Now Is the Worst Time To Buy A PS4 Or Xbox One
The next two weeks are what equates to the Super Bowl in the video game industry.Both Sony and Microsoft have brand new video game consoles launching this fall, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. People...
View ArticleWhat Farmers Think About Climate Change In One Great Quote
On Nov. 1, agriculture giant Monsanto bought a 7-year-old firm called Climate Corporation for about $1 billion. Founded by two former Google employees, Climate Corporation might be described as the...
View ArticleThe 15 Most Sexist Jobs In America
Among the hundreds of full-time jobs tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women earn more than men in only two. On average, women working full time make only about 81% of the median earnings...
View ArticleHere's The Scary Possibility That The US Might Need Permanent Bubbles In...
Over the past couple of decades, strong economic growth has consistently been spurred on by bubbles - the tech bubble in the 90s, the housing bubble more recently. In his speech at the IMF on November...
View ArticleSaints Cornerback Leaves Game After Gruesome Leg Injury
New Orleans Saints cornerback Jabari Greer landed awkwardly during the first quarter of the Saints-49ers game and appeared to suffer a terrible leg injury.Greer was covering Jon Baldwin on the play,...
View ArticleAn Eccentric But Dangerous Conflict In The Sinai Peninsula Is Threatening To...
The puff of smoke as the rocket hits the ship is unmistakable. The muttered invocation of "Allahu akbar" on the video soundtrack declares the attacker's ideology. What the strike will mean for the Suez...
View ArticleThis Chart Destroys That Famous Myth About The Dollar Losing 90% Of Its Value
You've probably heard the line about how inflation has destroyed 90% of the dollar's value over the last several decades.It gets repeated ad nauseum by inflation truthers, gold bugs, Fed haters, and...
View ArticleWhat Wal-Mart Could Learn from Henry Ford
Wal-Mart Stores Inc just reported shrinking sales for a third straight quarter.What’s going on? Explained by William S. Simon, the CEO of Wal-Mart, referring to the company’s customers, “their income...
View ArticleA Tiger-Cats Fan Standing Next To Rob Ford At Argonauts Game Holds 'Our Mayor...
There couldn't be a more perfect picture than this.Rob Ford went to the Toronto Argonauts vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats playoff game in Toronto today and a Ti-Cats fan standing right next to him in the crowd...
View ArticlePhotos Show Parts Of Illinois And Indiana Completely Leveled Due To Today's...
Storms ripped through the Midwest today, killing at least 2 and injuring at least 37. The images are terrible.First, here's the map, showing how widespread the storm cell grew:Map of storm reports for...
View ArticleMount Etna Is Blowing Perfect Smoke Rings
There’s a great new sport going on at the moment as Mt Etna rumbles ominously.Her eruptions this year have changed the shape of her vent in the most brilliant way possible – Etna now blows the world’s...
View ArticleWashington Redskins Player Says Referee Cursed At Him During The Game
Trent Williams, an offensive tackle for the Redskins is claiming that referee Roy Ellison called him a "garbage a--, disrespectful motherf-----" during Washington's game against the Eagles on...
View ArticleHere's The Movie That Nearly Beat Out 'Thor 2' At The Box Office This Weekend
Nobody saw this coming."Thor: The Dark World" may have commanded the box office for a second week in a row; however, it came really close to being knocked from the top spot by a film no one expected to...
View ArticleWhy Janet Yellen's Confirmation Won't Decide The 'Tapering Versus Tightening'...
Janet Yellen did well in her Senate hearing. Markets have settled on the notion that Federal Reserve policy is not going to lurch abruptly in a new and surprising direction. The results are to (1)...
View ArticleR.Kelly Made An Incredibly Bizarre Appearance During Lady Gaga's 'SNL'...
Lady Gaga acted as both host and musical guest on this weekend's "Saturday Night Live."But one of the singer's most bizarre moments came during her performance of "Do What U Want" featuring R.Kelly.The...
View ArticleThe Weekend Is Over And Markets Are Mostly Down
The weekend is over and markets are lower. Australia's ASX 200 is off -0.58%.The Nikkei is off -0.08%.Korea's Kospi is up 0.47%.U.S. futures were pointing slightly negative. We have a pretty busy...
View ArticleTexas Man Gets Death Penalty For Killing Babysitter So She Couldn't Testify...
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas-area man was sentenced to death Saturday for killing his children's baby sitter to prevent her from testifying that he raped her.Franklin Davis admitted in court to killing...
View ArticleSee If You Can Spot Toronto's 'Crack Mayor' Rob Ford In His Middle School...
Someone on reddit has circulated a photo of embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in middle school.Ford, 44, had some powers stripped by the Toronto City Council Friday, as more embarrassing details about...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin Writes Blog On The Country's 'Tragic Obsession' With Celebrities
MSNBC announced Friday that Alec Baldwin's new show would be suspended after the actor had an "anti-gay freak out" against a paparazzi, calling him a gay slur earlier this week.Baldwin, speaking for...
View ArticleTiger Woods And Lindsey Vonn Are On The Sidelines At The Broncos-Chiefs Game
Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn spotting!The couple is at the Broncos-Chiefs game in Denver, chatting it up with John Elway. Probably just taking a quick break from the ski slopes (photo via...
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