CNN reports that Beyoncé surprised shoppers at a Massachusetts Walmart by giving 750 individuals $50 gift cards for free. You may have seen in the news earlier this week that Target said it would not be carrying Beyoncé’s latest album, which was released… Read More ›
Month: December 2013
Someone Breaches Peoples’ Private Information Somewhere
CNN reports that Target is offering a 10% discount for all shoppers at its stores this Saturday and Sunday after 40 million of its customers had their credit and debit card data breached. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story… Read More ›
Urine Detectors Coming To Subway System Elevators… We’re Sure That People Won’t Just Start Urinating In The Free Newspaper Boxes!
CNN reports that Atlanta is installing urine detectors in subway system elevators, which will set off an alarm, and lead to the arrest of elevator-urinators! 3 More Things We’d Like To See Installed In Subway Systems 1. Bathrooms! We bet that may… Read More ›
What Is The Best Accounting Standard In A Zombie Apocalypse?
CNN reports that Walking Dead TV series creator, Frank Darabont is suing AMC for allegedly paying itself low licensing fees to air the show, reducing “Modified Adjusted Gross Receipts,” resulting in Darabont allegedly never receiving any payment for the highly watched… Read More ›
You Will Be Lied To 29 Times Today*
According to a “human lie detector” interviewed in a video on Yahoo, the average person lies 30 times a day, and is lied to 200 times a week! Also, he claims that women are more likely to lie to make… Read More ›
Google Acquires Robots! Perhaps They Will Be Friends With People On Google Plus!
The Street reports that Google has acquired a company that makes the world’s fastest robot. A viewing of this CNN video indicates these robots are less Jetson-house-maid-like, and more wearwolves-from-Twilight-transformed-into-military-robots-like. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So are… Read More ›
Monkey In Space!
CNN reports that Iran has claimed to successfully launch a monkey into space and back. 3 Questions That Arise From This Story 1. “So, wait, that monkey I saw in space wasn’t a hallucination?” – Sandra Bullock’s character from Gravity 2…. Read More ›
Search Engine Apparently Willing To Help Get Male Musician Pregnant
Alt-rockers Matt & Kim posted a screenshot on Instagram of what happened when they tried to do a Google search for “is there a way to download flash videos.” As you may be aware, search engines often suggest searches as… Read More ›
Is Cafe In France Raking It In By Charging Rude Customers More?
The Local reports that a cafe in Nice, France, charges extra for “rudeness.” Specifically the cafe has a menu board with the following rates (as translated from French): “A coffee” – 7 Euros “A coffee, please” – 4.25 Euros “Hello,… Read More ›
CNBC Reporting Team May Want To Report Back To Math Class!
In a CNBC written and video report yesterday entitled online “The Rich Pay All The Taxes,” CNBC reporter Jane Wells yesterday examined a Congressional Budget Office report released this week. The Report broke down individual wage earners’ share of total individual… Read More ›