The New York Times reports “good news” that airlines lost less luggage in 2011 than five years earlier. The New York Times cites various reasons, including fewer people are bringing luggage onto planes due to airlines charging fees to stow… Read More ›
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A Kid Helps Solve Detroit’s Financial Woes, And It’s Not Kid Rock!
According to the Detroit Free Press, a 9-year-old boy has worked to help solve Detroit’s financial crisis by selling lemonade and popcorn. He began his mission on Monday of last week, and by the end of last Friday, he had… Read More ›
Bee Watch 2012 Continues: Hillary Clinton Avoids Getting Stung At Malawian Airport!
As we continue our world-wide watch of bees in 2012, we have learned from a report in the Nyasa Times that U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton avoided being stung by a swarm of mystery bees while boarding a plane… Read More ›
Facebook Kills App That Let Your Facebook “Friends” Find Your Location. So You Can Turn Your iPhone Back On And Stop Hiding In The Laundry Bin, Kevin.
CNBC reports that just hours after releasing a new app, called “Friends Nearby,” Facebook killed the app. “Friends Nearby” allowed users to instantly find, or as CNBC hints, “stalk” friends, family members, acquaintences, co-workers, random people who friended you, and… Read More ›
Swedish “Sexy Sausage” Ad Removed After Protests… Which Leads To Protest That The Ad Was Removed!
This is the kind of thing people protest in European countries that don’t use the Euro these days! As we first wrote here, according to the Local, a “sexy” ad for a sausage, in which a woman’s lips are tightly… Read More ›
Hotel Replaces Bibles With Fifty Shades Of Gimmicky Controversy!
According to NBC News, a hotel in Crosthwaite, in the United Kingdom has replaced all of its Gideon Bibles with E.L. James’ erotic novel “50 Shades of Grey.” The hotel owner is quoted as saying that Bibles have not been… Read More ›
Extra-Terrestrials May Be Vacationing in the U.K.! Good Luck Finding A Hotel Room During The Olympics, Alien Suckers!
According to the Mirror, reports recently released by the U.K. Ministry of Defence indicate that the British government believed in 1995 that aliens were visiting the United Kingdom for tourism purposes. And the Times of India has just reported that… Read More ›
Is Mitt Romney Inadvertently Implying A President’s Job Can Include Doing Nothing?
A recent series of Boston Globe articles reported that despite telling the public that he “left Bain Capital in 1999” and “relinquished all management authority” that Mitt Romney was the CEO of Bain Capital, according to SEC filings in 2002…. Read More ›
TechCrunch Says Digg Sold For $16 Million Not 500K! We Crunch Worse Numbers!
As we wrote about here, the Wall Street Journal recently reported that social-news sharing site Digg sold for only $500,000. In contrast, TechCrunch has reported that Digg actually sold for around $16 million, with about $500,000 to $725,000 in assets going to… Read More ›
3 Worse Themes For A Detroit Theme Park Than A Zombie Apocalypse
Have you spent this Friday the 13th wishing that you could spend an entire night being chased by fake zombies in a zombie-themed amusement park, complete with warehouses, and run-down buildings? We did say the entire night, meaning you don’t get… Read More ›