Monthly Archives: October 2011
Whoever shorted ADBE, YHOO, GOOG, EBAY & COST is making a killing today!
Fail: Stocks go up, stocks go down. But not like this
Filed under Technology
Fight the power: 999 (the UK version) is a joke
Phone hacking, spying on citizens and .. now, add software piracy to the list of illegality from Scotland Yard: The West Yorkshire police force is in the British High court today, accused of stealing intellectual property from a firm whose … Continue reading
Filed under Civil liberties, Corruption
Presidents & their contribution to deficit
Facts have a liberal bias: George W. Bush is sworn in on January 20th, but his first budget does not take effect until October 1, 2001: 10/1/2001: Bush starting deficit – $5.8 trillion 9/30/2009: Bush ending deficit – $11.9 trillion … Continue reading
Filed under Debt, Deficits, Wasteful spending, What liberal media
Wow: Michael Winslow’s Whole Lotta Love
Wonder when the “copyright” lawsuits start: Wow
Filed under The good stuff
What does @NYTimes mean by this: “Weak Start for Wall Street”?
Weak Start For Wall Street Same day on same paper: Wells Fargo Earnings Rise 21%, to $4.1 Billion Citigroup Earnings Rise 74% to $3.8 Billion Gee, how much more should’ve earnings risen for NYTimes to not consider “weak”?
Gee, I wonder what the “very serious people” are trying to tell us about how they feel about #OWS
NYT Front – 2 stories on Romney & nothing else: Occupy what? Chicago Tribube: Occupy what? WaPo: Occupy what? Meanwhile, at theOpelia-Auburn News: And at the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette Remember how the NYTimes & WaPO keep telling us that … Continue reading
Filed under Journamalism, News industry, Wankers
#banksters are worried about unemployment, too, evidently
The 1% is fighting back valiantly through their corporate spokespeople (aka media): Workers in the financial industry say they’re a heartbeat away from unemployment, but the protesters aren’t very sympathetic. Also, too: According to recruiter Michael Karp of Options Group, … Continue reading
Breaking News: BBC discovers confidence fairies stuck on The Tube with expansion part of austerity
I think its time to call UK austerity a smashing success & move on: The jobless total for 16 to 24-year-olds hit a record high of 991,000 in the quarter, a jobless rate of 21.3%. Fantastic! Also, too, lets cut … Continue reading
Filed under UK, Unemployment
Politico draws the line on plagirism; making up stuff attributed to anonymous sources is still okay
NYTimes: A reporter for the news Web site Politico resigned on Thursday after allegations that she had used content in a number of her stories from articles that had been published in The New York Times, The Associated Press, NJ.com … Continue reading
Filed under Journamalism
