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the future
Which White Republican Dude Will Destroy Obama in 2012?
Mark Sanford was totally going to be the next president, until he fell in love with Maria. Now, not so much. But Republican strategists have so many other Great White Hopes! What disasters will greet them? More »
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By PareeneComment by FritzIno: Okay Pareene...let's see how many times you can fit the words "white man" on this posting. Because it is fun... 23 Responses | Other threads
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Future Blogger Book Deal of the Week
Go ahead Harper Collins, dispatch Valleywag and Gawker alum Nick Douglas to root out the genius behind Awkward Family Photos, your next Urban Outfitters coffee table book deal. More »
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Comment by Pope John Peeps II: technical question, probably to be answered by Bookish, who's the maven of all this: if you put together a book... 8 Responses | Other threads
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things we actually like
Unmasking Punditry B.S.
The worlds' professional pontificators now have a sworn enemy. Wrong Tomorrow, a newly launched website, is getting Biblical on their ass, tracking predictions and recording their wrongness. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Smitros: The next six months will be crucial for Wrong Tomorrow. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Paul Krugman Will Be Wrong In Ten Years
Paul Krugman writes in his column today about "the magazine cover curse." Funny he should mention it! More »
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By John CookComment by ADismalScience: I'm so ready for the Krugman backlash. 5 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Shoveling Sand in Hamptons is the Last Job Left
How bad is the recession? So bad that it's 'eroding' the 'foundation' of real estate in the Hamptons! No seriously, a billionaire's beach house is literally sliding into the ocean. And it gets worse! More »
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Comment by Migrant: Man, has anyone read C. McCarthy's The Road? Because it sounds like a certain economist-guy has. 4 Responses | Other threads
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predictions
Nate Silver Spoils Oscars
Hey, America's #1 numbers whiz Nate Silver has already figured out who will win all the Oscars! Thanks for spoiling the "female Super Bowl," Nate, you misogynist. Click through to see the future of cinema: More » -
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Fact-Checking Today's Apocalyptic Market Crash
"Reinhardt," the internet conspiracy theorist who correctly predicted the crash of 2008, warned us that it was "100% sure thing market begins huge downfall" on February 9, 2009. That's today! How'd that one hold up?
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Comment by ADismalScience: Of course, depending on Geithner's genius strat tomorrow it could wind up being eerily accurate. If he reprises his Lehman... 13 Responses | Other threads
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the end
America's Most Correct Internet Conspiracy Theorist Calls Next Market Crash
Wacky—and maybe financially beneficial—blast from the past: one anonymous nut on a Google Finance message board correctly predicted the day of the crash of 2008. Now that dude has another prediction, exclusively for you! More »
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Comment by Cheap Shot: Catholics don't even go to church, how could they rule anything??? And really, how much worse can the market get? 7 Responses | Other threads
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Tech's Next Rulers
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The Next Gadget Gods
This past year, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs began to focus on priorities other than tech. Who will fill their winged sandals and become the new Gadget Gods? [Gizmodo]
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Comment by TechFanErik: Steve jobs and Jesus are going to ride in on a cloud of money that they made off of the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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public relations
Israel's War to End Right on Schedule
Israel announced today that it's close to ending its war in Gaza, possibly as early as this weekend. Just in time for the news to be swallowed by the Obamanauguration coverage saturation. More »
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Comment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Seeing jokes on a war and death related post is making my skin crawl. Just a reminder... rockets falling,... 29 Responses | Other threads
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faith popcorn
Faith Popcorn Predicts You Will Die In 2009
Corporate "futurist" and salvia-smoking internet surfer Faith Popcorn is back—from the future! And she's brought predictions, for the benefit of the world. Would you like to know what the magical year 2009 will hold, according to a lady who has somehow convinced companies to pay money to her totally made-up "trend consultancy" for an astounding period of time? Behold the "New Rules of Engagement" for 2009, year of wonder: More »
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Comment by SisterMaryMartha: 2009: GAWKER WILL FIRE ALL REAL WRITERS.Subsist only on "famous" interns, donuts with sprinkles and the fresh blood of commenters. 2 Responses | Other threads
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newspapers
Newspapers Heading Straight Into Toilet In '09, Says Everyone
We talk about the ongoing death of the newspaper medium a lot around here, because we are evil bloggers who hate the paper industry and, furthermore, are personally responsible for every beat reporter laid off in the past five years, because their CEOs decided to cut their jobs after reading about how bad their industry is here, on the blogs. Well, at least we have numbers on our side—the side of darkness and unemployment. How bad is the outlook for newspapers in 2009? How about epically, historically, never-seen-before bad? Is that bad enough? Because that's how bad it is: More »
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Comment by gawkimo: I want to pulp tree trunks, then flatten them, dry them, and cut them into rectangles. Then I want to... 5 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
2009 Ad Forecasts Look (Relatively) Optimistic
Our (self-described) "ruthless" overlord Nick Denton has gone on record predicting "a decline of up to 40% in advertising spending during this cycle." Thousands of media jobs have already been lost due to low ad revenues, and major ad agencies are predicted to be making large layoffs in January. And, of course, everyone is "terrified" that the collapse of the auto industry will hammer the ad industry in its wake. So how do the newly-released forecasts for ad spending next year look? Pretty optimistic, all things considered: More »
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Comment by SuparnaEetion: This is total bullshit. These forecasts are revised all of the time and only reflects the current state of... 1 Responses | Other threads
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newspapers
One Year Until The Newspapers Start Disappearing
More sunny economic news for the newspaper industry: yesterday the financial ratings firm Fitch put out a report predicting that "several cities could go without a daily print newspaper by 2010." Oh joy! You won't have to complain about your shitty local fish wrapper much longer, if you live in "some cities" (*NEWARK*, ahem). This would really be a serious change in American civic life, people. Crooked city councilmen and religious nut school board members are bound to run wild without any reporters telling people what they're up to. Well, buck up, doomed papers in "some cities"—every other newspaper will have a hellish year, too: More »
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Comment by ClaraAphaea: maybe citizens will start to operate their own newpapers allowing for more class consciousness. maybe this will motivate people... 19 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
The Future Of Luxury Magazines
The funny thing about the holiday season this year (besides the unreported death of Santa) is that Americans no longer have any money to buy expensive presents for each other—but magazines are plunging ahead with their year-end holiday gift guides as if everything was fine and dandy! Okay, that's not really "funny." Nor is it tragic, because hey, if these magazines want to walk themselves off a cliff, that's their business. It's ominous. What the hell does the future hold for luxury magazines in a world where those cutesy "Gifts Under $100" are a necessity, not a niche? More »
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Comment by ADismalScience: Haha whoa wait a minute, aspirational luxury isn't going ANYWHERE. Margins are going down, demand is going down, but that... 13 Responses | Other threads
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new york times
Your Predictions For The New York Times Co.
When the NYT Company slashed its dividend and announced ominous October revenues yesterday, we asked you, our kindly readers: Might this company go into bankruptcy? If so, when? And if not, what should they do? Many of you answered! And virtually every viable option for the company was suggested at least once. The Sulzberger family should just read the following list of your responses and pick one, depending on how optimistic they're feeling today: More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: I can't finish the crossword puzzle, so you certainly don't want my advice. 5 Responses | Other threads
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al gore
Obama Doesn't Need A Celebrity Cabinet Anyhow
What's the point of having a "Climate Czar" if it won't be Al Gore? The rich and chunky Tennessean has taken himself out of the running for the made-up position in Obama's cabinet, meaning it will probably go to some dead-ender ex-governor who never even won an Academy Award. Is this the beginning of the end of Obama's alleged "Celebrity Cabinet" plan? We're going to say yes, and thank god for that. More »
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Comment by Triborough: He can't have a celeb filled cabinet anyway since he has to load up on cronies and payback favors. 9 Responses | Other threads
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media
Media Beginning to Realize That Someday This Election Will End
On this election day, the cold-blooded monsters like us whose business is our nation's flow of public information are thinking not about political hope, but about hope for continued high ratings; not about political change, but about people changing the channels. (Speechwriter-ly!). What it comes down to is this: once this election's over, will the public still care about all these media outlets who've been living it up thanks to public interest in politics? Let's round up the media's nervous take on the media's future! More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: Fuck the media. I need this election to be over. I am sitting in my cubicle, completely oblivious to anything... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Nick Kalm
The Wrongest Flack In America
PRWeek got predictions about the election from 30 flacks around the country. One (1) of them predicted a McCain victory. So be sure to hire Nick Kalm of Chicago's Reputation Partners for strategic counsel on how to horribly embarrass yourself in any large, public group! "Regardless of who wins, however, the level of partisan rancor will be so high, it will make people long for the 'good old days' of Bush's second term," he says. Okay, just for that we will print his entire god damn answer below: More »
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Comment by American Dreamer: i hooked up with the guy whose picture is posted with this article on craigslist just last week .....if I had... 10 Responses | Other threads
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radar
Silver Lining: Radar Closure Means Recession Is Over!
The death of Radar is just one more reminder of the incessant economic crisis that is destroying jobs for hardworking members of the media (and, you know, everyone else). But there may be an upside! Way back on September 16, when The Panic of '08 was just getting started, Curbed founder and real estate blog generalissimo Lockhart Steele made this prediction to Guest of a Guest: "You will know when we have hit the bottom of this financial crisis the very day when Radar Magazine goes out of business. And you can quote me on that!” So things should be looking up!: More » -
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Your Grievance For the Next Four Years: "Voter Fraud"
If the Democrats pull this off and win the presidential election, the Republican "noise machine" will not simply give up and devote themselves to charity. They will need to undermine and delegitimize President Obama as much and as loudly as possible, non-stop, for the entirety of his term. Early predecessors of this strategy include claims that John Kennedy stole the 1960 election with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's corrupt machine and reminding everyone that Bill Clinton didn't win a majority of the vote in 1992. But the 2008 version will be even nastier and so much more toxic! Thanks, then, to Roger Stone, old-school GOP Political Operative, for giving us a sneak preview of the complaints you'll be hearing until 2012: More »
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By PareeneComment by NOLA girl: I am very proud to say that I am a member of Obama's team of attorneys that are working to... 14 Responses | Other threads
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charts & graphs
Don't Even Bother Voting
God, remember when this seemed like another tossup? All the "insiders" say this one's Obama's. Smart Republicans are looking for good 2012 candidates. Over at InTrade, traders are betting heavily on an Obama victory. As you can see, after an odd September dip (one that wasn't relfected in other market prediction sites), Obama's up to nearly 74. [InTrade] -
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Sarah Palin Story to Entertain All Week
Governor Palin is greeting John McCain at the Minneapolis airport right now! Exciting! She's going to address the Republican National Convention tonight! This is great, because there was a small danger that Vinegar Joe Lieberman and the proper start of the RNC would quiet the nonstop over-the-top Palin coverage that's had the national press in a hilarious tizzy for a week. But this morning brought more front-page stories of McCain campaign incompetence and additional and more insane conspiracy theories, and with a speech from Palin tonight, we can guarantee that Palin coverage will continue unabated for the rest of the week. So what shall we expect from here? Some thoughts and predictions:
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By PareeneComment by busyness ★: This is an excellent commentary that gets to the root of what's the true concern about McCain's choice of Palin. "[McCain's]... 10 Responses | Other threads
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matthew winkler
Whose Heads Will Roll At Bloomberg?
Bloomberg News' rather embarrassing faux pas—posting Apple chief Steve Jobs' obituary before he's actually dead—has now been chuckled at by just about everyone. It's not the sort of publicity that Bloomberg's bow-tied editorial boss Matthew Winkler, a notorious tyrant, wanker, and stickler for detail, is fond of. This is a man who threw a legendary tantrum (listen to it here!) while firing a reporter for making a far less egregious error. So the immediate reaction among those familiar with him to news of the Jobs obit was, "Heads will roll." Our question: whose heads? Email us if you have any information on the fallout. Though we personally encourage restraint and forgiveness. -
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Rachel Maddow: America's Next Top Pundit
Rachel Maddow, liberal MSNBC pundit, was supposed to get Chris Matthews' show when his contract ran out, but MSNBC decided to capitalize on election fever and complete her transformation from feminist Rhodes Scholar AIDS policy wonk to television star right away. They gave her Dan Abrams show, even though everyone at the network loves Dan and his show's been doing well. But he's a soft-spoken legal analyst and she's a phenom in the making. She's the Keith Olbermann liberals won't be embarrassed to admire!
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Drinking With Republicans: The Next New Lifestyle Trend?
What excellent timing! The latest W investigates the predominance of Republicans on the DC social circuit and pronounces nightlife to be "more politically polarized than ever"! "Despite the social dominance of Republicans for nearly a decade, a liberal network also exists," the magazine assures. "Oddly, it’s referred to as the 'hipster scene'—in D.C. the term is synonymous with non-Republicans, not artsy types in tight pants and Converse sneakers." But wait! That is because in DC the term "hipster" is actually somewhat illustrative of an individual's cultural tastes/intellectual leanings and propensity to drink in bars they can afford on a think tank analyst salary as opposed to a merely outfit thing! (Also people in DC don't know how to dress, duh.) But the larger point is: it is time to end this whole "Republicans and Democrats never drink together anymore like they used to!" meme. More » -
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What Will Our President of Tomorrow Look Like in the Future?
The presidency ages a man. (And hypothetically it would a woman, but we'll never know!) Remember when there was color in Bill Clinton's and George W. Bush's hair? Barely? After two terms in the Oval Office, both men looked twenty years older. This despite the fact that Bush gets 12 hours of sleep a night and Clinton received regular tail! But what will happen to Barack Obama or John McCain? Obama does too many drugs to sleep and old people like McCain just doze off in front of the tv each night for a couple unsatisfying hours. So we had intern Anna Peele work a little photoshop wizardry to age Obama and McCain and help us figure out exactly which terrifying visage we'll be forced to look upon in 2012. Scary results below! More »
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By PareeneComment by SaraRueful: C'mon, people, don't you know that black don't crack??? more » | Other threads
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The Tabloid Class of 2010
Celebrity gossip. Some of us love it, some of us hate it. Most of us, though, sort of love to pretend to hate it but secretly love it. Though, admit it, lately it's been a bit staid. Everything now just seems a bit tired (or, you know, British). So is celebrity gossip really dead? For our sake, we hope not. And, really, we don't think it is. We're just in a time of change, the old guard is leaving and a new, squeaky foaming-at-the-mouth group of celebutantes is entering. People are so very tired of Britney, she does nothing but ride tiny cars these days, and Lindsay Lohan seems actually (shriek!) sorta cleaned-up and is working. So let's get on with the new ones. But who will they be? Well, as is (sigh) clearly evident, young starlets will get the brunt of gossip's harsh glare, but there will be some men, too. Find our picks for 16 of America's next top freak idols after the jump. More » -
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Pollster Declares End of Boomerism, Rise of the Machines
Pollster John Zogby is rarely wrong about anything, ever (except of course the 2004 election and the 2008 New Hampshire and California primaries, all of which he got 100% wrong), so we're forced to accept the claims in his most recent email blast as fait accompli. "Clinton's Defeat," it announces: "The End of Boomerism As We Know It." See, the baby-boomers are liberals who love social justice but they are also dangerously self-centered and egotistical, and also trapped in permanent adolescence. Thankfully, due to the disasters that are George W. Bush and the Clinton family, the biggest generation in American history will only get two presidents. Ha ha ha. As we said, Zogby is never wrong! Ignore Zogby at your peril! Zogby is good! Read more of his analysis below! More »
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By PareeneComment by joe_gillis: @NinaHagen: I was envisioning commenters masked (based on our avitars) in a sort of Eyes Wide Shut bacchanalia--minus Tom Cruise... more » | Other threads
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Microsoft bought Yahoo, according to new Microsoft book
Remember that brief moment this spring when everyone was saying Microsoft-Yahoo was a sure thing? That was when ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley must have put the finishing touches on her new book, Microsoft 2.0. On page 4, Foley writes: "This is a book on Microsoft's next chapter. It's going to be an unpredictable one, as Microsoft's purchase of Yahoo earlier this year makes evident." Committing the purchase to ink on paper was foolish of Foley, no matter what the odds were on Microsoft buying Yahoo, since even a clean deal would likely have taken a year to close. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by thekevin: She was on Laporte's Windows Weekly podcast and seemed intelligent enough. more » | Other threads
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jesus christ
Sometimes It Hurts to Be Right
Gawker, yesterday: "Anyway we can't wait to see what new way [Maureen Dowd] comes up with of calling Barack Obama a fag tomorrow." Maureen Dowd, today: "As she makes a last frenzied and likely futile attempt to crush the butterfly, it's as though she's crushing the remnants of her own girlish innocence." Guess who the "butterfly" is. [NYT]
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By PareeneComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: @afraidofauntieem: maybe obama will have the stones to call her out on it she is hurting america why does she want the... more » | Other threads
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whoops
Pundit Underestimates Clinton
Hilarious Prediction Watch: "The Rezko business is also not likely to hurt [Barack Obama], because his principal rival will probably be Hillary Clinton, and she's not going to bring up the topic of questionable land deals." –Slate's John Dickerson, December 14, 2006.
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By PareeneComment by HowardRoarkLaughed: Hillary Clinton is a big piece of steamy doo-doo. more » | Other threads
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never forget y2k
You People Are Breaking the Internet!
The Times warns us that because so many people watch funny videos of talking cats and dancing teenage girls on the internet these days, there might not be enough internet left for the rest of us! It's true: there is only so much internet, and YouTube is using like all of it. "In a widely cited report published last November, a research firm projected that user demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011." Oh no! We were totally planning to watch "I'm fucking Seth Rogen" that year! This is almost as bad as the time the internet totally suffered that "catastrophic collapse" in 1996, according to that 1995 prediction by engineer Robert Metcalfe. Man, the internet never recovered that that nonexistent disaster, we can only imagine how it'll fare after this one. [NYT]
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By PareeneComment by BalknChain: @ADismalScience: if you remember, and played, Pole Position(the driving game y'all pervs) I'll love you even more more » | Other threads
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magazines
Dead And Dying Magazines: Your Predictions
Pessimistic cynics, the lot of you! Your nominations for the magazines most likely to succumb to these, our lush economic and intellectual times included TV Guide, Money, anything whatsoever to do with Rachael Ray and unsurprisingly, Radar and Portfolio. After the jump, a look at the rest. More »
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By MaggieComment by Squirrel8413: As a Chicagoan, I was a regular subscriber of Chicago Magazine until all their articles were "Top 10 This" and... more » | Other threads
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CNBC's resident lunatic, Jim Cramer, makes predictions for '08
CNBC's Jim Cramer, host of Mad Money, dropped his predictions for 2008 in New York magazine this week. Along with some safe bets like "oil goes up" and "Goldman Sachs makes a lot of money," Cramer throws out some unlikely but not off-the-wall predictions about Verizon and Apple. But then when he gets to Google, he goes off the deep end. More »
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Comment by Slartey: I stumbled on this program a year or so ago, and tracked some of his advice. Suffice to say, it's... more » | Other threads
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Google in 2008
Blogoscoped, Phillip Lenssen's authoritative Google blog, just posted its 2008 predictions for Larry and Sergey's money machine. And if you're up for trudging through his 2,701 words, by all means, go. For the rest of you, here are the bullet points. More »
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Comment by c0d3w12: That's funny. Seems Google thinks I'm now running a spam-blog. That is after I reported holes to them. They took... more » | Other threads
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