jaw dropping

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jawdropping price tag -- a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering...

Wrong vines leads to worthless wines

After the second bottle who cares what wine tastes like (or really who can tell HIC!"The ABC reports that a vineyard owner is suing a nursery for allegedly selling him thousands of the wrong grape vines.  The South Australian vineyard owner says the mistake was not...

US Dollar worthless

Mainstream news agencies report Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested an end to the trading of oil in US dollars, calling the currency “a worthless piece of paper”. The call came at the end of a rare Opec summit, and was opposed by US ally Saudi Arabia. The...

Real Reasons Early iPhone Users Are Mad About Price-Cut

"They are terrified that in a little while the iPhone will be as ubiquitous and worthless (for social points) as the last coolest-thing-ever status-symbol, the Razr."

Study: Gingseng May Help Fight Cancer

"The first scientific tests of some popular alternative medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors. But a big study proved shark cartilage worthless against lung cancer, and doctors said...

College Degrees Have Become Meaningless

College, as we know it in modern times, has become worthless. The idea of a university is rooted in the Latin “universitas,” pioneered particularly by Plato, meant to describe a corporation of students interacting within an atmosphere that fosters genius, creates culture...

Is your degree worth $1 million -- or worthless?

With college tuitions heading toward the stratosphere this year, you might well be wondering whether a degree is still a good investment, especially if you're facing the prospect of going into debt to pay the tab.And if, as we all know, some bachelor's and master's...

Bob Dylan says modern music is worthless

There's no doubt that Bob's was amazing rocker, and one of the best songwriters of our time, but I think he's finally lost it. Just because CDs are small Bob, doesn't mean the quality is poor - he should know that size has nothing to do with performance ;-0 ""I don't know...

The Lazy Way to Success

"Last week, one of this blog’s treasured readers politely suggested that my take on life wasn’t practical for the real world. He suggested it was far more practical to compromise – to divide one’s life between a “tolerable” job/career to pay the bills and an...