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Citi really does deserve to be broken apart

The stupidity at Citi never ends. Tolerating it though is hardly much better. Shouldn't the owner (the US government) do something about it?For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to...

Of course it's animal cruelty

The only surprise is that it's taken so long to come to this conclusion. California is on the right side, again. Cat friends of the world, unite.Don’t have your cat declawed in San Francisco, or...

The strange and often bungled Goldman Sachs PR campaign continues

Earlier this week Goldman was ripped for creating a $500 million fund to help small businesses. Many complained that this represented just a few percent of their profits. Now they are hyping 300...

Gallup Poll: Obama's job approval drops below 50%

Dropping under 50% isn't the worst thing in the world to happen. The big change seems to be on the issue of the economy and the health care fight. It just goes to show you how much the defenders of...

Saturday Morning Open Thread

By now, Joe is soaking up the wonderful South African sunshine. Lucky guy and well deserved. John is wrapping up a conference in Barcelona which has pathetic internet connections, so it's going to...

The Strokes

There's a reason why The Strokes were at the top of the NME Top 50 list.

No pumpkin for pumpkin pie?

Noooooooo! If you can find a fresh pumpkin, it's amazingly easy to prepare it for pie filling and it will taste better than the can. If anyone has any good recipes or links online, drop them in the...

Juvenile coelacanth filmed for first time

It wasn't long ago that people thought this fish had been extinct for 80 million years. The fish is living in Indonesian waters and it's not alone. What a cool discovery.

Greetings from Barcelona

This picture is much better blown up, but still, I like it - it was the view from the conference room where we had my panel discussion today about the blogs and their influence, and it's got a bit of...

Goldman shareholders asking for bonus cuts

I've been wondering how long it would take before shareholders turned on the excessive costs of payouts. With a forecasted average salary of over $700,000 per Goldman worker, it's not surprising...