All Northern First Bank wants to do is have some fun
What would you do if you received a 1.5 billion dollar bailout check from the government? If you’re Northern First Bank, you head to LA and throw several huge parties…
Archive for February, 2009
Andre Smith is an idiot
Andre Smith is an NFL prospect who played offensive tackle last year for Alabama. Before the events of the last few days he was considered to be one of the highest ranked prospects in the country and was a lock to be taken in the top ten in April’s NFL draft…
WTF? ITE?: NASA satellite
A $273 million NASA satellite crashed minutes after launch on Tuesday. The satellite, called the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), was launched early Tuesday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California (yet another strike against Cali). It was launched using a Taurus XL rocket, which to me, a non-rocket scientist, sounds really powerful and awesome…
California’s economic solution?
It’s that time again. Time for a member of California’s state assembly to suggest legalizing and taxing cannabis as an attempt to salvage the state’s destroyed economy…
Brownie Bandits rob Girl Scouts outside San Antonio Walgreens!
Share As if things weren’t already bad for the Girl Scouts of America, things just got worse. Last Wednesday two Girl Scouts — Brownie Troop — and their troop leaders were robbed for $250 cash. In a premeditated plot, the Brownie Bandits made the hit right at the end of the troop’s shift outside a [...]
Dear India, don’t sweat it
I know this comes as a surprise, but yoga is a $225 billion dollar industry! And who wants a piece of that golden Buddha? Apparently, our money-grubbing American yoga teachers.
California really sucks right now
California’s steady spiral into economic oblivion took another interesting turn today. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced today that he is considering releasing 4,000 inmates to help accommodate the broad stroke budget cuts he is about to face…
The world’s oldest profession takes a hit
Law enforcement officials in 15 states conducted a massive prostitution raid over the weekend. 464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps and 55 customers were arrested…
$787 billion + $410 billion = holy shit
House Democrats have proposed a bill that contains $410 billion in spending. The hope is that with the passing of this bill the government and its many programs would be set for the remainder of the fiscal year. It’s got all the greatest hits in there: education, health, energy, earmarks, etc…
I’m ITE. And I’m NOT a PC.
“In a letter this weekend, Microsoft is telling some of its laid off employees it overpaid their severance. Won’t they please write out a check payable to “Microsoft Corporation” and send some of it back?”