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more about #recessionomics more comments → GlasgowRose: This also shows that Comcast/NBCU deal not about digital/online but about TV channels. Short-sighted. more » Atilla the Bun: As I think has been discussed here before, many big firms are paying some of their associates or soon-to-be associates about 1/3 of their salary (whic... more » heywhat: This is such a shame. I know many law students who have a strong desire to work in the public sector but it's just not a realistic option for them. Th... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: People don't want daily emails on useless expensive shit they could buy if they had any money, which they don't, so they can't? Advertisers don't wan... more » econdave: I'm sorry, these urbanites/suburbanites who move to the country are morons. Farming's hard work, there's not much money in it, and there's a reason wh... more » GlasgowRose: Killing the Daily Candy local edition in Philly, home to Comcast HQ - youch. And expanding into beauty, entertainment, mom-as-mom and mom-as-woman con... more » Seeräuber Jenny: Good Lord. How will subscribers live without the skinny on $100 bars of soap? more » thatgirlinnewyork: isn't the new federal tuition loan program providing some forgiveness for those JDs who pledge to serve not-for-profits? more » Conchie Birdie: I still have no idea why I subscribe to DC, considering it gets deleted every time it appears in my inbox. more » Z und Vielpunkt's chick: I wish my law school had this program. Why didn't I go to Harvard? Oh, right. more » raincoaster: THIS is where the "Two Wild and Cray-zee Guys" came from. They're time travellers! more » MyNameIsChris: I'm guessing the hats were rewards for not talking about their relationships with Tiger? more » The Dewd: When they see the kind of cave $1,800/month gets you in Manhattan, they'll move back to Budapest. more » econdave: Ottawa Senators forwards Mike Fisher and Daniel Alfredsson were with the team early this decade when the Canadian dollar was weak and team finances we... more » BookishLookish: In my experience, the W Hotel chain only hires very pretty people who are all as stupid as a barrel of road tar. So they are really choosy. more » -
#layoffs
DailyCandy Sours on Most of Its Cities
DailyCandy is eliminating the special editions for seven of its twelve cities, according to an internal memo we've obtained, resulting in almost as many layoffs. NBC Universal, take heed: Even inside Comcast's profitable umbrella, no one is safe from cutbacks. -
#recessionomics
The Path From Failed Farmer to Harvard Lawyer Just Got More Perilous
The Way We Live Now: Not how a respectable attorney should, that's for sure. Things are so bad that students at Harvard Law School have to pay tuition now. Do you know how hard that is on a trend-farmer's wage? More » -
#holidaze
The Year End Party Is Over for Yahoo, We're Told
We hear Yahoo is canceling its annual "Year End Party" for 2009. That's quite a change for a company that last year held three company parties and additional bashes at the departmental level, amid layoffs. More » -
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Caveman Billionaire Got U Now, Gurl
The Way We Live Now: Caveman billionaire style. Here's the difference between a normal billionaire and a recession-era cavemen billionaire: All caveman billionaire needs is a nice woman, rich hockey teams, and a job at the W hotel. More » -
#eek
Ex-LA Times Journalists Not Doing So Well
Thinking about taking a buyout, or leaving your media job to pursue your organic restaurant/piano teacher dreams? Read this depressing survey of 75 ex-Los Angeles Times journalists first. It's not pretty. Only 11 have landed full-time jobs! More » -
#vroom
The Recovery Is Here!
Well Porsche sales were up 18% from last November anyway. But mainly because more people are buying the smaller and cheaper Cayman coupe. The things people do to survive these days... [AP] -
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I Have a Dream That One Day Blacks And Whites Will Die Together in Poverty
The Way We Live Now: Passing strange. It's the only way to get a two decent poverty-level jobs, which you need to stay underemployed. We're still waiting to realize Martin's dream of a day when everyone is equally broke. More » -
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The Disconcerting Reality of Food Stamp America
America's food stamp welfare program is now feeding one in eight Americans, and almost one in every four children. This is terrifying for a number of reasons, the least among them being "everyone's poor." More » -
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#graythursday
Don't Just Sit There — Go and Shop!
Big retailers are opening today (maybe to mitigate Black Friday tramplings). Does this mean that next year they'll open yesterday? Is this gray Thursday? Anyway, people are tired of being broke so they're buying stuff. More » -
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Starving Artists' Souls Never Die, Although Their Bodies Do, By Starving
The Way We Live Now: Artistically. And it's totally worth it. I mean, we didn't really think we'd have to live the "starving artist" thing so literally. But who needs $18,000 shoes or nice Christmas trees? We eat art! More » -
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Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
The Way We Live Now: At home. With Ma. And Pa. And the leaky basement pipes, and the laundry machine, and our broken dreams. And the jug we rent from the United Homeless Organization. It's a living, hey! Amirite? More » -
#recessionomics
A Plan to Get All the Money America Needs to Pay Back, With Only Minimal Loss of Life
The Way We Live Now: Solution-oriented. Problem: We're hundreds of billions of dollars in debt. Solution: Hoard gold, buy life insurance, and kill ourselves. More » -
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Is the Body and Blood of Union-Busting Jesus
The Way We Live Now: Same as ever. Hard times have been around for years now! But nobody was paying attention. The Christians were fighting unions and the yuppies were building dream homes and everyone else? Peanut butter jelly time. More » -
#hellskitchen
New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil
Times are tough, and people are sat at home chewing bellybutton fluff instead of eating out or ordering in. What are restaurant owners doing? Some are not paying staff, and others are sending abusive emails calling them "fucking lazy motherfuckers."
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#recessionomics
Santa Gives Up on America, and Vice Versa
The Way We Live Now: Ho-ho-ho-ping for a holiday miracle. Cause Santa is totally unreachable and all our Christmas money's going towards tuition and the luxury gourmet superdeluxe business we invested in is "in the red," like Rudolph. Fuck him. More » -
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Good Luck at Your Crappy Thanksgiving With No Tasty Pumpkins or Eggo Sandwiches
The Way We Live Now: Letting go of my Eggo. The worldwide Eggo shortage might be humorous if it weren't so god damn serious. It happened right along with the worldwide pumpkin shortage. Just in time for Thanksgiving. And breakfast. More » -
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Black and White and Poor and Poor Come Together to Starve to Death
The Way We Live Now: Reveling in our common poverty. This recession has a bright side. The races are united as poors. Prison's a free diploma. And our new job robbing offices takes our mind off the gnawing, omnipresent hunger. More » -
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Those of Us Who Aren't Killed and Eaten Have a Bright Economic Future
The Way We Live Now: Rearranging the fundamental tenets of reality until everything is just fine. GM's losing billions, which is a huge success. Our wallets have totally disappeared, which is a mark of progress. We're cannibalizing each other. Delicious! More » -
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The Ed Hardy Whale Penis Tragedy
The Way We Live Now: Bootleg. Quality is dead. Authenticity has been taken out to the trash, then stolen by scavengers and sold for one hit of whale penis leather—bootleg whale penis leather. What would Ed Hardy think? More » -
#thehelp
But Where Will the Butler Live?
People outside New York all used to live in giant mansions with Jacuzzis and closets the size of Luxembourg. Now they have to give these things up. The greatest tragedy? Buyers "are in danger of being underwhelmed." More »
