Another Indication that Newspapers are Finished

So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience.  Stage two is you lose readership.  Stage three is your advertisers run.  Stage four is your valuations plummet.  Stage five is the analysts...

Starbucks is Closing Stores - Now Only 3 on Every Block

These guys are going to have the worst real estate problem in the US...."Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced the next step in its multi-faceted plan to transform the company, with a decision to...

No Surfing Porn for Free at the Four Seasons

For 500 bucks a night, these cheap *&%# don't even throw in WiFi.   I travel more than anyone I know and the fact that they charge you for web access is retarded.  They should do what the Westins...

Report: Hamas-Israel truce to begin Thursday

I am so hopeful that this is going to lead to a pathway to something interesting, both with Hamas and Syria. "Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said the group is committed to the truce deal. Israeli officials...

Obama Has the Upper Hand. But McCain Can Still Take Him.

Gobama!!!  Woohoo."John McCain is America's favorite kind of candidate. With his record of extraordinary patriotism and his distinctive Senate tenure, McCain is a nominee whom voters from both parties -- and...

The Oreo invades Britain

Was just in the UK and saw the recent "Twist, Lick, Dunk" ad campaign for Oreo.   Seems like the tagline for a porno, but hey, you gotta get the Brits attention somehow with all of those tasty biscuits that...

Brigitte Bardot Has A Hate On For Muslims

Ahh...the sadness.  Yet another Hollywood Icon destroyed by racism and ethnocentricity.   Maybe Mel and Brigitte should talk...perhaps they can find a good Jewish psychologist."French former film star...

Vatican reassures Jews of its esteem

Wow...I wonder how many other people they have to convince now.... :)"The Vatican acknowledged that some Jewish groups had expressed "disappointment" over the prayer Pope Benedict XVI revived from the old Latin rite...

No new primary for Florida Democrats

Bye Bye Hilary.....so sorry."State party leaders have been seeking a way to have Florida's delegation seated at the Democratic National Convention. "We researched every potential alternative process -- from caucuses...

Obama Pimping it to the White House

Looks like Billary is in serious trouble....Rock it out Obama...all the way to Pennsylvania Avenue."Obama and Huckabee have done well in caucus states like Iowa, where grass-roots efforts are more likely to have...

Microsoft challenges Google with audacious $44.6bn bid for rival Yahoo

Good god, the world is over....is the Vatican going to buy Google? "Microsoft, which came late to the internet advertising market, is offering Yahoo shareholders $31 a share in a combination of cash and its own...

Clinton, Obama debate with less finger-pointing

What?  No more name calling?  Very un American.  Put them in a hot oil wrestling ring and see who wins....my vote."The exchange was in sharp contrast to previous debates because of the absence of...

Finally Giuliani is Going to Give Up

What took him so long....time to put a bullet in this dead horse."Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to drop out of the presidential race and endorse McCain at an event in California, two GOP sources with...

"Don't Tase Me Bro" Top Quote of the Year

And yet again, an example that we have completely digressed as a society.   Is this really one of the top quotes of the year? "It was the plea heard round the world. "Don't tase me, bro" - shouted by a...

Convicted Rapist Takes Over South Africa

"Jacob Zuma has won the leadership of South Africa's ruling African National Congress with 60 per cent of the vote. The party's large majority in parliament makes Zuma almost certain to become the country's president...

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