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Wednesday, September 29, 2010


Big Mac Attack
McDonald's is considering dropping health care insurance coverage for its employees. But it promises to remain the number one reason why people in American NEED health care insurance.



Going Postal
The U.S. Postal Service is about to go broke. One solution is make huge changes like delivering the mail on time.



Housing Mess
Because of accounting errots, JP Morgan Chase is suspending foreclosures... but it will continue to foreclose on suspenders.



Trade War?
Congress has voted overwhelmingly to punish China for its currency devaluation... and for the last 16 Jackie Chan movies.



Chinese Charity
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are in China to convince billionaires there to give money to charity... other than the charity they give when they buy U.S. bonds, that is.




September 30th



1901: Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner… mostly for his own, personal erotic use.


1938: The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations". And thus, it has never happened again.


1962: James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, and realizes all his efforts to defy segregation would have been better used trying to get into a real college.

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