All Blog Posts (Page 23)

Feb 13, 2009
News

Peanut Corporation of America to Liquidate - NYTimes.com

The government is working on a criminal investigation into the case, and more than a dozen civil lawsuits have been filed. This week, the Peanut Corporation’s president, Stewart Parnell, repeatedly refused to answer questions before the House Ener...

Feb 11, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Boo-Motherfuckin'-Hoo

Chafing under new scrutiny and limits on executive paychecks, many big banks are deciding that they've had quite enough of Uncle Sam and want to give the bailout money back as soon as possible. You get the sense we shouldn't have treated them so b...

Feb 11, 2009
iPhone

ReadWriteWeb: Radar "Innovative"

Outside.in's new iPhone application Radar (not to be confused with the photo-sharing iPhone app also called Radar) delivers location-based content including news, blog posts, and tweets to your iPhone. Once installed, the app will geo-locate you u...

Feb 09, 2009
Seattle

Ballard Man, I love you

From a recent ruckus over foie gras consumption in Seattle: Seriously touch my foie gras and I'll run one of you vegan fuckers over with my Subaru. The one with the Obama sticker. Ballard Man, I love you.

Feb 09, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Meg Whitman Files for Gubernatorial Bid

As expected, former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman (R) officially submitted her bid to explore a run for California governor, the Sacramento Bee reports. I think she’s perfect for the role. She has tons of experience running gigantic organizati...