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Sun November 15, 2009
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(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)

Thu November 12, 2009
(The Hill) Spiffy Federal Reserve eliminates banks' $38 billion tax on the poor and mathematically challenged  (thehill.com) (114)
(Washington Post) Interesting Who says Obama isn't creating jobs? His December jobs summit will provide work for limo drivers, charter jet pilots, and food servers  (washingtonpost.com) (27)
(The Local (Sweden)) Cool Not News: Website offers streaming movies for free. News: Movie companies notice the website. Fark: They're okay with it  (thelocal.se) (17)
(LA Times) Sad Good news, everyone. Only 502,000 people lost their job last week. We've turned the corner  (latimes.com) (75)
(Yahoo) Sad Three decades of deregulation has made air travel so convenient and affordable that it is no longer reserved for just businessmen and upper class vacations. Airline unions would like Obama to fix all that  (news.yahoo.com) (80)
(The New York Times) Fail An explanation of the incredible not-guilty finding of the two former Bear Stearns subprime hedge fund managers. Tag for the prosecutors  (nytimes.com) (21)
(C|Net) PSA Intel to pay $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding litigation with AMD. ♬ Doink doink dunk Doink ♬ ♪  (news.cnet.com) (40)
(UPI) Obvious Crude oil holds steady near $79 a barrel on news that Kanye West didn't interrupt Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the CMA Awards  (upi.com) (15)
(Washington Post) Interesting Top Ten States that are close to financial collapse. Did your state make the list?  (washingtonpost.com) (115)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Obama administration is srsly srs about reducing the national debt. Orly, with what you ask? Ya rly, with unused TARP money, which will still be equivalent to a Skittle getting sucked into a black hole  (online.wsj.com) (126)

Wed November 11, 2009
(Slashdot) Asinine Despite mass firings, cutting pay/benefits, and reneging on promises of raises, HP finds enough change in the sofa to purchase 3com  (slashdot.org) (39)
(Yahoo) Obvious Wal-Mart is getting ready for black friday by slashing prices, decorating, and trying to make sure nobody gets trampled to death this year  (finance.yahoo.com) (55)
(Bloomberg) Cool Sen. Chris Dodd (Countrywide) launches a frontal assault on the Federal Reserve. RON PAUL approves  (bloomberg.com) (49)
(MSNBC) Obvious World Bank President goes out a limb and speculates that the huge number of people who are unemployed and have no money will continue to not pay their bills, which may have an adverse effect on the overall economy  (msnbc.msn.com) (39)
(New York Daily News) Interesting Two Harvard Business School graduates create the "Netflix of fashion," offering designer clothes you can rent for a fraction of the price, then mail them back in a prepaid envelope  (nydailynews.com) (32)
(The Consumerist) Interesting Hollywood is sick of Netflix; will withhold DVDs from rental companies for at least a month, but they'll be available for purchase in-stores and online  (consumerist.com) (132)
(News.com.au) Unlikely Unexpected headline of the day: Woolworths 'has too much market power'  (news.com.au) (20)
(London Times) Obvious "No calls to meet in the basement to club baby seals to death first thing in the morning to get in the mood for a hard day's banking? "God, no," one staffer says wryly. "We don't club baby seals. We club babies."  (timesonline.co.uk) (24)
(Reuters) Sad AIG chief, unhappy over constraints on his salary and bonuses, threatens to take his bailout and go home  (reuters.com) (110)
(Gamespot) Obvious Electronic Arts laying off 1,500 people. Imagine all the sequels we'll be missing out on now  T-Shirt  (gamespot.com) (71)
(9to5 Mac) Obvious Adobe decides it can release software full of bugs and security vulnerabilities with 680 fewer employees  (9to5mac.com) (59)

Tue November 10, 2009
(MSNBC) Spiffy Welcome to the new age of spam, companies are now using fake blogs or "flogs" to sell their products to unsuspecting morons  (redtape.msnbc.com) (50)
(Google) Cool Moody's reports that AIG will be able to repay $122 billion they received in TARP bailout money  (google.com) (68)
(Some Guy) Strange Mechanical hamsters in hot demand (fire extinguisher not included)  (articles.moneycentral.msn.com) (15)
(Breitbart.com) Interesting German Chancellor wants the US, China and India to agree to global climate action, so that their costs of doing business will rise and then Germany can compete  (breitbart.com) (45)
(Bloomberg) Interesting Take the rate of off-label marketing, A, multiply by the probable rate of prosecution, B, multiply by the average fine, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a drug approval study, we don't do one  (bloomberg.com) (193)
(Washington Post) Scary Respected economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted world financial crisis, shouts that America is about to be hit by Financial Crisis II: Electric Boogaloo  (washingtonpost.com) (100)

Mon November 09, 2009
(Post-Gazette) Sad The only underground mushroom farm in the U.S. to lay off 260 workers. Shiitake happens  T-Shirt  (pittsburghpostgazette.com) (36)
(The Consumerist) Fail Pizza Hut features three online coupons that will let you get a 1-topping large pizza for $9.99. Or $10.99. Or $11.99. Your choice  (consumerist.com) (107)
(Marketwatch) Strange Dow hits 52-week high on news that unemployment is above 10%  (marketwatch.com) (73)
(The Consumerist) Interesting More stores are bringing back layaway plans, which let you slowly pay off items by paying a small fee. This is what people used to do before credit cards were readily available and caused this whole goddamned recession in the first place  (consumerist.com) (71)
(AZCentral) Amusing Worker's Union at Fry's Supermarket set to strike. Fark: By protesting their Union leadership outside Union headquarters  (azcentral.com) (24)
(The Register) Asinine Blind gamer sues Sony claiming that they don't do enough to make their games accessible to blind people. Bet they didn't see that coming  (theregister.co.uk) (53)
(MSNBC) Obvious Philladelphia's transit union realizes that there are plenty of unemployed people willing to take their jobs and ends their strike  (msnbc.msn.com) (30)
(Gizmodo) Amusing In response to being sued by AT&T over their 3G commercial, Verizon launches three new commercials. Translation: "Suck it AT&T"  (gizmodo.com) (120)

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