketwatch) PSA First time jobless claims drop, since by now everyone has tried it  (marketwatch.com) (42)
(Sign On San Diego) Misc Signs the recession is over, median home prices up 6.5% over a one month period  (www3.signonsandiego.com) (21)
(MSNBC) Interesting Sears Tower now named Willis Tower. Surely there is a joke somewhere in here, if only we knew what they were talking about  (msnbc.msn.com) (167)
(AP) Amusing The economy is so bad in Kentucky they've run out of numbers to describe it  (hosted.ap.org) (55)
(Some Guy) Followup Judge dismisses Donald Trump's lawsuit against an author who wrote that Trump is a millionaire, not a billionaire.The judge did not rule on how much Trump is actually worth. But after legal fees, you do the math  (wptv.com) (69)
(Bloomberg) Obvious JPMorgan Chase profits rise 36 percent, proving there's nothing a trillion-dollar taxpayer bailout can't do  (bloomberg.com) (58)
(The Morning Call) Obvious It turns out the FCC is too busy chasing nipples and cuss words on TV to deal with consumer complaints about wireless phone service. Go figure  (mcall.com) (59)
(Reuters) Interesting Survey of 100 top execs reveals that just one spelling mistake is enough to send your resume to the trash bin. Looks like the grammer nazis were right after all  (reuters.com) (131)

Wed July 15, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Hero In the best economic news since the start of the recession, fancy steak prices are now down to the lowest level in years. Your dog wants USDA Prime  (online.wsj.com) (56)
(Reuters) Interesting Moody's downgrades California's bond ratings to "Rob Schneider movie"  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (49)
(Washington Post) Obvious After assuring America the federal government wouldn't be making management decisions at GM or Chrysler, Congress prepares to make a management decision at GM and Chrysler  (washingtonpost.com) (271)
(Mercury News) Asinine Pez Candy Corp responds to custom made "Worlds Largest Pez Dispenser" Do they? (A) Praise the owner (B) Build a larger one (C) Sue the owner out of business and demand it be destroyed  (mercurynews.com) (162)

Tue July 14, 2009
(Some Guy) Dumbass Wells Fargo quietly sells $600 million in bad subprime loans to some dumbass in California. That's step 1 and 3  (bizjournals.com) (30)
(Some Guy) Ironic FedEx is sending 98 drivers to the National Truck Driving Championships. I wonder how much the shipping cost will be for that  (businesswire.com) (13)
(AP) Amusing Today's "81 year-old billionaire being sued for theft after he allegedly stole a 3 by 5 foot slab of concrete which he scratched his name in when he was a youngster" brought to you by Oklahoma, by way of Texas  (hosted.ap.org) (151)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Sick Ever wonder why credit card companies force you to agree to arbitration clauses? It might be due to their 99.83% win ratio. Just a hunch  (startribune.com) (85)
(Yahoo) Interesting SEC head outlines new enforcement efforts, no mention of PAC-10. Duke sucks  (finance.yahoo.com) (8)
(Financial Times) Obvious Fox News anchor fearlessly grills Rupert Murdoch over allegations that his newspapers engaged in illegal phone-hacking. For about three seconds, before crapping his pants  (blogs.ft.com) (28)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Goldman Sachs posts a record profit, which just goes to show what you could accomplish with a little initiative, $10 billion in government bailout funds, and a direct line to the US Treasury through AIG  (bloomberg.com) (207)
(CNN) Unlikely Stocks drop on news Obama didn't really look at the 16 year olds butt  (money.cnn.com) (35)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious Hundred-million-dollar ad campaign? Bing. Raised brand awareness? Bing. People still like Google better? BING  (businessinsider.com) (100)
(Ad Age) Strange Burger King promises franchisees less offensive advertising if they agree to an unprofitable $1 double cheeseburger that will lose them money. But they'll make it up in volume  (adage.com) (76)
(Telegraph) Scary Hey UK, welcome to Deflationville - population: you  (telegraph.co.uk) (20)
(Marketwatch) Followup Remember how CIT Group wasn't too big too fail? Yeah, funny thing about that  (marketwatch.com) (21)
(Thisismoney) Hero In the surest sign yet of economic recovery, bacon sales are "soaring"  (thisismoney.co.uk) (22)
(Some Volvo Guy) Sick Confirmation of a new Porsche station wagon* comes from a video game. *Eye bleach is included in the convenience package, $6,565  (autoblog.com) (87)
(MSNBC) Stupid In another attempt by the media to make words up, "twinterns" whose job it is to Twitter about their company  (msnbc.msn.com) (60)
(Financial Times) Interesting BusinessWeek may be sold for $1. That's not for one copy of the magazine, it's for the entire publication  (ft.com) (16)
(Some Guy) Interesting There once were some homes in Nantucket, and all the buyers said... well, you know  (businessinsider.com) (19)
(Some Ford Guy) Dumbass GM's newest model, the Camaro SS has the best reliability in auto industry. Just Kidding: Their transmissions are imploding. GM stops factory line to figure out the problem  (autoblog.com) (100)

Mon July 13, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Turns out the "new" Chrysler is going to keep the Viper after all. Also plan on keeping the PT Cruiser for some reason  (blogs.wsj.com) (75)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting Miniature economist Robert Reich: Senate committee must soon report a health care bill that has a public option and a tax source. Or we'll all die in pain and misery, or some such  (tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com) (111)
(Bloomberg) Dumbass Facebook employees offered $100 million for their shares. To put this in perspective, Fark makes more in profit than Facebook  (bloomberg.com) (93)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Commodities rise as dollar drops. This is the equivalent of your grandmother stuffing her mattress with cash from social security checks  (bloomberg.com) (34)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Oil falls to eight week low on news that Michael Jackson was a ghey  (bloomberg.com) (12)
(Yahoo) Obvious Despite Microsoft's resounding success with Vista, 60% of companies plan to skip Windows 7  (tech.yahoo.com) (182)
(ClusterStock) Asinine Bank of America tries the old "but we never signed the agreement" trick to avoid paying $4 billion it owes to taxpayers  (businessinsider.com) (50)
(Reuters) Followup Upon further review, 52,000 of America's richest people don't have to pay taxes like the rest of us. Here comes the revolution  (reuters.com) (314)

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