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The economy is so bad and times are so tough that terrific sacrifices must be made just to survive.
Today's New York Times has just such a heart-wrenching story. A Florida mother has decided to make the ultimate sacrifice and forgo this season's designer jeans so she can buy her young daughter a big bundle of Christmas presents which will no doubt end up in next spring's yard sale.
Thanks to the ever-observant Gawker for taking the piss out of this story.
The Dow is up right now almost 250 points, but only the eternal optimists among us think the stock market hasn't reached its nadir.
In times of uncertainty we always look to trusted sources for comfort, and even if the prognosis is not good, at least we have an idea of what's coming.
Here's a clip from Time Magazine's story, "Looking for the Bottom":
This dark outlook augurs a U-shaped recession. The downturn, which began in the fourth quarter of 2007, will be longer than the...
If you're fat and flying within Canada, you won't have to suffer the indignity of unintentionally rubbing up against the person sitting in the seat next to you.
A new ruling — which could have implications across the airline industry worldwide — means Canada's two largest airlines must give disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights, beginning in January.
The airlines are worried people will abuse the ruling and try to get two seats when they...
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued a long tradition and pardoned her state's turkey from its impending doom, but the fowl massacre carried on happily behind her during a long post-pardon interview.
See video here.
State and federal drug enforcement officials say they have pulled more than 5 million marijuana plants from public and private land this year, a record amount.
If half the nation's domestically produced marijuana is grown in California, and California has, like, a massive budget deficit, would it make sense to legalize the herb in this state, tax it and sell it?
Your thoughts?
A 5-year-old boy last night became the 35th child dropped off in Nebraska as part of that state's safe-haven law.
The wording in the law is vague and doesn't mention an age, only 'child.' Thus, 'children' as old as 17 have been abandoned by their parents or grandparents to be cared for by the state. In a few cases, the child didn't even know they were being abandoned.
Lawmakers are meeting today in a special session to work on changing the law so it applies to infants only.
Allowing young,...
Let's ignore for a minute that the falling price of oil is a sign of the generally crappy economy.
I get that.
But what's got me puzzled, is that when oil prices were way up not too long ago we were drowning in hard-luck stories about pizza delivery guys who couldn't afford a tank of gas. Barrel loads of companies were passing the higher cost of gas off to us, the consumer. Food prices were through the roof, partly due to higher transportation costs. Airlines were sticking passengers with...
So much for the recession making everyone a bit thinner.
McDonald's same-store sales rose 8.2 percent in October, even as sit-down chain restaurants are feeling the pinch of a tighter economy.
Perhaps the Porterville McDonald's isn't such an anomaly after all!
Researchers at Oxford University have released the top 10 most irritating phrases.
I'd like to add two of my own:
"Like I said"
"110 percent"
Here's the list.
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