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Our work here is done
January 30, 2009 - Reader(s?), our work here is done. Barack Obama is president and comedy has become less necessary. Sunday, February 1st is our last day on the internet- in this incarnation. On Monday, the starving orphan 23/6 will be adopted by the Huffington Post, where it will be fed nourishing...
Maybe it was a dream and the Republican did win...
January 27, 2009 - Ah, bipartisanship... So President Obama heads to capital hill to talk to the GOP: "The goal is to seek their input. He wants to hear their ideas," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. "If there are good ideas -- and I think he assumes there will be -- we will look...
From The Room: This Recession Sucks
January 13, 2009 - First of all, after being in it for more than a year, I still don't know what to call it. Is it a recession, a depression, a correction, a downturn? It's the P. Diddy of financial disasters. Second, it has no pizzazz. In the Great Depression they lived...Filed under: economy, economic depression, depression, recession, money, world depression, American Idol
America's drug dealer about to cut us off
January 9, 2009 - According to the New York Times, China is "losing taste for debt" from the U.S. Clearly, this is an attempt to goad comedy writers into a 30-minutes-after-you-eat-chinese-you're-hungry-again line. Nice try. And you, too, Royal Bank of Scotland economist Ben Simpfendorfer...Filed under: China, China Debt, China Investment, US Debt, US Economy, US Economy And China, Business News
If life gives you lemons: make Obama Stimulus Juice
January 13, 2009 - How does an incoming president who promises change and bold break from the usual style of Washington pandering sell his new policies? By respecting the people enough to be straight with them focusing group testing all the new policies. According to Bloomberg, the Obama team is...NYT debuts new interactive unemployment graphic
January 9, 2009 - ...Filed under: 2009 unemployment, unemployment news, unemployment 7.2 percent, unemployment 7.2%, 7.2%, jobs report, unemployment rates, unemployment rise, recession unemployment, unemployment rates 2009, new year unemployment, 2009 jobs lost, recession job loss, economic crisis unemployment, Wall Street unemployment, bailout unemployment, financial crisis unemployment, US unemployment high, US unemployment, unemployment rate rise, 2009 unemployment rate, economy unemployment, recession layoffs, financial crisis layoffs, economic crisis
America's gone to hell, handbasket makers now out of work
January 9, 2009 - Well, it's over. You've gotten just about all the sympathy sex you're going to get out of having been laid off. Nobody's going to shed any more tears for you, because unemployment is now at 7.2 percent, a 16-year high, with more than a...
From The Room: Celebrate Bad Times, Come On!
January 7, 2009 - The Inauguration will soon be upon us, and I can't wait for Obama to take office, but it hardly seems the time for a party. I don't want to be a wet blanket here, and I'd be the last one to want to destroy the party industry...Filed under: Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, economy, economic collapse, Inaugural balls, party, partying in recession, recession
From The Room: Booze v. Medicine
January 7, 2009 - A subtle difference between Bush and Obama: Talking about the economy, B.O. said "Right now, the most important task for us is to stabilize the patient. The economy is badly damaged ? it is..."Getting unpaid vacationed" is the new "getting laid off"
December 24, 2008 - Many companies are avoiding layoffs by cutting costs. Unpaid vacations, four-day work weeks and wage freezes are three job-saving techniques in use at Dell, Cisco and Motorola. A web design company in San Francisco, Hot Studio, eliminated bonuses for the first time in 12 years. Said owner Maria...
From The Room: Getting Back on the Horse
December 23, 2008 - All you sailors, Farmer's Almanac editors and practicing Wiccans out there know that this past Sunday was the winter solstice, marking the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. I spent the brief day and long night snug in my well-appointed quarters, watching a Big Love marathon...
From The Room: Bank of America's Wacky Idea to Save the Economy (Listen)
December 23, 2008 - ...Filed under: Bank of America, economy, economic collapse, recession, depression, ATM, ATM voices, saving the economy, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Carlos Mencia
What fake harm should come to Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain?
December 22, 2008 - In 2007, Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain was given 83 million dollars in compensation. In October of 2008, Merrill Lynch received 10 billion dollars in taxpayer bailout money. So... nearly 1 percent of Merrill's bailout went to John Thain's personal bank account. Well, maybe not exactly, but still...
From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Barack, Prepare Three Envelopes
December 18, 2008 - There is an old joke about a CEO who is being replaced by a newer younger guy. The old CEO had done well for awhile and then fell out of favor. As he meets the new guy coming into the building he tells him there are three envelopes in his...Filed under: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, blame Bush, 3 envelopes, CEOs, economy, Cheney, Gitmo, Iraq
From The Room: Week Dollar Forcing Baseball Free Agents to Demand Compensation in Pesos
December 17, 2008 - New York, NY -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is said to be considering a request from the Players Association that would change the league's payment currency from the Dollar to the Peso. If he approves the deal it will mark the first time professional athletes in this country h...
