The problem with never watching Fox News is that you occassionally miss out on some really quality ridiculousness, like this clip, in which Sean Hannity offers to be waterboarded "for charity". Hmmm.
Wow, Charles Grodin is a total ballbreaker! Good for him! I guess I should've known, what with how he beat down that evil veterinarian in Beethoven and all. But Grodin's ballsiness aside, the real story here is Sean Hannity's faux-offer to be waterboarded. I'm going to go ahead and assume he wouldn't really do it, since Keith Olbermann immediately offered him $1,000 a second to go through with it and that was six days ago, but I'm glad this was caught on tape. Hopefully this story will get enough coverage that Hannity is forced to either apologize or at least participate in some sort of dunk tank. I've heard they melt if they get wet.
Showing posts with label Assholes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assholes. Show all posts
10 February 2009
Serves you right, marketing whores
Ever since reading an article in the WSJ's marketing section about Wrigley commissioning Chris Brown to write "Forever" as a promotional gimmick for Doublemint gum, I have been complaining to anyone who will listen about how annoying it is that radios and clubs have bought into the ridiculous advertising jingle disguised as a song. Today, however, I am vindicated (sort of):
The company [Wrigley] stopped short of saying it was permanently dropping Brown, but said the allegations were too serious to keep running his ad.
"We have made the decision to suspend the current advertising featuring Brown and any related marketing communications until the matter is resolved," a spokeswoman said.
So, Wrigley is ditching Brown and suspending all advertising featuring the irritating "Forever"--sounds like a win-win, right? Well, sort of. Apparently it's because Brown beat Rihanna up pretty badly, and not because his song sucks, that Wrigley is halting the marketing campaign. Wow. That's heavy stuff. But it serves you right, Wrigley! Trying to fool music fans into buying your gum... for shame. It's Fruit Stripe and Fruit Stripe only for me from now on!
The company [Wrigley] stopped short of saying it was permanently dropping Brown, but said the allegations were too serious to keep running his ad.
"We have made the decision to suspend the current advertising featuring Brown and any related marketing communications until the matter is resolved," a spokeswoman said.
So, Wrigley is ditching Brown and suspending all advertising featuring the irritating "Forever"--sounds like a win-win, right? Well, sort of. Apparently it's because Brown beat Rihanna up pretty badly, and not because his song sucks, that Wrigley is halting the marketing campaign. Wow. That's heavy stuff. But it serves you right, Wrigley! Trying to fool music fans into buying your gum... for shame. It's Fruit Stripe and Fruit Stripe only for me from now on!
24 January 2009
Umm.. Cultural Differences?
Check out this clip from the Japanese version of American Idol. I'm not sure what to say... ummm... oh, those wacky Chinamen!
12 January 2009
Remember these guys?
Last night while watching a National Geographic Channel documentary on the "new" Black Panthers (in HD! yeaaaahh!), I was reminded of some other aggressively anti-white crusaders from my past. Remember "Real Jews are Black"???
They don't come to the Upper East Side anymore. I guess it's true what they say: you can never really go home again :( :( :(.
They don't come to the Upper East Side anymore. I guess it's true what they say: you can never really go home again :( :( :(.
10 December 2008
WSJ now peddling schadenfreude
Not to overuse the term, which has gotten more than enough play in the past few months, but a new, front-page column in the WSJ is practically screaming schadenfreude.
It's called "The Fallen", and it's described by the paper as a series highlighting, "the declining fortunes of leading business figures." And in case you're more of a visual learner, it is accompanied by a little picture of a red arrow zig-zagging upwards before dropping precipitously to zero.
I mean, this is a paper that carries advertisements for 50-year old scotch and hundred-thousand dollar watches. Its target audience doesn't typically like to read about how many rich businessmen are failing these days. These people are those rich businessmen. Or should I say, were...
It's called "The Fallen", and it's described by the paper as a series highlighting, "the declining fortunes of leading business figures." And in case you're more of a visual learner, it is accompanied by a little picture of a red arrow zig-zagging upwards before dropping precipitously to zero.
I mean, this is a paper that carries advertisements for 50-year old scotch and hundred-thousand dollar watches. Its target audience doesn't typically like to read about how many rich businessmen are failing these days. These people are those rich businessmen. Or should I say, were...
11 November 2008
The ironing is delicious
Goldman Sachs, a major underwriter of bonds for the state of California, is now advising some of its trading partners to short those bonds which it previously sold. An excerpt from an article in the LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-goldman11-2008nov11,0,1943014.story?dbk
Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of dollars in fees to help the state sell some of those same bonds...
Some experts said the investment bank's actions, while not illegal, might be inappropriate. "That's not a good way to do business," said Geoffrey M. Heal, professor of public policy and business responsibility at Columbia University. "They've got a conflict of interest and they're acting against the interest of their customers. . . . You act in the interests of your clients. You don't screw them, to put it bluntly."
OOOOOHHHHH. No he di'nt!! NO. HE. DI'. NT. "Screw"?! HA. Give 'em Hell, Heal!http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-goldman11-2008nov11,0,1943014.story?dbk
23 October 2008
Credit analysts are assholes (but you knew that already)
Check out this article from Bloomberg, describing the soulless employees of Moody's and S&P:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ac8Bkp_7F4Rc&refer=home
Some choice quotes:
Employees at Moody's Investors Service told executives that issuing dubious creditworthy ratings to mortgage-backed securities made it appear they were incompetent or "sold our soul to the devil for revenue,'' according to e-mails obtained by U.S. House investigators.
An e-mail that a S&P employee wrote to a co-worker in 2006, obtained by committee investigators, said, "Let's hope we are all wealthy and retired by the time this house of cards falters.''
A partner at my firm tipped me off, adding that before hitting "send" on an email, one should always ask oneself, "how would this sound in a deposition?" Voicemails, he says, are much harder to track down.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ac8Bkp_7F4Rc&refer=home
Some choice quotes:
Employees at Moody's Investors Service told executives that issuing dubious creditworthy ratings to mortgage-backed securities made it appear they were incompetent or "sold our soul to the devil for revenue,'' according to e-mails obtained by U.S. House investigators.
An e-mail that a S&P employee wrote to a co-worker in 2006, obtained by committee investigators, said, "Let's hope we are all wealthy and retired by the time this house of cards falters.''
A partner at my firm tipped me off, adding that before hitting "send" on an email, one should always ask oneself, "how would this sound in a deposition?" Voicemails, he says, are much harder to track down.
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