http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

yet another thing that's no longer funny, because it's TRUE.

(CNN) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says golden parachute payments will be banned and the salary deals of bankers "clawed back" as part of the government's $250 billion bailout of the financial sector.

This is the first part of all this crap that makes sense. Now they need to cap their salaries and do away with bonuses. I'd really love to ( Read more... )

ever think a trained monkey would be better than your waiter? here's a chance to find out.

headline from a yahoo news article today:

"Bush says he's working hard on economic turmoil "

Finally, he's earned that Mission Accomplished shot.

I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, so i get 2 or 3 emails a day, listing things that people would like to have, or like to get rid of, usually with some back story. needless to say, it's very...colloquial, which makes it often unintentionally entertaining.

Anyway, here's one from today, it's the best one yet.

Wanted: Twin Bed ( Read more... )

Alabama wants to charge state employees $25 a month for insurance for being overweight. It would be the first state to adopt such a plan. They already do the same for employees who smoke. There are many valid arguments for such measures - what they basically boil down to is insurance companies working to cut costs. When I worked for Kaiser, they ( Read more... )

Along the U.S. Gulf Coast, many people were served lattes or sold books and records by perfectly ordinary employees yesterday. Every porkpie hat wearing, vest/weird tie/beat up suit jacket sporting hipster male within at least a 200 mile radius, along with all their female counterparts of various plumage, descended on the Saenger Theatre in Mobile ( Read more... )

At least according to this rather unscientific science article...

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$15 to check one bag. Each. Way. So pay an extra $30 to have some clean clothes. Oh, but carry-on luggage is still free. Great. That means how many more people fumbling unsuitable carry-on luggage through the plane, delaying take-offs and whacking fellow passengers in the head. And here's another consideration: some things you'd like to take on a ( Read more... )