Who says cheap ain’t chic? Well maybe Laura Bush, but her waspy azz is back in Texas where it belongs, so ha!
According to ‘My Bible,’ Us Weekly, Mrs. Obama plans on decorating The White House with stuff from Pottery Barn and Anthropologie. See people, you can be fabulous and fiscally responsible at the same time!!
Entries from January 2009
January 31, 2009
The Ultimate Depressionista: The First Lady
January 31, 2009
Welfare Abuse Alert!
This morning when I was half awake I had the Today Show on and they were talking about that crazy woman in California that just popped out eight kids in the span of five minutes.
Not only does she already have SIX children, ages 2-7, but she also declared bankruptcy last year and moved in with [...]
January 31, 2009
Employers: You’re Driving Us Insane!
Any company that thinks that layoffs aren’t f#$%ing with our heads is insane. The L.A. Times reports that the psychological fallout from a layoff lasts six years!! And, that layoffs can lead to:
worsening physical health: They eat differently, smoke more, suffer from neck and back pain, and increase their use of sick days. Workplace injuries [...]
January 30, 2009
Los Angeles Times Lays Off 70 Newsroom Positions
The gutting of the LAT continues. The newsroom is now at 565. In the late ’90s, the number of newsroom staff peaked at about 1,300.
Altogether, 300 layoffs are in the works. LAobserved has the in-house email announcements.
January 30, 2009
Death of Print: Update!
The Baltimore Examiner was for sale, but no one bought. So now, it will fold.
The Los Angeles Times is discontinuing its local “California” news section, LAobserved.com reports:
Some LAT officials fear this might be a tipping point. “We can’t keep alienating our core readers,” a senior person told me. Papers that have tried doing away with [...]
January 30, 2009
What To Do If You Are REALLY Broke
Scrounge around your digs looking for crap to send to CASH4GOLD.COM! That’s what hard up celebs are doing too!
MC Hammer and Ed McMahon are featured in a new commercial for the company, which will premiere during Sunday’s Superbowl. GENIUS!
January 30, 2009
Unemployment in France Triggers Riots in the Streets!
Reuters is reporting that all eight of France’s union federations collaborated for the first time to organize strikes and rallies around the country. Some of the demonstrations ended in violence, One protester is quoted:
“The government has taken measures for banks but today it is the workers who are suffering… This crisis comes from the United [...]
January 30, 2009
How To Get Fired 301
Wow, this is pretty gross. A 29-year old “Social Studies” teacher from upstate New York was arrested yesterday on federal charges for “using a cellular telephone to persuade, induce, entice and coerce a person younger than 18 years old to engage in sexual activity.”
State police investigators said John M. Puglisi was having a sexual relationship [...]
January 30, 2009
MoFo (Morrison & Foerster) Lays Off 100
The self-proclaimed “legal tabloid” AboveTheLaw.com is reporting that multi-national law firm Morrison & Foerster (who’s name, strangely enough, is “officially” shortened to MoFo) announced they will lay off about 100 201 employees. One of the most prestigious firms in the world, they have 19 17 offices peppered throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. One of [...]
