Tag: I Have No Idea

Lenny Dykstra’s Financial Career

Filed in National by on July 15, 2009 1 Comment

Somehow, baseball legend Lenny Dykstra got convinced he was a financial guru. When this happened, I have no idea. But apparently the economic bust has not been so kind to Lenny, just as it hasn’t been to the credibility of one of his major boosters. And you have to watch to the end to see it.

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Dominatrix Work Forces Recession to Its Knees

Filed in National by on February 16, 2009 17 Comments

I really, really wish I had made up that title, but it comes from this article over at CNBC. And they got it from the Kinkonomics blog over at The Daily Beast. (Kinkonomics article may be NSFW) Definitely read the Kinkonomics blog post, but this is how CNBC describes it: When the going gets tough, […]

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Now I Just Want It to Be November 5

Filed in National by on November 3, 2008 7 Comments

I was off volunteering everywhere this weekend, and damn near everybody I know decided to send me this article from Esquire. Oh yes — an article called Why White Supremacists Support Barack Obama is cause for one of my more sporting buddies to call for everyone with money on the outcome on this election to […]

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Caption This!

Filed in National by on October 2, 2008 20 Comments
Caption This!

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You Are A Sponsor of Man United — UPDATED

Filed in National by on September 18, 2008 27 Comments

Kevin Drum over at Mother Jones asks: Now that you, the American taxpayer, more or less own insurance giant AIG, it turns out that you, the American taxpayer, are also the principal sponsor of Manchester United, thanks to a four-year, $100 million sponsorship deal signed in 2006. So this got me curious: how is our […]

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