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Considering the ultimate "opt-out"? Five ways to choose life during the Recession
January 14, 2009 - Why is it that rich people keep killing themselves while the poor and middle class continue to vote "present"? Are we more resilient, o...Filed under: recession tips, five ways to choose life during the recession, recession life tips, five ways to choose life, financial crisis tips, economic crisis tips, financial crisis, economic crisis, recession reality TV, recession layoffs, unemployment, recession booze, recession condoms, recession suicide, financial crisis suicide, economic crisis suicide, Wall Street suicide, recession suicide trend, recession suicide numbers, Wall Street crisis, unemployment suicide, unemployment rates, recession
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
23/6 Presents: How to read a news site while avoiding devastating economic news
January 9, 2009 - Today's unemployment report is truly horrific and the coverage by all the news sites sure as heck didn't help. In fact, the "above the fold" area on our mother/sister site HuffPo this morning caused our hearts...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
BREAKING: 92.8%
January 9, 2009 - Employment rates came out today, and 92.8% of us are not seeking unemployment benefits. Just makin' lemonade, people...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
Stimulate my package
January 7, 2009 - Inspired by the success of the Big Three CEOs, Larry Flynt and Joe Francis drive to Washington to ask for a $5 billion porn bailout...Filed under: porn bailout, porn recession, Larry Flynt recession, Larry Flynt bailout, Larry Flynt poor, Joe Francis recession, Joe Francis bailout, Joe Francis poor, Joe Francis needs money, porn financial crisis, porn economic crisis, recession porn, Wall Street porn, Wall Street crisis, economic crisis, financial crisis
Poll: Why can't everybody be as nice as the IRS during the recession?
January 7, 2009 - With the recession driving all of America to consider prostitution, the IRS is showing their nicer side. They're waving tax penalties and postponing asset foreclosures, doing all they can to renegotiate payment plans to keep stru...Filed under: IRS leniency, IRS leniency plan, IRS recession, IRS lenient, IRS economy, IRS taxpayers, IRS news, IRS seizures, IRS foreclosures, IRS new policies, IRS recession policies, IRS lenient policies, IRS lenient taxpayers, IRS helps taxpayers, IRS financial crisis, IRS economic crisis, IRS defers, IRS payment plans, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, recession, economic crisis
Hey look, another list! Five things we'll never do again after 2008
January 2, 2009 - We know there's no way to promise that we'll never experience another year so shitty as 2008, but we can at least try to learn from our mistakes. As we continue to enjoy this extended holidayish weekend respite before the sky starts raining shit again, we'd like...Filed under: 2008 politics, 2008 news, 2008 headlines, Democratic primary 2008, long Democratic primary, 2008 primaries, 2008 governor scandals, governor scandal, Blagojevich scandal, economic crisis, financial crisis, 2008 recession, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin 2008, Sarah Palin campaign, 2008 election, 2008 election interest, 2008 election numbers, voter interest, unprecedented election, 2008 election, 2008 wrap up, 2008 history, 2008 events
Seven things we'd like to see finished up before New Year's
December 30, 2008 - Okay we know it's been a busy year, but the country doesn't shut down just because everyone's been drinking egg nog. We've still got about 50 or 60 hours to get some shit out of the inbox and into the outbox (that sounded sexual but we...Filed under: Year in review, 23/6 year in review, minnesota senate race, al franken, minnesota senate race, minnesota senate race franken coleman, norm coleman, coleman franken, al franken minnesota race, norm coleman minnesota race, minnesota recount, minesota recount, recession, economic crisis, economic depression, 2008 recession, bailouts, u.s. economy, bad economy, economy failing, future of u.s. economy
Poll: How are you telling your kids that they got stiffed this Christmas?
December 25, 2008 - Merry Christmas, belt-tightening Americans. The recession has forced lots of people to cut back on their typical crap-buying tendencies this year, and lots of kids are going to remember this Christmas as the year without any Tonka Toys. So how are you planning on explaining to your kids...Filed under: Christmas sales, Christmas retail, Christmas recession sales, Christmas 2008, Christmas recession 2008, Christmas sales 2008, Christmas retail 2008, retail sales 2008, Christmas economic crisis, Christmas financial crisis, recession Christmas gifts, recession Christmas presents, holiday shopping 2008, holiday recession, holiday sales 2008, holiday retail, holiday retail 2008, economic crisis, financial crisis, 2008 recession
Retailers to consumers: "Thanks for nothing, jerks!"
December 24, 2008 - Dammit shoppers, you're ruining Christmas! Terrified of how low this Christmas season's sales might turn out to be, retailers have been slashing prices left and right, doing everything they can to get shoppers to jus...Filed under: Christmas sales, Christmas retail, Christmas recession sales, Christmas 2008, Christmas recession 2008, Christmas sales 2008, Christmas retail 2008, retail sales 2008, Christmas economic crisis, Christmas financial crisis, recession Christmas gifts, recession Christmas presents, holiday shopping 2008, holiday recession, holiday sales 2008, holiday retail, holiday retail 2008, economic crisis, financial crisis, 2008 recession
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...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...
"Please give us a Blago freeway chase!" - 23/6's letter to Santa
December 22, 2008 - There are still two shopping days left until baby Jesus's birthday. We hope we're not too late to get our letter to Santa. We've been really horrible people this year so we're not sure if we'll get anything but a stocking full of coal, or...Filed under: Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin, Briston Palin's baby, Levi, Blago, bristol baby, cindy mccain affair, gay marriage, legalized marijuana, ceo bailout, John Thain bailout, John Thain, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain, John Thain Bailout, Bank Bailout, Bank Crisis, Economic Crisis, Bank crisis merrill lynch, merril lnch, merill lynch, john tane, jon thain, jon tain, merrill lynch executives, cindy mccain affair, cindy mccain cheats, cindy mccain caught cheating, national enquirer, levin johnson, prop 8, proposition 8 passes, proposition 8 fail, gay marriage legalized, marijuana legalized massachusetts, medical marijuana, legal drugs
From The Room: The One Constant: Bernanke's Beard
December 17, 2008 - Throughout the Financial Crisis, the bailouts, the stimulus package, the foreclosures, the layoffs, and all of the other crap that's been going on in the economy this year, one thing has remained constant; one thing has remained unchanged by the upheaval of our economy; one thing has remained unfett...
