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more about #money more comments → Richard Lawson: The Great Heap, Forward. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Everything you said about the misallocation of resources (more highways, less mass transit) is true for schools, too Local funding of local transit a... more » rledrialmder: @fuckingoldman: Why, yes, I believe that the stench of ripe political corruption wafts in dull green not amber waves, out of the capitals of all 50 s... more » lionel-mandrake: Glenn Beck would never be stupid enough to run for office for these reasons: 1) The hemmorhoid surgery meltdown, the substance abuse problems, all th... more » Mo MoDo: Muffley: How long would you have to stay down there? Strangelove: Well let's see now ah, cobalt thorium, aa... nn... Radioactive halflife of uh,... h... more » Poop Cooper: I don't see why everyone is being so skeptical here about Glenn Beck seeing through his 100-year-plan. Obviously, part of Beck's plan is to not die. I... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Good news, everyone! With my 100-year plan, I'll never have to actually deliver on any of my schemes! It'll be your children that have to sort throu... more » pepelicious: You know, it's not like Beck has secret service protecting his ass. Heck, not even a private security force. Homeboy is going to make himself pretty v... more » booge: Two things: Have you tried reading Arguing with Idiots? I looked at it at my work. It's a graphic novel--sort of. It's all pictures. There are abo... more » ss_1318: In other news, bat guano futures have plummeted. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: @Foster Kamer: Tremendous takedown. This should be the answer to pretty much anything a GOP politician says: "We call those cults" more » justgentile: I never thought the anti-christ would be such a dweeb. more » Foster Kamer: By the way, that image above - aside from my dutiful filling in of what's parenthetically implied - is actually the image on Beck's site. Not joking. more » DennyCrane: MY TWO-MINUTE, ONE-STEP PLAN FOR GLENN BECK: 1) Jump into fire. more » Lysergic Asset: We're all laughing now, but it's not going to be funny if these folks are in charge: more » -
#wtf
Glenn Beck's Scary Blueprint for World Domination in 2010, Unveiled: "The Plan"
Glenn Beck's talking up some scary plan for 2010 lately. It's scary because Glenn Beck is talking. And today, Glenn Beck unveiled his 100-year plot to fundamentally change America—and democracy—as we know it. Glenn Beck is fucking insane. More » -
#rants
New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service
Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts." More » -
#money
Sarah Palin: Mean John McCain Made Me Pay My Own Legal Bills (Also, You Betcha, Etc)
Today in "what on earth is Sarah Palin talking about": is John McCain responsible for all those legal debts she accrued that forced her to stop governing Alaska and instead write a steamy political romance-thriller? More » -
#theeconomy
Congratulations, America: You Propped Up the Economy by Spending the Money You're Not Making
The gross domestic product jumped 3.5% last quarter—the first increase in more than a year—sparking a stock rally and talk of the end of the Great Recession. No, no one has any jobs yet, but stop complaining! More » -
#literature
Sarah Palin Is Finally a Regular Jus'-Folks Millionaire
Sarah Palin received at least $1.25 million to write her chapter book, Goin' Rogue, Also: An American Tail. If that is it, it is much less than Tina Fey got, which is amusing. More » -
#recessionomics
Jesus' Bank of Choice Shut Down, Bought Out
Damn, the economy's getting to everyone these days. Even the lord and savior of a bunch of people, Jesus Christ (33), who apparently endorsed Riverview Community Bank only to see it shut down, reports Minneapolis' Citypages. Holy shit, holy bummer. More » -
#liveblog
Liveblogging The Shark Tank Season Finale
Are you watching Shark Tank? You should be. Ever had an idea for a business you wish someone would throw suitcases full of money at? These folks do. Let's watch together as they sink or find themselves swimming in cash. More » -
#consumerreporting
Desperate Fiends Paying For The Chance To Have Google "Big Brother" Their Lives
Google—Sauron of the internet, world, and soon: Middle Earth's tech scene—will soon have your life on file, especially with the advent of Google Wave, which is still in the invite-stage. People are now paying for invites. More » -
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#graphs
Pretty Graph Chart Shows Print Journalism's Ugly Downfall
Mint.com, way to promote your product! The free online money management program put together a wonderful, well-designed chart to show you how well they design things like charts. Their morbidly glee-tinted topic: the death of newspapers. More » -
#2012
Sarah Palin Was Either "Articulate" and "Compelling" or "Humourless" and "Bush-like"
Sarah Palin gave a speech in Hong Kong. Despite what you may read in "news" "articles," the content of the speech was unimportant. No one thinks she knows anything about economics or China. What matters is how it played! More » -
#bankers
Lehman Bankers One Year Later: Same People, Same Psychological Shortcomings
The NYT Business section did a nice little Where Are They Now on some fallen banker komrades from Lehman Brothers. Are they destitute? Are they happier? Are they better than they were before? And: should we feel bad for them? More » -
#brightideas
That's What She Said
Vanity Fair contributing editor and Graydon Carter pal Fran Lebowitz has some words of advice for a certain similarly named colleague. Annie Leibovitz, your ears are burning. More » -
#berniemadoff
The SEC's Madoff Report is the Starr Report of Finance: Hysterical, Embarrassing, Sad
The SEC's inspector general finally released the full 477-page internal audit on Bernie Madoff's misdeeds and how the SEC completely missed the mark on catching them. How badly did they completely screw the pooch on this one? More » -
#gossiproundup
Chris Brown Will Not Tolerate Oprah's Lip
Chris Brown has words for Oprah, Susan Boyle's songs are beating Whitney and Russell Crowe wants to beat a gossip columnist. Oh, yes, it's your Friday morning Gossip Roundup. More » -
#lottery
Did This Social Media Alt-Porn Entrepreneuress Win Mega Millions?
Two lucky souls hit the Mega Millions jackpot last night: one of them lived in the South Bronx, and the other one in San Gabriel, California. Looks like the West Coast winner (update: isn't) an Alt-Porn goddess named Annaliese Nielsen. More » -
#lucky
Winning MegaMillions Ticket Sold In The Bronx
The South Bronx, the South South Bronx is where one of two winning Mega Millions tickets were sold. The other one was in San Gabriel, California. Each winner receives $166.5M, and neither will invest in a Josh Harris startup. [NYT] -
#money
Union Goon, Latte-Sipping Terrorist-Loving Academic To Destroy New York Finance Industry
The new chairman of the New York Fed is not a banker or financier! It is Denis Hughes, the president of the New York State AFL-CIO. And the deputy chairman is Columbia University President Lee Bollinger! Crazy! [WP] -
#debt
Inside the Financial Collapse of Annie Leibovitz
How did Annie Leibovitz end up $24 million in the hole? New York magazine's Andrew Goldman has cataloged her wildly ill-advised spending flourishes. Oh, and the money behind her glorified pawnshop loan came from none other than Goldman Sachs.
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#thewaytheylivenow
Washington Post Empathizes With Family 'Squeaking By' On $300K A Year
How does the other-other half live? You know, the families who are now forced to "squeak by" on $300K a year? Leave it to the Washington Post to not only find out, but to attempt to elicit empathy!
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#economics
Stimulus Outrage: Money For Poor Kids
As we learned during the Bush administration, the only legitimate role the federal government can play in stimulating the economy is sending everyone in America a check. That's always fiscally responsible, too. So why do Democrats hate simple economics? More »
