Archive for July, 2009
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I know the stock markets are still way way up since the March 9 lows. And these days even when stocks go down, it doesn’t seem like by awhole lot. Butit keeps smelling funny. Today, an announcement came from the government that the SEC is going tostrengthen rulesto prevent abuses in short selling. Now short [...]
Why Won’t Time Warner Take This Nice Old Lady’s Money? [Time Warner Cable]
Steve in northern New York is having a problem with Time Warner. He would like it if they could install service at his mother’s newly constructed house. Time Warner not only doesn’t want to take her money, they can’t give her the best deal available because her house is too new.
"Am I Crazy To Be Worried About China?" One Year Later.
From the Financial Times;Mob Killing of Executive Halts Sale of Chinese State Steel Group
Alabama Bans Wine Bottle For Giving It The Vapors [Offensive Packaging]
I swan! [Fans face.] Sweet magnolia breeze! I do declare! [Clutches petticoat in pre-swoon anticipation.] Alabama is in a dither over a drawing of a nude nymph on a wine bottle label, so they’ve banned the product from being sold. Their liquor regulations forbid the display of “a person posed in an immoral or sensuous [...]
Subway Worker Wonders Why You Would Eat Their "Disgusting" Food [Subway]
John visited his local Rhode Island Subway every weekday for the past two months to enjoy what he thought was a healthy lunch. That all came to end after he overheard a Subway worker say to her colleague: “I don’t know how anybody could eat this stuff everyday. It’s disgusting and it will make you [...]
Make Your Own Pretreater and Stain Remover [How To]
Using little more than leftover soap slivers, baking powder, and hydrogen peroxide, you can brew up a powerful potion to get that damn sauce stain off your brand new shirt. Inside, Tipnut’s easy recipes for pretreater and stain remover.
Have A Nice Weekend!
Check out the guy at 1:16. That is going to be me in oh…..two hours.
Scientists Agree: Denny’s Is Dangerous [Sodium]
Denny’s entrees are loaded with dangerous amounts of salt, according to a class action suit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The CDC recommends consuming no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day, but some Denny’s entrees contain a whopping 5,500 milligrams.
UPS: Global Economy Still Sucks
From the Financial TimesUPS and D Post in Gloomy Outlook
Has Your Workplace Encountered The Online Yellow Pages Scam? [Online Yellow Pages]
Patten seriously wants the purported “Online Yellow Pages” to stop calling his office. They call once per day, looking for information on the company, but Patten is suspicious. Rightly so, as it turns out—this is a scam, and companies who respond receive a hefty invoice for “advertising” that they never authorized.
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