T’was the Time of the Big Crash by Tim Stewart T’was the time of the Big Crash, when all through The Street, Merry traders flogged worthless paper, growing their bonus heap. Derivatives were shunted ‘round the world without care, Knowing St. Greenspan soon would proclaim, “No bubble there!” Over-leveraged homeowners were nestled all snug in […]
“I tell you, the economy’s rough. People are standing behind President Bush just to get the free shoes.” -Jay Leno “And the big financial story, Bernard Madoff, the man they call the most hated man in New York, as you know, has been arrested after confessing to running this Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out […]
An in-depth study of government records by the Associated Press shows that the banks that are receiving government bailouts paid their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year. The average amount paid to each of the banks’ top executives was $2.6 million — not bad for someone whose business […]
If this is any indication, we care more about our vices than our rights.
Jon Favreau, Obama’s chief speechwriter during the campaign, has gotten himself into trouble because of some photos that appeared on his Facebook page, showing him at a recent party playing with a life-sized cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton (he’s the guy on the left in the photo, feeling up the statue). Another photo showed him dancing […]
Homophobes Just Jealous of “Fabulous” Gay Weddings It is obvious that many people who oppose same sex marriage are simply afraid they won’t be invited to any of the fabulous weddings that will transpire. Just admit it; everyone knows that once same sex marriage becomes legal, no one will be want to be bothered with […]
Catalonia, Spain has a centuries old tradition of hiding a “caganer” (pooper) — a small clay figure of a person squatting with their pants down and taking a dump — in their popular Christmas nativity scenes. We won’t try to guess the meaning of this tradition, but this year Der Spiegel reports that one of […]
The funny thing, this is becoming an example for the rest of the world. The Turkish manufacturer who made the original shoes thrown at Bush has received 300,000 orders for that model, which is more than four times the number normally sold each year. An Egyptian man and a Palestinian mayor have both offered their […]
Talking Points Memo reports this bit of irony. One of the votes in the Minnesota Senate race was challenged by the Coleman campaign because the voter had written the following on the ballot (along with his vote for Franken): Thank you for counting my vote! The vote goes to Franken, who now leads by a […]
Obama “Barack Obama picked another Cabinet member, former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, to be his agricultural secretary. Vilsack! Doesn’t that sound like a condition you should see your urologist about? ‘Excuse me doc, has the nurse left the room? It’s my vilsack. Seems inflamed.’” -Jay Leno “Everybody looks forward to ‘Time’ magazine naming their ‘person […]
Shoes “How about that guy that heaved his shoes at the president? Of course, everybody is saying well, what happened to the Secret Service? Good question. Where is the Secret Service? From now on, alright, take off your shoes. It’s going to be that way. You want to see the president? Alright, slip out of […]
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