On Monday, this “Animal Research Beagles” video made the rounds (thanks, Lucky). Continue reading
Good day and welcome to Crasstalk. In case you missed it yesterday, we now have a tips page. Got a hot story? Post the link there. Need an idea for a story? Go to the tips page and see what people have submitted and write something up. Make sense? Oh well, check it out and you will figure it out. Now let’s get going. Continue reading
Hey, you know those three investment bankers who claimed the $254 million Powerball jackpot even though they’re already filthy rich buggers who probably planned to buy dinosaur eggs and chinchilla dental floss just to make you feel stupid for being a struggling, pissant poor? Yeah, those guys? Well, they’re probably lying about everything, but most importantly about donating the money to charity. Where will all the gravy-filled obese millions go?
Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran today after the Iranian Parliament voted to downgrade its diplomatic relations with the UK, which includes expelling the British ambassador. The move followed the decision of the US, UK, and Canada to impose sanctions on Iran as punishment for its nuclear program. Continue reading
When the music industry is failing and no one is buying CDs the solution is always to charge more money. It worked for Abercrombie and Fitch earlier this decade right? Oh wait…
When the content creators are asking you to charge less money and willing to take the pay cut the solution is always to charge more. It’s worked really well for the airlines right? Oh wait… Continue reading
To quote GQ, “For every Steve Jobs and every Warren Buffett, there’s an equal and opposite nitwit who spent 2011 devouring attention and contributing nothing to productive society. We salute the great artisans of utter uselessness with the one celebratory year-end list you don’t want to be on.”
It is a rather eclectic list, I might add. Here are a couple highlights.
The Dutch are at it again. Just creating weapons of mass destruction all willy nilly like. Now the guy wants to publish how he made it! The audacity of spreading knowledge! Seriously though, this guy took the bird flu, then modified it so that it can be contagious to people (maybe) through the air. Is that acceptable? Continue reading
Well, it looks like it may be a bit hot in that campaign kitchen, eh Herman? Our good buddy Herman Cain is reportedly ‘reassessing’ this whole running for president thing now that a “good friend” of the candidate is coming forward alleging a 13-year affair with the presidential hopeful.
Conrad Murray, M.D., was sentenced to four years in jail for the death of Michael Jackson.
Before an expressionless and haggard looking Murray, Judge Michael Pastor, at times reading from the criminal code and directly responding to the pleas for leniency made by Murray himself and those on his behalf, explained that it matters not that another doctor may have killed Jackson. He stated that he read both Dr. Murray’s book about this life, as well as a book about Michael Jackson’s life, and that the once competent physician Murray lost his way in a “medicine for money” scheme that resulted in Jackson’s death. Continue reading
Morning Slores, hope you are ready to face the day. Let’s go! Continue reading