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Nov 17 2008

CitiGroup Downsizes to VillageGroup?

Posted by Big Jim in What's So Funny About The News?

Citigroup^W told a group of employees today that the company will be cutting 53,000 jobs worldwide in the coming quarters as it continues to right itself in the wake of staggering losses from a massive amount of ever-worsening debt. So the government bails out the company, and the company bails on their people…
This weekend’s G20 major economies^W summit–a gathering of the world’s wealthiest nations–pledged to work together on the global economic crisis, generating a lengthy plan designed to address many existing problems. China’s promise to declare tens of millions of its citizens legally dead to free up more of its crops for export wasn’t exactly anyone had in mind…
The White House^W said in a statement today that it supports help for the automotive industry that Congress will consider during a lame-duck session, it does not want it to come from the $700 billion financial bailout program. It needs to hold onto as much of it as possible, since who actually receives it seems to change on an hourly basis…
With potentially deadly Santa Ana winds^W dying down, firefighters in Southern California are reporting that they are making gains on three wildfires today. They are still battling several areas of hot air–mostly coming from the neighborhoods of talent agents…
President-elect Barack Obama will meet today with election opponent John McCain today, presumably to smooth over rough spots from a often-bruising campaign and to talk over the common ground they share in order to better collaborate on the nation’s problems. Spokespersons have confirmed that McCain will not be offered an administrative position–unless you want to count the eventual job of official First Family dog walker…
Now that space shuttle Endeavour^W has arrived at the International Space Station^W on its mission to improve and expand the space station’s living area, the crew is busily unpacking the 15,000 pounds of equipment necessary for the upgrade. Hopefully it doesn’t include a bunch of drapes and that guy from Extreme Makeover: Home Editon…

Tags: auto industry, Barack Obama, economy, Financial meltdown, Girls Gone Wild, International Space Station, John McCain, NASA, White House

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Nov 14 2008

Nobody’s Buying Into Buying

Posted by Big Jim in What's So Funny About The News?

Consumer spending was down sharply in October, which in turn forced retail sales down by a record level. Of course, they could all be saving up for a big holiday buying frenzy–at least that’s what those retail executives believe, along with how their trophy wives will still love them even without all the money…
President-elect Barack Obama’s transistion office reports that he will meet with Senator John McCain on Monday, with plans for the two to move beyond campaign rhetoric to find some common ground to work together in the future. As a concilliatory gesture, Obama has offered to help McCain find a new Medicare^W prescription plan…
Speaking of meetings with the president-elect, Hillary Clinton huddled with Obama yesterday amid rumors that she is a short-list choice for secretary of state. Earlier front-runners for the job, like Senator John Kerry^W, are likely perturbed by this development–the fact is, Hillary’s not only a whole lot more popular, she’s a whole lot more frightening…
Auto makers are busily looking for support on Capitol Hill for a $25 billion loan package, on the heels of Democratic congressional support for a plan to keep Amercan car manufacturers from the deep hole they seem to be digging for themselves. I’d think this would be an ideal time to get some real fuel economy concessions from them–like requiring all their SUV’s to be able to travel a significant distance after filling up, or at least to the next gas station…
The UN is deep inside east Congo, beginning its first large-scale food distribution since fighting between the army and troops loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda^W have cut residents off from their own crops in this rich agricultural area. People risking their lives so others can eat–it’s just that kind of publicity-grabbing stunt those UN stooges are famous for…
Earth is now in possession of the first photos of 4 planets outside our solar system, trillions of miles away from us and none that could be remotely considered habitable–but the thinking is, from one of the researchers, that it’s only a matter of time before, "we get a dot that’s blue and Earthlike". When we do, is there any chance at all that we can send Andy Dick^W, Geraldo Rivera^W, and Amy Winehouse^W’s drug dealer there?