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Sun October 11, 2009
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(The Consumerist) Cool Upside to the recession? Flight delays have gotten better  (consumerist.com) (50)
(Some Guy) Stupid Christmas decorations have begun appearing in malls, and not everyone is happy about that  (yourlocalguardian.co.uk) (88)
(Keys News) Florida Own an empty lot and not sure if the time is right to build? Dump 100 tons of sand on it and teach sand sculpture  (keysnews.com) (6)
(dispatch) Cool Hotdogging hottie relishes dream job driving Wienermobile. "You don't sneak into town in a 27-foot hot dog,"  (dispatch.com) (73)
(Wall Street Journal) Sad Orange juice futures up 10% as Florida's crops come up short. Randolph and Mortimer smile knowingly  (online.wsj.com) (28)
(Bloomberg) Fail If you had "10 weeks" for how long the CA budget would work, please step forward to collect your IOU  (bloomberg.com) (48)

Sat October 10, 2009
(The Consumerist) PSA Remember the Rock a Stack Fisher Price toy? Well, they don't make it like they used to, what with the colors bleeding off after coming into contact with a little baby saliva  (consumerist.com) (22)
(Baltimore Sun) Stupid As if you needed another reason to hate Comcast  (baltimoresun.com) (76)
(Toronto Star) Strange "f you're eating organic turkey this weekend, savour it, because by next Thanksgiving it may be easier to buy crack cocaine in Ontario than a drug-free bird"  (thestar.com) (40)
(Some Guy) Interesting A new survey says nearly half of U.S. employees would rather see their colleagues get fired, than lose their own health benefits  (wsbradio.com) (51)
(Mac Rumors) Interesting Old and busted: Domain name squatting. New hotness: App name squatting  (macrumors.com) (15)
(Guardian.com) Obvious General Motors sales surge in China, where people are used to cheap, poorly-made products  (guardian.co.uk) (11)

Fri October 09, 2009
(CNN) Interesting The recession that was on, then was over, then not over, is now over again  (money.cnn.com) (26)
(CBS News) Obvious USA Today to post a 17% drop in circulation, meaning people don't want to pay $1.00 for color graphs and pie charts  (cbsnews.com) (29)
(The Consumerist) Strange Illinois man sues Coors for invalid contest codes. Huh. You'd think he'd sue them for selling deer urine  (consumerist.com) (16)
(The Register) Followup Ralph Lauren finally admits they suck at Photoshop  (theregister.co.uk) (25)
(Jalopnik) Misc GM gives China a Hummer for $150 Million  (jalopnik.com) (38)
(Google) Followup Associated Press drops the hammer on miscreants who use AP content on their stupid news websites and make money from it: "The aggregators and plagiarists will pay a price for the co-opting of our content"  (google.com) (78)
(Some Guy) Amusing Playboy's new business strategy pushes night clubs over magazines; thousands of air brush artists to lose their jobs  (bnd.com) (39)

Thu October 08, 2009
(Yahoo) Scary The fake story on the oil ministers meeting to replace the dollar as their reserve currency, was actually part of a coordinated sneak attack on the dollar, by persons or countries unknown. The yen stands whistles and walks away slowly  (news.yahoo.com) (79)
(Dealbreaker) Ironic Bank of America removes American flags honoring a dead Marine from its grounds  (dealbreaker.com) (55)
(The Consumerist) Hero 2009 is turning out to be a terrible year for the arbitration industry: Court rules employers can't force employees into arbitration  (consumerist.com) (66)
(The Consumerist) Interesting Attention consumers: stop paying off your credit card debt; this is the eleventh straight month you've done it, and we're trying to run a business here. Sincerely, Credit Card Companies of America  (consumerist.com) (165)
(The Frisky) Weird Sadly, people who like Chihuahuas and Pomeranians probably also like lingerie, so someone's going to make a killing off this abomination  (thefrisky.com) (20)
(New York Daily News) Obvious Best bagel in NYC can be found in Brooklyn thanks in part to the special rust flavoring of the borough's water pipes  (nydailynews.com) (35)
(CNN) Weird Japanese airline unloads passengers before boarding them  (cnn.com) (33)
(Yahoo) Interesting Private equity group buys Busch Theme parks for $2.3 billion. Investors say they're particularly excited by the potential of the new attractions scheduled to open this year: the Hall of Unecessary Wars, and a brush-clearing simulator  (news.yahoo.com) (32)
(USA Today) Stupid 34 banks did not make their quarterly TARP payments because they are "concerned about preserving capital." Remember that line when it's time to pay your credit card bill  (usatoday.com) (64)
(Some Guy) Sad World's first micropayment scheme for news sites launched, a mere 29 years after someone figured out it would be the only way for traditional newspapers and magazines to survive  (poynter.org) (21)
(Seattle Times) Amusing Starbucks sues former executive who moved to Dunkin' Donuts. Legal experts say plaintiff has grounds  T-Shirt  (seattletimes.nwsource.com) (36)
(NBC 15) Scary The economy is so bad people cannot afford to go to monster truck shows  (nbc15.com) (36)

Wed October 07, 2009
(Reuters) Spiffy Alcoa, after watching Birthers, Tenthers and Truthers combine to form a Voltron of insanity, predicts aluminum demand will grow in the second half of the year  (reuters.com) (31)
(Yahoo) Interesting Justice Dept. probing IBM computer market conduct. This is not a repeat from 1969  (tech.yahoo.com) (23)
(The Consumerist) Interesting In a disturbing sign of the economically troubled times we live in, Red Robin restaurants will allow children to have only two crayons instead of four  (consumerist.com) (70)
(Politico) Scary We could be facing a "double-dip" recession. Which isn't as awesome as that ice cream cone you won't be able to afford once it happens  (politico.com) (96)
(Some Guy) Interesting Slideshow of all the ways restaurants rip you off. Bread and water make the list  (smartmoney.com) (145)
(Slate) Interesting "It is unclear whether this figure even includes camel- and ass-milk efforts"  (slate.com) (16)
(Globe and Mail) Sad Amazon launches worldwide version of Kindle e-reader in every country but Canada, explaining that there isn't enough of a market for electronic versions of The Hockey News to make it viable there  (theglobeandmail.com) (38)
(Ars Technica) Fail Sony's new profit model: 1) Brick existing PS3s 2) Charge $150 for repairs 3) Class-action lawsuit  (arstechnica.com) (201)
(Some Guy) Silly Charleston, WV residents say you can have their Shoney's Big Boy when you pry him from their cold, dead hands  (mddailyrecord.com) (25)
(Independent) Asinine Homeowners sue banks for offering loans with deceptively low rates of interest, putting guns to their heads and forcing them to take them  (independent.co.uk) (150)
(USA Today) Strange Ron Paul weighs in on upcoming Burger King renovations. RON PAUL  (usatoday.com) (24)

Tue October 06, 2009
(The Street) Spiffy Target announces 26 new stores and 5,000 new workers. Rebuilding America at $7.25 per hour  (thestreet.com) (83)
(Reuters) Amusing Headline: "Verizon to sell 2 Google phones this year". Why all the optimism, Verizon?  T-Shirt  (reuters.com) (32)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Forbes columnist: The banks "played a role" in the banking crises. In other news, the Germans "played a role" in the holocaust  (contrarianedge.com) (36)
(Gawker) Followup A++++. Great company. Would work at again  (gawker.com) (12)
(Some Guy) Interesting Warren Buffet says the rich need to pay more taxes. Wait, what?  (sayanythingblog.com) (103)
(The Consumerist) Cool Nintendo has been rated as the World's Best Company. Must have something to do with all those free mushrooms  (consumerist.com) (49)
(Metro) Silly Hey England: Great idea having 'Chocolate Week' to show off some of the finest dessert chefs in the country, but people who speak English are going to snicker at your offer to take a trip up the 'Ramsbottom Chocolate Trail'  (metro.co.uk) (22)
(Guardian.com) Amusing Real life in a real restaurant: "Sometimes I was a very angry waitress; I would come over with a hamburger, shriek "dead cow" and throw it down"  (guardian.co.uk) (100)
(USA Today) Stupid Top retail forecasters predict a holiday shopping season just like last year's, only better but slightly worse  (usatoday.com) (32)
(Reuters) Scary Middle east Arab states, along with China, France, Japan and Russia, are planning on replacing the valuation of oil in dollars within 9 years. Your dollars are about to become worthless  (reuters.com) (123)
(CBC) Interesting Bell to roll out Canada-wide wifi. So now Canucks can be denied access to iTunes Store everywhere  (cbc.ca) (52)

Mon October 05, 2009
(Wall Street Journal) Sad Even if the job market returns to the rapid pace of the 1990s -- adding 2.15 million private-sector jobs a year, double the 2001-2007 pace -- the U.S. wouldn't get back to a 5% unemployment rate until late 2017  (online.wsj.com) (199)
(Breitbart.com) Stupid Annoyed at low milk prices, farmers pour milk onto the streets of Brussels. Which actually makes sense in a pretty dumb way, since less supply means higher prices  (breitbart.com) (34)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Conde Nast to shut down Modern Bride and Elegant Bride magazines, leaving bridezillas with only seventeen other 800-page doorstops to consult for advice on how to clean out Mom and Dad's retirement savings to pay for their Special Day  (online.wsj.com) (89)
(MaineToday.com) Obvious The good news is that there are lots of jobs to fill. The bad news is that an unemployed auto worker can't fill that nurse's position  (pressherald.mainetoday.com) (67)
(The New York Times) Obvious It turns out that the $700B bailout really was a going away gift from Bush to his banking cronies  (nytimes.com) (128)
(USA Today) Stupid Hard-hitting USA Today article uncovers that having a business partner is a great thing for business except when it's not  (usatoday.com) (9)
(Some Guy) Asinine Toyota decides viral "terror marketing campaign" is the best way to sell its dorkmobiles in the U.S., gets sued by terrified customers  (brandrepublic.com) (46)
(Philly) Interesting Here's a new twist: Property owners are challenging cities and towns at a record pace to have their homes devalued  (philly.com) (89)
(The Age (Melbourne)) PSA Apple sues Woolworths over new logo that looks suspic......... wait, Woolworths is still in business?  (theage.com.au) (38)
(Reuters) Obvious Are we talking about a wager, Randolph? $1,000,000,000 that CIT Group will fail? Why not?  (in.reuters.com) (17)

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